Amid all of the hoopla of PokerStars being granted a license to operate in New Jersey, we finally had a chance to catch up on this week’s coverage of the WSOP Main Event on ESPN. We took in the second of two hours, which aired on Wednesday night in a special time slot. The action began on Day 5 with 162 players left and Max Steinberg holding the chip lead.

John $JMONEY$Racener, a former November Niner, went busto to open the episode after coming out on the wrong end of a flip with queens against Joe dude904 McKeehen’s A-K. McKeehen (pictured) spiked an ace on the river to win in dramatic fashion.

At the feature table, Daniel Negreanu took center stage. Sporting a rather full beard, Negreanu was the second shortest stack at the table with 19 big blinds and 3bet all-in before the flop with A-K against 7-7. Negreanu told his opponent, “Wow, really? You thought I was bluffing,” before hitting an ace to double up. It was his first time being all-in during the 2015 WSOP Main Event.

McKeehen won a pot worth 1.4 million in chips with kings-full after an opponent bluffed with a busted straight draw and, as a result, took the overall chip lead.

Then, Las Vegas cash game pro Lily Newhouse (pictured) 3bet all-in before the flop with pocket eights and ran into Federico Butteroni‘s aces. As ESPN poker commentator Norman Chad put it, “Her son is named Ace. She’s not fond of any aces right now.” After a flop of K-10-3, Chad added, “She should have named her kid Eight.” The board rounded out 9-J and Newhouse was eliminated.

Longtime PocketFiver Mark P0ker H0Kroon, with Phil Hellmuth perched on his rail, busted a player after his aces withstood eights. Kroon and Brian Stinger885 Hastings were both wearing black “What Would Phil Do?” shirts.

On a board of K-5-3-2-Q with three hearts, Justin ZeeJustinBonomo (pictured) checked with pocket fives for a set and Matt Waxman checked behind with A-K for top pair. The dealer pushed Bonomo a pot worth 1.1 million and he was up to a healthy 145 big blinds.

In the last pot shown during the second hour of coverage, Negreanu called all-in before the flop with kings after Salvatore DiCarlo 5bet with A-K. Negreanu tanked for a couple minutes before calling, at one point saying, “I’ve only done that twice in my life,” referring to folding kings pre-flop. One time, his opponent held aces and Negreanu was right; the other time, his opponent had queens and he was wrong.

Negreanu ultimately decided to call and the board ran out an innocuous 10-3-8-4-7. Negreanu doubled up to 2.6 million in chips and the screen faded to black.

New WSOP on ESPN episodes air this Sunday from 8:30pm to 11:00pm Eastern Time.

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