Simultaneous Eliminations Burst the Bubble
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During the single hand played in the hand-for-hand portion of Day 2, we managed to witness three bustouts, in addition to Phil Hellmuth's ouster mentioned below, that combined to burst our money bubble.
First, a player in the cutoff shoved all-in for his last 10,200 and Clayton Hamm, sitting in the small blind, quickly moved all-in over the top. The action folded around and the players revealed their holdings, with Hamm's 
in a commanding position over his opponent's 
. The board ran out safe for Hamm and his opponent was eliminated.
Next, we watched what proved to be a crushing example of poker's cruelty. Crisoldo Bautista woke up with 
and, despite the impending arrival of prize money, he did what any self-respecting poker player would do: he moved all-in. Unfortunately for Bautista, he was called by a player holding 
and he would have to survive five board cards to earn his cash.
The dealer spread a flop of 
across the felt and Bautista was safe so far. After the came on the turn, he was one card away from securing the win, along with assuring himself of a WSOP cash. Bautista stood and watched the dealer burn and turn to decide his fate.
River: 
The players at the table gasped in astonishment as the dagger of cut Baustita's heart out. He staggered away from the table in silence as his stack was slid across the table. He appeared fated to share the ignoble distinction of "bubble boy" with a few other players, but after after the final accounting was conducted, Bautista's stack size when he went broke enabled him to slide into 297th place, good for a minimum cash of $1,898.