The final packaged 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN episodes aired on Tuesday night. Two one-hour highlights of Day 7 of the Main Event were shown, with the action grinding from 18 players down to the 2013 WSOP November Nine. Jan Nakladalwas the first player lost after his pair of queens ran into the pocket aces of Matthew Reed. It was Nakladal’s first WSOP cash.

Then, David Benefielddoubled up after sinking to 17th on the leaderboard. The man nicknamed “Raptor” won a race with threes against A-Q. Another American, Michigan’s Ryan Riess, called all-in before the flop with aces and doubled up courtesy of Alex Livingston‘s A-Q.

Two-time bracelet winner J.C. Tranpicked off a bluff by Fabian Ortiz, who held A-Q for ace-high. Tran had second pair and called for 20% of his stack and, just like that, Ortiz was eliminated in 17th place.

Meanwhile, Chris Lindh, a former investment banker, 3bet all-in before the flop for his last 14 big blinds with 10-9 of spades and was up against Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, who held A-9. McLaughlin hit a flush when all was said and done, sending Lindh out the door in 16th place. McLaughlin shot up to fourth on the Main Event leaderboard.

Bruno Kawauti3bet all-in before the flop with tens and was up against Rep Porter (pictured) and his pocket sevens. Kawauti’s rail, which included the likes of Humberto Brenes, watched in disbelief as Porter hit a seven on the flop for top set. Running queens sent Kawauti to the rail in 15th place. A montage of Porter’s suckouts followed, which included hands like A-Q > A-K, Kh-Qh > 8-8 > K-K, 10-10 > Q-Q, and 9-9 > A-2.

Italy’s Sergio Castellucciohit the deck in 14th place, making Amir Lehavotthe new chip leader. Livingston followed the Italian out the door to trim the field to 12 after running A-Q into the aces of Sylvain Loosli. The latter hit top set on the flop, leaving Livingston drawing dead. As the first one-hour episode faded to black, Loosli was the tournament’s chip leader at 33.9 million.

To start the second episode, Amsterdam’s Michiel Brummelhuis insta-called all-in on a flop of J-6-10 holding J-9 for top pair. Loosli had A-J, but a running 8-7 gave Brummelhuis a straight and he doubled through in miraculous fashion. Not as fortunate was Porter, whose string of comebacks came to an end after his K-J could not out-race pocket nines. Porter landed in 12th place in the 2013 WSOP Main Event.

Following Reed’s elimination in 11th place, the remaining 10 players were re-seated at the feature table for one final bust-out before the November Nine. Every person drew a new seat sans Carlos Mortensen (pictured), who ultimately called for his tournament life with Ac-9 on a board of 3-10-6-9 with three clubs for a pair and the nut flush draw. Tran held 8c-7 for the nut straight, which held when the river was a red deuce. Mortensen, whose rail included Phil Hellmuth and Erick Lindgren, had the dubious distinction of being the 2013 WSOP November Nine Bubble Boy.

Next week, you can catch the finale of the 2013 WSOP Main Event on a 15-minute delay from the comfort of your own home. On Monday, the field will shrink from nine players to three starting at 8:00pm ET on ESPN2. On Tuesday, a winner will be determined starting at 9:00pm ET on ESPN. Last year, determining a champion took around 12 hours. Hole cards will be shown at the end of every hand for those players still in the hand when the action ended.

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