Coverage of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event continued this week on ESPN, with the November Nine now less than two weeks away.
This week’s two-and-a-half hours’ worth of episodes covered the first half of Day 7, carrying the action down from 27 players to just 15. A theme throughout for those with knowledge of who made the final table were the repeated instances of those players being all in and at risk of elimination.
No less than five of the eventual November Niners were shown surviving with double-ups this week, always in preflop all-in situations:
- Federico Butteroni doubled with pocket queens versus ace-king
- Max Steinberg’s pocket aces held up against pocket eights
- Josh Beckley doubled up on two different occasions
- Neil Blumenfield picked up and on consecutive hands, doubling both times
- and Tom Cannuli doubled with ace-king versus ace-nine
Meawhile there were a number of other hands featured that involved players facing some not-so-simple decisions.