Max Silver Bags Overwhelming Chip Lead in Event #27 with 21 Players Left
Day 2 of Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed began with 201 players from the total 959 entries. Only 21 made it through the 10.5 levels of play.
London poker pro Max Silver finished the day as the overwhelming chip leader after amassing a stack of 2,219,000. Silver’s stack continually increased after the dinner break, and he more than doubled his stack in the final two-and-a-half levels of play. With plenty of tournament poker success to his credit, Silver is still looking for his WSOP title.
The next biggest stack is just under half that of Silver at 1,160,000, and that belongs to Morten Mortensen. Rounding out the top five heading into tomorrow are Jerry Payne (955,000), Chris Moorman (906,000), and Onur Unsal (893,000).
Also still in contention to win gold Friday are bracelet winners Steve Sung (840,000), Michael Gagliano(840,000), and Simeon Naydenov (364,000), along with Ryan Tosoc (709,000), Samantha Cohen (482,000), Nacho Barbero (382,000), James Chen (283,000), and Pratyush Buddiga (169,000).
The remaining 21 restart at 12 p.m. to play down to a winner.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| Brasilia | 1 | 1 | Scot Masters | United States | 664,000 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 2 | Bernardo Dias | Brazil | 867,000 | 72 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 3 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 382,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 4 | Richard Tuhrim | United States | 382,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 5 | Simeon Naydenov | Bulgaria | 364,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 6 | Jerry Payne | United States | 955,000 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 1 | Samantha Cohen | United States | 482,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 3 | Julien Martini | United States | 678,000 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 4 | Alex Queen | United States | 158,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 5 | Morten Mortensen | Denmark | 1,160,000 | 97 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 6 | Steve Sung | United States | 840,000 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 1 | Levan Karamanishvili | Georgia | 201,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 2 | Pratyush Buddiga | United States | 169,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 3 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | 906,000 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 4 | Onur Unsal | Turkey | 893,000 | 74 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 5 | Ryan Tosoc | United States | 709,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 1 | Michael Gagliano | United States | 840,000 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 3 | John Gorsuch | United States | 733,000 | 61 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 4 | James Chen | Taiwan | 283,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 5 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 2,219,000 | 185 |
| Brasilia | 4 | 6 | Joshua Ladines | United States | 398,000 | 33 |
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, and Gagliano checked from the small blind. Naydenov bet more than 100,000, and Gagliano tank-called. 
, pairing the board, and both players checked. Gagliano showed 
for aces up, and it was good. He is now closing in on the 1,000,000-chip mark.
, and Radoja showed 
.
, and Unsal's set was enough to take it down.
, and Moorman check-called Sung's bet of 36,000. The river was the 
, and both players checked. Moorman tabled 
for two pair and took down the pot.
, there was more than 50,000 in the pot, and Chris Moorman and Sands had all the chips in. 
, and Sands doubled up. 
. Sung's nines held up, and Sands was eliminated