On Sunday, Joe McKeehen played textbook chip leader poker in eliminating three more players at theWSOP Main Event final table. On Monday, he was still the clear chip leader at the table, but he let some of the other players handle the eliminations – but not all of them.

Max Steinberg eliminated Tom Cannuli on the second hand of the night. Cannuli, the short stack when play began on Monday, got exactly what he needed, getting his stack all-in with pocket aces and finding a caller in Steinberg, who held pocket tens. Unfortunately for Cannuli, the flop included a ten and when the turn and river bricked, Cannuli was out in sixth.

Almost three hours later, Neil Blumenfield, the amateur that Antonio Esfandiari has taken to calling “Legend,” eliminated Zvi Stern in fifth place. Stern, who was once as high as second in chips, was short-stacked, called a pre-flop all-in from Blumenfield, and found himself in a world of hurt. Stern held Ac Jh, but was trailing Blumenfield’s As Kc. The flop missed Stern, but the turn paired Blumenfield’s king, ending Stern’s chances with a fifth place finish.

That’s when McKeehen got the opportunity to play executioner once more, sending Steinberg home in fourth place. After moving as high as third in chips earlier in the night, Steinberg found himself as the shortest stack with four players left. Just like Stern, Steinberg got the last of his chips in with Ah Jd against a bigger ace, as McKeehen held Ad Qc. The board ran out 9d 7c 5s 8c 3d, Steinberg was out in fourth, and play was done for the night.

McKeehen finished the night with over two-thirds of the chips in play and will be an overwhelming favorite to win the bracelet and the $7.6 million first place money on Tuesday night. Blumenfield sits second with Josh Beckley playing the role of short stack.

Action gets underway on ESPN Tuesday at 9:30 pm ET and will play down to a winner.

Official Chip Counts

1. Joe McKeehen – 128,825,000
2. Neil Blumenfield – 40,125,000
3. Josh Beckley – 23,700,000