At 5:08 p.m. local time in Las Vegas, the first hand was pitched to the remaining nine players in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event. A surge of energy quickly followed, as short stack Patrick Chan called all in on the second hand played.
Chan was in the small blind with the and facing an all-in shove from the overwhelming chip leader, 888poker sponsored player Joe McKeehen. After the action folded to him, McKeehen had put the pressure on short stacks Chan and Federico Butteroni in the two blinds.