The 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is onto Day 7 with 27 players remaining from the 6,737-entrant field. One player not among the final push towards the November Nine is SnapShove Founder Max Silver who was eliminated late on Day 6 in 33rd place for $216,211 in prize money.
This was Silver’s fifth-largest career score following his 2015 ARIA $25k No-Limit Hold’em High Roller win for $432,960, his 2014 WSOP $10k No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed third-place finish for $273,646, his 2016 EPT Monte Carlo €25k No-Limit Hold’em High Roller seventh-place finish for €202,050, and his 2013 EPT Prague €5k Main Event sixth-place finish for €160,200.
This was Silver’s tenth cash of the 2016 WSOP, taking his career WSOP tally to 22 – with three of those occurring in Cannes, France at WSOP Europe, in 2011 and 2012. Silver’s hopes for his tenth cash of the series were much grander than the $216,211 he earned as $8,005,310 was awaiting the player who would rise to the top and be crowned the 2016 WSOP Main Event champion.
Deep on Day 6, Silver found himself at the feature table and was dealt pocket nines. He raised under the gun to 380,000 (with blinds at 80,000/160,000). Daniel Colman was in the hijack and moved all-in for 2,965,000 with pocket tens. Action folded back to Silver, and he chatted back-and-forth with Colman before making the call. Silver flopped a gutshot, but was unable to improve and dropped down to 905,000 in chips.
Silver’s final hand came when he was all-in on an eight-high board with queen-eight against the king-jack suited of John Cynn. Cynn would hit runner-runner hearts to eliminate Colman in 33rd place for $216,211 in prize money.
Although his 33rd-place finish was not the ideal way for Silver’s 2016 WSOP to end, it was still a remarkable series. He cashed ten times for $355,858 in WSOP earnings and sees his career earnings to just shy of $3,000,000, according to The Hendon Mob.
Editor’s Note: The complete WSOP library is available on PokerGO.com and you can watch both of these hands in Episode 10 of the WSOP 2016 Main Event right here.
