World Series of Poker Main Event: Patrick Chan Eliminated In Ninth PlaceChan Earns $1,001,020 For Ninth-Place Finish |
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It took just two hands before our first casualty of the 2015 World Series of Poker November Nine final table.
With two short stacks on his immediate left, you just knew that chip leader Joe McKeehen was going to do everything in his power to apply pressure, and that’s exactly what he did when it folded around to his button.
McKeehen open shoved, putting Patrick Chan to the test in the small blind. Chan looked visibly shaken as he pondered what to do, but after about 45 seconds he decided to put in the rest of his stack of about 14 big blinds with K
Q
.
Federico Butteroni folded his big blind and McKeehen showed his superior A
4
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The board ran out 106539 and the 26-year-old Brooklyn, New York poker pro was eliminated in ninth place, earning $1,001,020.
Card Player TV caught the entirety of Chan’s post-elimination press conference. Check out the video below to see what he had to say after busting out:
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