The 2015 November Nine kicked off by having a whimper, perhaps not a bang. The focus was on players tanking and acting as if they had little interest in actually playing poker on the first day of play Sunday night.
Patrick Chan came to the WSOP Main Event table that is final having a small stack that lasted exactly two hands.
Federico Butteroni’s crowd looks in as the Italian discovered himself all in during the nine with a hand dominated by chip leader Joe McKeehen november. (Image: ESPN broadcast of WSOP)
Chan woke up with K♠Q♣ in the blind that is small facing an all-in bet by overwhelming chip leader Joe McKeehen. After careful consideration, Chan made the phone call with just 16 blinds that are big. In a near coin-flip situation, it was McKeehen securing to bust the stack that is short.
The excitement at the table that is final and ended with that hand. More than five hours later, whenever session concluded, viewers were left wondering whether a lot of the players were just looking to move up the pay slots, or were actually interested in winning the tournament.
Stern and Neuville Put Viewers on Tilt
36-year-old Israeli Ofer Zvi Stern and 72-year old Belgian Pierre Neuville received critique from viewers for tanking, especially Stern. Neuville took approximately 10 seconds to act almost every time after looking at their cards, even though he hardly ever played a hand.
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