Coming into Sunday night, all eyes were on the short stacks. The shortest of those stacks, Patrick Chan, had his work cut out for him if he were going to make a final table run. After over three months of waiting, Chan’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table run lasted just two hands, as he was quickly dispatched by chip leader Joe McKeehen.

On the second hand of the night, the table folded around to the big stack, who moved all-in from the button. Chan and Federico Butteroni, the two shortest stacks at the table, were in the blinds and after the former called to put himself at risk from the small blind, while Butteroni folded in the big.

McKeehen held Ad 4h to Chan’s Ks Qc and the short stack had to hit to stay alive. He didn’t, as McKeehen’s ace-high held through the 10c 6h 5s 3h 9c runout, confirming Chan’s 9th place elimination and extending his chip lead on this Main Event final table.

Chan makes $1,001,020 and his elimination means the eliminations from here on out will initiate individual pay jumps. The next player eliminated earns $1,097,056.