With the payouts late on Day 6 of the WSOP Main Event now into six figures, every pay jump is becoming meaningful. So much so, in fact, that one of the longest 'hands' in WSOP history just took place.
With 72 players remaining midway through Level 29 at blinds of 100K/150K (150K), Loren Klein raised to 975K from the cutoff, leaving a single chip behind. Tyler Gaston called him in the small blind.
A payout for 71st place would mean $125K for Klein if he busted there instead of the $105K he was currently at for 72nd place.
The final chip went in from Gaston on the 
flop, and Klein needed time to make a decision about that final chip.
Not really, of course, but there was that $20K available if he could outlast an elimination at another table.
Into the tank we go
Players began to filter away from the table as the tanking extended towards 10 minutes…
And then continued.
Another five minutes passed, with no one returning to their seats or calling the clock.
While this was going on, we asked their tablemate, Ricardo Cermeno-Sandoval, his thoughts on the situation, explaining why he personally wouldn’t call the clock.
“Solidarity, I guess. You don’t want to be the one. You’d like that pay jump too. It’s $20K.”
Another minute or so went by before Senior Tournament Director Dennis Jones got wind of the situation and decided to interject. He gave Klein one minute to make a decision, and when Jones began his five-second countdown, the hand had passed 17 minutes in length. Klein finally put in the final chip.
Loren Klein: 
Tyler Gaston: 
Klein was drawing very live with hearts and kings working for him, but the dealer completed the board 
to fill Gaston's full house.
No one had busted at any of the other remaining tables, so despite his best efforts, Klein fell in 72nd place, one spot short of that $20K pay jump, while Gaston crossed 10 million on his way to bagging the end-of-day chip lead, thanks in part to Klein's final chips.
