The Bubble Bursts! Tim McDonald Eliminated in 748th Place
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"Let's give a nice warm round of applause to Tim McDonald," said TD Jack Effel moments ago. McDonald, you see, is the bubble boy of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event.
On McDonald's final hand, Ismail Erkenov opened for 10,000 from the hijack seat. McDonald was on the button with only 67,500 chips left in his stack. He re-raised to 30,000, driving the blinds out of the hand. Erkenov called to a flop of 
and checked. When McDonald moved his last 37,500 into the middle, Erkenov quickly called.
McDonald showed absolutely no emotion. He simply rapped the table, "Nice hand," before Erkenov even opened his cards. Then McDonald tabled 
, aces and queens. Erkenov revealed that he hadn't just hit the ace -- he'd also hit the deuce with 
for a flopped full house, aces full of deuces.
"You wouldn't have two queens in there, would you?" McDonald asked the dealer. But he seemed resigned to his fate. Things ended swiftly with a 
on the turn. As McDonald bent down to pick up his possessions, he didn't even notice that the river came a salt-in-wound 
.
McDonald had to wait a few moments to make sure no other player busted. He immediately started texting on his phone, presumably disseminating the bad news. He soon received a call from "Greg". McDonald answered it and simply said, "I'm out."
Once it was determined that no other player busted, the floor staff walked McDonald to the stage in the center of the Amazon Room. That's where Effel introduced McDonald to the crowd.
"Because of you Tim, 747 players are now all in the money. You, my friend, have an automatic $10,000 entry into the 2011 WSOP Main Event on behalf of the World Series of Poker."
We're now on a short break while the staff prepare to process a stampede of eliminations.