Silver Continues to Build
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Nate Silver, the creator of the FiveThirtyEight blog and author of The Signal and the Noise, recently joined the PokerNews Podcast to talk about his trip to Melbourne, his poker skills, and the Main Event.
Silver is in today's field and he's doing incredibly well; in fact, he looks to be top five in chips. In a recent hand, Silver opened from the hijack for 4,000 and received a call from Samir Khoueis in the big blind. The latter then checked the 
and Silver moved all in. Khoueis, who only had 10,000 behind, folded while muttering his frustrations under his breath.
Meanwhile, Ayaz Mahmood has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | 75,000 |
|
10,000 | -59,700 |
|
Busted |