Max Silver Leads the Way Into Day 3 of Event #53
The final seven players of Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Max. bagged their chips to return on Thursday to their seat at the unofficial final table.
The day started with 73 players returning, and they went flying to the rail fast and furious. Stuart Rutter, Jason Mercier, Andre Akkari and Jack Duong joined the 62 other players that failed to make Day 3.
The money bubble lasted for more than an hour when, finally, Joseph Risi was eliminated, while Philip Rhee made it into the money with only 300 chips. And it was Max Silver (1,021,000) who ended the day as the big stack after a three-level surge that netted him 1-million chips.
The WSOP Player of the Year leaders tried their hand at trying to catch Ray Henson. John Racener (13th) and James Obst (25th) made the money, but ultimately busted before gaining on the players who were still playing the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament.
The remaining players are competing for the $172,645 first-place prize and a WSOP gold bracelet.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 2 | 1 | David Olson | United States | 97,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 2 | Mickey Craft | United States | 445,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 3 | Lena Wang | United States | 395,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 4 | Guowei Zhang | United States | 510,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 5 | Georgios Kapalas | Greece | 475,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 6 | Ayman Qutami | United States | 792,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 7 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 1,021,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,021,000 | 71,000 |
|
792,000 | 324,000 |
|
510,000 | |
|
475,000 | -10,000 |
|
445,000 | 5,000 |
|
395,000 | 20,000 |
|
97,000 | -253,000 |
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and Zhang checked. Silver bet and Zhang folded.
and Mayfield was sent home during the last five-minutes of the night.
and Mayfield check-called a bet from Maslak.
and Mayfield checked again. Maslak bet, Mayfield raised putting Maslak all in and Maslak called.
was not the fourth heart Maslak needed and he was sent home in 9th place.
and Wang bet, Anderson raised and Wang called.
and Wang check-called Anderson's all in for 13,000.
flop and Bach check-raised all in. Craft called. Bach had 
against the 
and the river was the 
, giving Craft a straight. Bach was eliminated in 11th place.
and Craft called Racener's all in.
and Racener was sent home.
and both players checked. The river was the 
and asked the dealer to give Craft a set, which would give Kassela a straight.
, and Craft won the hand with a straight. Kassela was eliminated in 16th place and will take home ($7,821).