"There isn't one player who doesn't understand that the hammer is going to fall shortly," Riley said.

The hammer would later go to work on a few of the floor tiles too.

"If you're going to break the law, the hammer is going to come down," he said.

When the hammer went down we were leapt with excitement.

"Yes," replied the reporters, wondering when the hammer was going to fall.

There was the faintest metallic click and I knew the hammer had gone back on a gun.

Gasps were heard in the room when the hammer went down at $8.8 million.

The hammer went back up for the fourth time- 'Duck!'

In a live auction, the item is gone when the hammer goes down.

The hammer went back with an audible double click.