2016 WSOP on ESPN: "What Happened to Trusting Your Gut?"

This week's two episodes of the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN earned higher ratings than the week before. The stakes increased as well as the action picked up with the start of Day 6 when just 80 players remained from the 6,737-player starting field, continuing until they were down to just 51.

Along the way several November Niners were shown in action, including Kenny Hallaert, Jerry Wong, Griffin Benger, Cliff Josephy, Michael Ruane, Qui Nguyen, and Frederick Pons.

Nguyen we saw win a huge hand when he was nearly all in with jacks versus ace-king with a little over 60 players left, while Pons narrowly escaped elimination shortly thereafter when his pocket nines managed to…