It was just last week that Ted Forrest denied Phil Hellmuth his 14th braceletin a $1,500 Razz event at the World Series of Poker. Now, Hellmuth (pictured) is once again in position to score his record-extending piece of hardware in a $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event. However, a parade of PocketFivers and several established pros stand in his way.

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The event, the 15th on the 2014 WSOP schedule, started on Thursday with 810 entrants and 15 remain. PocketFiver Heinz zhivKamutzki, who won the FTOPS XIV Main Event in November 2009 for $418,000 following a three-way chop, holds the chip lead in the Six-Max event at 841,000, ahead of the 815,000 belonging to Winamaxpro and PocketFiver Davidi legrouzin Kitai. By the way, Kitai has two WSOP bracelets.

Hellmuth Tweeted rather gingerly on Friday, “At end of Day 2 in #WSOP6Max, there are 15 players left, 6 make the official final table. I have average-ish stack #TimeToWinWSOP14 14 14 14.” If you didn’t see this week, Hellmuth is among those working with a site called IfOnly, which brings experiences with celebrities to the general public. One option allows you to play poker with Hellmuth for nearly $50,000.

But, we digress. Hellmuth relegated Day 2 chip leader Brandon Cantu to the rail on Friday after Cantu ran A-J into the Poker Brat’s aces. As coverage on WSOP.com noted, “With that, Hellmuth, who notched his 102nd WSOP cash in this event, eliminated his ‘frenemy.'” He bagged the sixth largest stack at 491,000 and has in excess of $12.3 million in career WSOP earnings.

One of the shortest stacks entering Saturday’s play in Event #15 belongs to PocketFiver Alen lilachaa Bilic (pictured), who hails from Bosnia and Herzegovina and was ranked as high as #7 on our site earlier this year. Bilic has $1.4 million in tracked online MTT winnings.

The top prize in the $3,000 NLHE Six-Max event is $508,000 and each of the 15 players left is guaranteed $19,000. Here’s how the leaderboard looks, with the blinds ending on Friday at 4,000-8,000-1,000:

1. Heinz zhivKamutzki – 841,000
2. Davidi legrouzinKitai – 815,000
3. Pratyush Buddiga – 760,000
4. John Andress – 699,000
5. Mark RenRad 01 Darner – 538,000
6. Phil Hellmuth – 491,000
7. Gordon stlouis6 Vayo – 483,000
8. Bill Burford – 454,000
9. Artem Artem205 Metalidi – 448,000
10. Ryan Olisar – 444,000
11. Gabriel Andrade – 439,000
12. Zachary Korik – 221,000
13. Vladimir Geshkenbein – 178,000
14. Alen lilachaaBilic – 105,000
15. Tony Ruberto – 98,000

Also on Saturday at the Rio, another poker veteran, Captain Tom Franklin (pictured), is searching for his second WSOP bracelet. Event #16, a $1,500 Limit 2-7- Draw Lowball tournament, will play down from eight to one, with Franklin leading the way. Here’s how the field stacks up with a top prize of $124,000 hanging in the balance:

1. Tom Franklin – 436,000
2. David Bell – 426,000
3. Kevin kice32 Iacofano – 264,000
4. David Gee – 126,000
5. Vladimir Shchemelev – 117,000
6. Todd Bui – 104,000
7. Aaron ndgrinder59 Steury – 80,000
8. Ismael Bojang – 14,000

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