Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:33 PM Local Time
Main Event Winner Crowned Tonight! Cards in the Air at 6 p.m.
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Neil Blumenfield
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Joe McKeehen
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Josh Beckley
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40,125,000 in chips
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128,825,000 in chips
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23,700,000 in chips
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Welcome to the third and final day of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event!
After four months of waiting and two days of final table action, it's time to crown a new champion.
Every hand of tonight's action will be broadcast on ESPN on a 30-minute delay, starting at 9:30 ET / 6:30 PT.
Two days ago, the 2015 November Nine returned to the felt to face off with $7.6 million dollars and the most prestigious prize in poker on the line. Joe McKeehen, a 24-year old professional player from Pennsylvania, had built a big chip lead in July, and he sat down on Sunday with about 1/3 of the chips in play. They played down to six players Sunday evening, and McKeehen secured all three bustouts as Patrick Chan, Federico Butteroni, and Pierre Neuville were eliminated. Along the way, McKeehen steadily increased his stack, and finished the day with nearly half the chips, three times as much as his closest competitor.
Yesterday, the remaining six players took their seats again, playing down to the final three. Thomas Cannuli, Ofer Zvi Stern, and Max Steinberg were eliminated in sixth, fifth, and fourth, respectively. Meanwhile, Josh Beckley--who started the day with one of the shortest stacks at the table--made a strong push, coming back from the brink to move into second place and become only the second player (after McKeehen) to cross the 40 million-chip mark. McKeehen himself started the day on a bit of a downswing, but reversed it and continued to accumulate chips. He still hasn't relinquished the chip lead, and after eliminating Max Steinberg on the final hand Monday night, McKeehen holds about 2/3 of the chips in play heading into tonight's finale. (For more, check out the chip-tracking chart, below.)
Neil Blumenfield, the second-eldest player ever to make the November Nine, is currently second behind McKeehen. McKeehen has over three times as many chips as Blumenfield (128 million to 40 million), and Beckley is in third with 23.7 million.
The final day is scheduled to begin tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the Penn and Teller Theater. The tournament resumes in Level 39, with blinds at 500,000/1,000,000 and a 100,000 ante. And play will continue until the next Main Event champion is crowned.
Here are the payouts for the remaining three finishers:
1st - $7,683,346
2nd - $4,470,896
3rd - $3,398,298
Click here for full results.
Chip Tracking Chart for First Two Days of 2015 Final Table
