Scott Blumstein leads WSOP main event

"It's just overwhelming what's happening," said Blumstein of the hand. "I didn't expect tonight to go exactly like this, but I'm thrilled. That hand versus John is pretty brutal for him, he had two-pair on the driest board ever, and I'm just lucky enough to have top set.

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Nine players are fighting for a pot of USD 8.15M.

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"I was really looking forward to tonight, because John made it pretty clear that he was here to have a good time," said Blumstein. "Then that hand, that clash happened, and he lost a big chunk of his stack after that. I can obviously understand if it's not going to be fun and game afterwards. I hope he gets some sleep, comes back tomorrow -- he's still in -- and hopefully we'll have some more fun tomorrow."

From the very first hand of the night, when Hesp pulled off a big bluff on Saout and then showed the table, drawing a thunderous reaction from the other players and the crowd alike, Hesp had most of the table in the palm of his hand for the first two hours of play.

The nine table members of this year's edition of WSOP are: 

1. Scott Blumstein (Morristown, New Jersey)

2. John Hesp (Bridlington, England)

3. Benjamin Pollak (Paris)

4. Bryan Piccioli (Allegany, New York)

5. Dan Ott (Altoona, Pennsylvania)

6. Damian Salas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

7. Antoine Saout (Morlaix, France)

8. Jack Sinclair (London)

9. Ben Lamb (Las Vegas)

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Salas became the first Argentine to make the final table and is sixth in chips.

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