Episodes 3 and 4 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPNaired on Monday night, going head-to-head with the offensive debacle known as Monday Night Football. There were 416 players left on Day 4 when coverage began and Joe dude904McKeehen held the chip lead. Joe Hachem was the sole Main Event winner left.

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Whereas last week’s episodes were all about Phil Hellmuth, this week Daniel Negreanu (pictured), who was seated at the featured table, was the centerpiece. The first episode began with Phil Laak calling all-in pre-flop against Christian charder Harder. Laak had A-K to Harder’s aces and couldn’t pull out the win, ending his Main Event run.

Then, inaugural One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari (pictured) had a player with 6-6 all-in before the flop. Esfandiari showed K-J of diamonds and hit a jack on the flop, winning the critical flip and boosting his stack by 55%. Former blackjack dealer Lance kingpin023 Harris checked on the river of a J-5-A-7-J board with A-K. An opponent with 9-8 bet 155,000 and Harris called, raking in the pot.

Back at the featured table, Negreanu, holding pocket sevens, raised to 22,000 and Austin Lewis3bet all-in with A-K of spades. Lewis called Negreanu’s hand before “Kid Poker” rolled over his hole cards and the board came 10-5-10-9-4. Negreanu boosted his stack by 22% amid phrases like “You might be just doing that bully thing on me too” and “I wonder what would happen if I stuck this fork in my eye.”

To start the second episode, Hachem moved all-in with jacks, but ran into aces. His opponent spiked a set on the flop and Hachem was drawing dead after the turn. It was his first Main Event cash since 2009.

Negreanu remained busy, putting a player who had bottom two pair all-in when Negreanu had a flush. His opponent wisely folded and Negreanu’s stack soared to over 1.1 million. Fellow pro Esfandiari, meanwhile, called all-in pre-flop with pocket tens and held against A-K of hearts. His father, Bijan, cheered him on from the rail as Esfandiari yelled, “Holy **** I won a flip. It’s been like three years.”

Three-time Olympic medalist Fatima Moreira de Melo (pictured) made a deep run in this year’s Main Event, but bit the dust on Day 4 after running A-6 into A-10. Then, PocketFiver Josh asdf26 Beckley triple-barreled with a busted flush draw, but got his opponent to lay down second pair.

Monday night’s coverage ended with Esfandiari putting a player all-in who had 8-8 when “The Magician” held Q-7 of clubs. Esfandiari fell short and his stack dropped to five big blinds. However, he doubled up with A-10 against A-J and again with 10-6 against K-J to stay in the hunt as the screen faded to black.

New WSOP on ESPN episodes will air on Wednesday, September 30 at 9:00pm ET. Then, the action permanently moves to Sundays starting October 4.

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