Coverage of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event continued on the ESPN networks last night with two more one-hour episodes. Action picked up at the start of Day 5 when just 237 players — survivors of the 6,420-player starting field — were left.
Those knocked out at the start of the day earned $34,157 each, and the payouts remained flat thereafter as finishing 163rd-225th was worth $40,433 and 100th-162nd worth $46,890. Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, there were a number of preflop all-ins featured during the two hours as shorter-stacked players looked for double-ups to improve their chances of getting deeper.