Matt Hawrilenko could add another WSOP bracelet to his collection in a little less than 48 hours.

Earlier this summer Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold’em event. After Tuesday’s play at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event he’s in position to add a second to his collection.

Hawrilenko wrapped up play sitting atop the 27 remaining players with 701,500 chips. Steven Fung is Hawrilenko’s closest competition with 648,000 chips. The distance between those two and the rest of the pack is significant. A group of five players are bunched together with between 409,000 and 471,000.

At the top of that chase group is Praz Bansi with 471,000. The Londoner has been near the top of the leaderboard at the conclusion of each day so far. Arnaud Mattern, Barry Shulman, John Kabbaj and Peter Gould make up the rest of that group. Shulman is the father of November Niner Jeff Shulman - the player who said due to issue’s with Harrah’s he would throw away the Main Event bracelet should he win.

Speaking of the November Nine Antoine Saout is still in contention with 202,000 chips and James Akenhead is short-stacked with 153,500. Those two and the rest of the November Nine might be the big stars in a few months but the biggest names in the game are still shining in London. Daniel Negreanu finished with 314,500, Doyle Brunson will unbag 246,500 on Day 5 and Men “the Master” Nguyen survived with the shortest stack at 63,000.

Youngsters are also making some waves. Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Christian Harder and Jason Mercier are all still cashing Hawrilenko. Play wrapped up for the night when John Tabatabai was eliminated on the money bubble in 37th place. Joining Tabatabai on the outside of the rail Tuesday with nothing to show for it were Amnon Filippi, Andrew Lichtenberger and the player who started the day with an overwhelming chip lead Ian Munns.

The 36 players who will start Day 5 will all be in the money with the first nine players to hit the rail all cashing for £21,142. The average chip count is 279,000 and the final 36 players will return at Noon BST to play down to the nine-handed final table.

2009 WSOP Europe Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts

1. Matt Hawrilenko - 701,500
2. Steven Fung - 648,000
3. Praz Bansi - 471,000
4. Arnaud Mattern - 469,500
5. Barry Shulman - 452,500
6. John Kabbaj - 448,500
7. Peter Gould - 409,000
8. Shandoi Demjan - 367,500
9. Keith Hawkins - 330,500
10. Eric Liu - 330,500

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