Event #64: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship Jour 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-29 22:58 UTC-7

Lautenbacher Bags Top Stack After Day 2 In $600 NLH Deepstack Championship

AndrewK47

Niveau 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

After two full days of play in Event #64: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, only 44 hopefuls remain in the hunt for WSOP gold.

A total of 4,303 players joined the action to create a prize pool of $2,194,530, with the eventual winner taking home $270,972 and a coveted gold bracelet.

When the dust settled on Day 2, it was Cade Lautenbacher who bagged the biggest stack with 7,205,000. Close on his heels are Jonathan Fhima (6,665,000) and Julian Pineda (5,860,000), who round out the top three.

Lautenbacher is an Atlanta native with only $15,559 in live tournament earnings, according to The Hendon Mob. Although Lautenbacher is fairly new to the live scene, he has already taken down a WSOP bracelet in the 2022 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Online Bracelet Championship on WSOP.com for $28,829 and will have his sights set on another title here.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Cade Lautenbacher	United States	7,205,000	72
2	Jonathan Fhima	France	6,665,000	67
3	Julian Pineda	Columbia	5,860,000	59
4	Joe Ebanks	United States	5,355,000	54
5	Will Thysell	United States	5,100,000	51
6	Ahmed Karrim	South Africa	5,075,000	51
7	Romain Kowalczyk	France	4,550,000	46
8	Mauro Gomez	Chile	4,425,000	44
9	Dominic Cabuhat	United States	4,425,000	44
10	Nicholas Lee	Canada	4,195,000	42

Day 2 Action

A total of 543 returned to the Orange section of Horseshoe to battle it out on the green felts. Many notables came back today with hopes of a deep run, but some who weren’t fortunate enough to find a bag included Kristen Deardorff (427th - $1,200), Conrad Simpson (398th - $1,200), Martin Zamani (336th - $1,299), Matt Affleck (293rd - $1,418, and Daniel Sepiol (112th - $2,217), who managed to catch fire early on but couldn’t keep that momentum going to finish in 112th place.

Those who managed to find a bag included bracelet winners Joe Ebanks (5,355,000), Howard Mash (3,940,000), and Erik Cajelais (2,660,000). Also still in the running is Day 1 chip leader Steven Stolzenfeld (2,635,000), David Guay (2,100,000) and Sacha Cohen (2,035,000) to name a few.

The remaining 44 will return to the Gold section of Horseshoe tomorrow, June 30th at 10 a.m. Vegas time. The plan is to play down to five players and return on July 1st to crown a winner. The blinds will resume at Level 28 with 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a dinner break after Level 33 at around 4:30 p.m.

Be sure to keep it with PokerNews as we come closer to crowning a new champion in Event #64: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship at the 2023 WSOP.

Tags: Ahmed Karrim Cade Lautenbacher Conrad Simpson Daniel Sepiol David Guay Dominic Cabuhat Erik Cajelais Howard Mash Joe Ebanks Jonathan Fhima Julian Pineda Kristen Deardorff Martin Zamani Matt Affleck Mauro Gomez Nicholas Lee Romain Kowalczyk Sacha Cohen Will Thysell

2023-06-29 21:54 UTC-7

Ondo at it Again

Niveau 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action was opened under the gun by Michael Ondo. There was a flat call from a player in middle position and the action then folded to the big blind. They took their time but eventually went all in for 700,000. Action was then back on Ondo who rejammed for 1,725,000. Surprisingly the middle position player didn't wait long before calling Ondo's all in.

The players were off to a full board three ways with Ondo and the Big blind at risk.

Big Blind: 8♣8♠
Michael Ondo: A♥K♣
Middle Position : J♠J♥

The full board ran out A♠2♠Q♦Q♥7♥ giving Ondo top pair to earn a knockout and over a full double up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Michael Ondo	4,200,000 2,700,000	2,700,000

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2023-06-29 18:53 UTC-7

Is Stolzenfeld the Chosen One?

Niveau 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Pokernews caught up with current chip leader Steven Stolzenfeld and his tablemates as they recounted what was described as "The hand of the Tournament".

Things got started when the hijack opened to 80,000. It then folded to the button who put in the three-bet to 250,000. Stolzenfeld was next to act in the small blind and put in a cold four-bet to 590,000. The hijack folded and action was back on the button who five-bet to 950,000. Stolzenfeld flat called.

The 10x10x8x flop was checked over to the button who put out a continuation bet of 325,000. Stolzenfeld smooth called again.

The turn brought a Kx and this time the players both slowed down and checked.

The 2x landed on the river and without hesitation Stolzenfeld open jammed for 1,600,000 effective. The button tanked but eventually flicked in the call and was shown the bad news.

Stolzenfeld called the five bet and immediately flopped quad tens. The button flashed aces in disgust as he exited the tournament after what can only be described as an absolutely horrendous bad beat.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Steven Stolzenfeld	6,000,000

Tags: Steven Stolzenfeld

2023-06-29 16:20 UTC-7

Lucky River For Akshuta

MaximeTaldir

Niveau 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After a shove in early position for 100,000 chips, Etay Akshuta in the hijack pushed all his chips in the middle too, for 380,000 chips. An amount that Yang Zhang, in the big blind, called.

Early Position Player: A♥3♥
Etay Akshuta: K♥Q♠
Yang Zhang: 8♦8♥

This hand almost ended as it started, as Yang Zhang's pair was still in the lead on 5♠J♥9♠3♠. But the K♦ on the river permitted Akshuta to stay in the tournament and almost triple his stack.

In his pursuit of a second WSOP bracelet this summer, Yang Zhang stayed over one million chips. However, the player in early position was eliminated in this hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sacha Cohen	1,400,000 926,000	926,000
Yang Zhang	1,060,000 573,000	573,000

David Yokoyama	1,000,000 365,000	365,000
Etay Akshuta	900,000 747,000	747,000

Tags: Etay Akshuta Yang Zhang

2023-06-29 14:40 UTC-7

Balleur Doubles Through Liebert

MaximeTaldir

Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

On the button position, Gaetan Balleur moved all in for 254,000 chips, a little bit less than 13 blinds. Two seats on his left, Kathy Liebert in the big blind called.

Gaetan Balleur: 10♦10♥
Kathy Liebert: A♥Q♣

In this coin flip, Balleur had to avoid an ace or a queen. And that's exactly what he did, thanks to the board 8♦6♦K♦3♠K♥. His stack increases to half a million chips.

Rémi Castaignon, seated next to Balleur, wasn't as lucky as him as he was eliminated just before the break.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jonathan Fhima	1,700,000 -50,000	-50,000
Kathy Liebert	680,000 -520,000	-520,000

Gaetan Balleur	538,000 78,000	78,000
Rémi Castaignon	Eliminé

Tags: Gaetan Balleur Kathy Liebert

2023-06-29 14:29 UTC-7

Raise and Take For Stolzenfeld

AndrewK47

Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The table folded around to Steven Stolzenfeld on the button who opened for 40,000 and only the big blind came along.

The flop fanned out 7♠4♥3♥ and the big blind checked over to Stolzenfeld who tossed out a bet of 65,000. The big blind took some time, but eventually let their cards go and the pot was sent to Stolzenfeld.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Steven Stolzenfeld	1,100,000

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2023-06-29 14:20 UTC-7

Ashelm Finds Favorable Runout For Double Elimination

AndrewK47

Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action was picked up when all the chips were in the middle preflop between three players. Robert Ashelm was the biggest stack against two players who had roughly 300,000.

Opponent: 5♣5♦
Opponent: K♦Q♦
Robert Ashelm: A♠J♥

The board ran out 10♦9♠7♥10♣7♦ and the two pair on board counterfeit the pocket fives to score the pot for Ashelm with ace-high and send both his opponents to the payout desk.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Robert Ashelm	1,800,000 1,085,000	1,085,000

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2023-06-29 12:26 UTC-7

Terrible River For Affleck

MaximeTaldir

Niveau 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

While other players were standing up to go on a break, Matt Affleck and his 705,000 chips stayed to defend in the big blind. In front of him, Manuel Mendes opened from the button, and Affleck three-bet to 112,000. Mendes counted his stack and called.

On the flop 7♥10♦Q♥, both players checked. Then on the turn 2♠, Affleck fired a bet of 90,000. Mendes called once again to see the river card, the K♦.

After some time, Affleck took two piles from his stack to bet 190,000. A second later, Mendes moved all in, and Affleck seemed to have no choice but to call.

Quickly, Mendes revealed A♣J♦ for a straight hit on the river. Clearly disappointed, Affleck showed Q♣Q♦ and threw his cards into the muck. Slightly covered, Affleck has been eliminated on this hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Manuel Mendes	1,558,000 1,558,000	1,558,000
Matt Affleck	Eliminé

Tags: Manuel Mendes Matt Affleck

2023-06-29 11:52 UTC-7

Affleck Puts Pressure On Opponent

AndrewK47

Niveau 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In a heads-up pot with close to 70,000 in the middle on a flop of A♥10♦10♣, a player in the big blind checked to Matt Affleck on the button who bet out 12,000. The big blind called and the pair saw the J♠ turn.

The big blind checked a second time and Affleck came with a size of 40,000. The big blind pondered for a moment, but eventually tossed their cards into the muck and the pot was shipped to Affleck.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Matt Affleck	680,000 337,000	337,000

Tags: Matt Affleck

2023-06-29 09:00 UTC-7

Day 2 of Event #64: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Begins At 10 AM

MaximeTaldir

It's a new day at Event #64: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship of the 2023 World Series of Poker. After a Day 1 that attracted 4,303 entries for a total prize pool of $2,194,530, 543 players are coming back at 10 a.m. at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2.

All players still in the tournament are in the money, as the bubble burst 30 minutes before the end of Day 1. Since the bubble burst, 100 players have already been eliminated, so all remaining players are guaranteed to win $1,050. However, all eyes are on the first-place prize of $271,032.

To reach that, players need to survive Day 2 to qualify for Day 3, and some will have an advantage compared to others. That is the case for two players who built stacks of over one million chips on Day 1: Steven Stolzenfeld, who finished as the chipleader with 1,190,000, and the French player Adel Kabbani, who had an impressive stack all day. He qualified for Day 2 with 1,052,000.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Steven Stolzenfeld	United States	1,190,000	119
2	Adel Kabbani	France	1,052,000	105
3	Jaime Kaplan	United States	955,000	96
4	Milan Timko	United States	916,000	92
5	Neel Joshi	India	843,000	84
6	Gokul Dharmarajan	India	795,000	80
7	John De Los Reyes	United States	793,000	79
8	Xiang Lin	United States	783,000	78
9	Matthew Villarreal	United States	780,000	78
10	Rick Whitesell	United States	779,000	78

Among all qualified players, several notable names emerge, including Martin Zamani (480,000), Aram Oganyan (382,000), Matt Affleck (343,000), EPT winner Rémi Castaignon (286,000), Ben Yu (249,000), Kyna England (202,000), and Kathy Liebert (308,000).

John Ypma also remains in contention with 643,000 chips. Last year, in the same event, he was the chip leader at the end of Day 2 and finished in ninth place, earning $28,129. To replicate his performance from last year, he'll need to navigate through the ten levels that will be played on Day 2. These levels will be longer than those on Day 1, lasting 60 minutes instead of 40 minutes, with 15-minute breaks every 2 levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 23 (around 4:30 p.m.).

Be sure to stay tuned in to PokerNews for live coverage of this event, as well as all other WSOP bracelet events.

Tags: Adel Kabbani Aram Oganyan Ben Yu Gokul Dharmarajan Jaime Kaplan John Ypma Kathy Liebert Kyna England Martin Zamani Matt Affleck Matthew Villarreal Milan Timko Neel Joshi Paris Las Vegas Rémi Castaignon Rick Whitesell Steven Stolzenfeld Xiang Lin