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Ryan D'Angelo opened for 1,225 in early position and got calls from both the blinds to see a 
flop. The small blind bet out 2,600 and the big blind folded. D'Angelo, however, made it 6,500. The small blind called and they proceeded.
They saw a 
turn and this time the small blind gentleman checked. D'Angelo bet 9,000 - but Small Blind Gent now made it 23,000. D'Angelo folded, and dropped to 22,000.
Adam Bilzerian was faced with an all in bet of close to 30,000 chips with the board reading 
-X. Bilzerian was deep in the tank with the ESPN cameras fixated upon him when finally he tossed in enough chips to make the call. His opponent opened 
and Bilzerian unhappily showed 
.
Bilzerian was unable to catch an ace or counterfeit his opponent when the river blanked and he is left with just 10,500 chips.
Sometimes the chips are destined to wind up in the pot from the word "go". A series of pre-flop raises -- four in total -- ended with former champion Robert Varkonyi all in pre-flop. He tabled two queens, 
, a hand racing against the 
of Varkonyi's opponent. It's never easy in hold'em, so despite flopping top set, 
, Varkonyi still had to sweat the river after the turn 
put two hearts on board. No need to panic this time around, though. The river 
gave Varkonyi a full house and the pot. He's up to 72,000.
We were a little late to the action, but a player at Tommy Vedes' table informed us that there had been a three-way flop of 
with the big blind checking to Vedes who bet before min-raising, getting a call from Vedes for a heads-up turn.
The turn was the 
and the big blind check-called again. While we didn't see the amounts of the bets, we do know there was about 27,000 in the pot following the action on the turn.
The river came down 
and the big blind checked again, with Vedes betting 18,000. After thinking for a while the big blind finally made the call and showed , leading Vedes to muck.
Dave "Doc" Sands called a bet of 2,300 on the board of 
from one opponent. The river brought the and the player checked to Sands. Sands fired a bet of 5,750 and won the pot. That pot put him at about 160,000 in chips, but was just a small preview to the big boom that would happen on the next hand.
Sands raised preflop to 1,750 and got two callers to see the flop come down 
. The two players that called checked over to Sands. He fired a continuation bet worth 2,750. The first player check-raised to 8,000 and the player caught in the middle folded. Sands thought for a moment, pulled his original bet back and then fired in a reraise to 14,575. His opponent didn't waste much time and moved all in for 61,225 total.
"Do you really have five-five here? That's the only hand you can have I can't beat," Sands said, as he was faced with the decision of whether or not to continue with the hand.
Sands verified the count and then made the call saying, "If you have a set of fives, you got me, otherwise I have the best hand."
The opponent shook his head and tabled the 
. Sands held the .
The turn was the 
and provided a minor sweat for Sands as his opponent picked up some outs. The river completed the board with the 
though and Sands won the pot. Winning that pot boosted his stack to over 230,000 in chips.
We came to Vanessa Selbst's table as she was facing an all-in bet of 8,100 on a 
flop. With roughly 3,000 in the pot, it appeared that her opponent opened with an all-in bet. Selbst tanked for just more than a minute before finally stick a call into the pot. She was not happy to see her opponent open for top pair and a gutshot straight draw. That hand was in the lead against Selbst's 
, a pair of jacks. The 
on the turn briefly made things interesting, giving Selbst a flush draw, but the river changed nothing.
Selbst still has plenty of chips to work with despite losing that pot.
Facing an opening raise of 1,200 and a three-bet to 2,850, Ali Eslami cold-called from the hijack and the original raiser called as well. The trio saw a 
flop and the action was checked to the three-bettor, who moved all-in for 6,350. Eslami put in an isolation raise to 16,000 and the initial raiser folded.
Three-bettor: 
Eslami: 
The turn was the 
, the river was the and Eslami eliminated his opponent, taking his stack up to 97,000.
We arrived at Phil Galfond's table to see him on the button and in a three-way pot with a flop of 
.
A player in middle position checked, leading the player in the hijack to bet 8,000 (about what was in the pot already). Galfond raised to 18,000 but the middle-position player then went all in for about 37,000.
The player in the hijack thought for a while before folding and Galfond followed suit.
Eric Assadourian opened to 1,250 from middle position and Gavin Griffin flatted from the hijack seat. A player in the cutoff three-bet to 4,200, the button, blinds and Assadourian folded and Griffin moved all in for effectively 20,000. The player in the cutoff snapped it off.
Showdown
Griffin:
Mr. Cutoff:
The board ran and Griffin slipped to 48,000 chips.
We didn't catch the hand, but judging by:
(1) the empty seat,
(2) the lack of chips on the felt, and
(3) Todd Brunson walking away from the table with a disappointed 'I've just been eliminated from the WSOP Main Event' look on his face,
... I think it's safe to say that his 2010 venture has come to an end.
