De Silva, Guillen, Cartwright Headline Day 3 of $3,000 Six-Max
Day 3 of Event #31: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-handed is set to kick off at 2 p.m. local time, with the remaining 20 players from a starting field of 754 scheduled to play down to a final table of six. Leading the way is two-time WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva with 1,965,000 chips, good for just over 98 big blinds at the start of play. Nicholas Howard (1,700,000) and Thomas Cazayous (1,690,000) also command massive stacks, while Wojtek Barzantny (1,300,000) and Veerab Zakarian (1,100,000) round out the top five.
The rest of the diverse field (ten different countries are represented by the remaining twenty players) include two bracelet winners in Mexico's Angel Guillen (670,000), who won his WSOP bracelet in 2009, and Kyle Cartwright (490,000), who shipped his bracelet in 2014. Canada's Demosthenes Kiriopoulos (145,000) will have some work to do as the short stack in this fast-paced format.
Play will begin today with Level 21 (10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante) and the remaining field has already locked up $14,423, with all eyes on the top prize of $414,766 and the coveted WSOP bracelet. Levels will be one hour in length, with a fifteen-minute break after every two levels and a dinner break after the sixth level of play today.
Stay tuned right here to the PokerNews blog as we break down all the exciting six-handed action straight from the tournament floor at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino!
board from the big blind, and Erwann Pecheux bet 120,000 from under the gun. De Silva called.
river as well, and Pecheux thought for a minute before moving in for his last 280,000. De Silva snap-called and tabled 
for a rivered two pair, while Pecheux showed that his 
had been cracked by the river.
flop, and Cressman would get no love from the 
turn or 
with 
for a straight draw against the 
of Angel Guillen. The 
river was a brick and Doddanavar hit the rail after a short-lived grind with crumbs.
, but improved no further on the 
turn or 
river to bust.
. The 
meant he needed one of De Silva's jacks, but instead the 
river to leave himself with just 30,000.
board failed to provide Bednar any help.
turn, and Proudfoot was eliminated after the 
