Preflop betting between Johnny Chan and Isaac Baron left the two-time WSOP Main Event champion all in with and in dire straits against Baron's .
The dealer burned a card and delivered the flop — — Top set for Baron, and very bad news for Chan. The dealer went through the motions of dealing the turn and river, ending thigs for Chan. Meanwhile, Baron has now chipped up over 1 million.
With Huck Seed's bustout earlier today, Chan's knockout means the last former WSOP Main Event champion in the field has been eliminated.
Level 18 is in the books, which means there's just one more level left in Day 4. Before we get to that, the remaining players will take a 20-minute break.
Be back in 20 minutes as we look to knock off another level of the Main Event and bring a close to Day 4. While you wait, take a look at what we'll be doing.
John Juanda opened for 27,000 from early position, then it folded to the player in the cutoff who called, though tossed out fewer chips than Juanda had raised. When the raise amount was clarified to him and he satisfied the difference, the others folded. Juanda asked him if he would have called if he knew it was 27,000, and he said absolutely not, tongue in cheek.
The flop came and Juanda fired 32,000. His opponent could see that bet amount clearly enough, and folded his hand.