Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship Jour 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

2024-06-26 09:31 UTC-7

The Chase for Gold Continues on Day 2 of the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship

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Yori Epskamp

Welcome back to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 of the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship, where cards will be back in the air at 11 a.m. local time. Yesterday, a bumper field of 5,110 hopefuls showed up to create one of the biggest fields of the summer. Out of those 5,110 entrants, 767 found a bag, all of whom secured a cash of at least $1,201 out of the total prize pool of $2,606,100.

On Day 2, the field will be again decimated as we inch closer to the first-place prize of $282,876 and the gold that awaits the last person standing in this event. It's not just the glimmering gold from the coveted bracelet shining on the horizon. Being a PokerNews sponsored event, the winner will receive a unique, commemorative 24k-karat gold coin as an additional reward.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Hideki Sahashi	Japan	1,174,000	117
2	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	1,049,000	105
3	Jun Li	China	882,000	88
4	Diogo Cardoso	Portugal	825,000	83
5	Sihao Zhang	Luxembourg	797,000	80
6	Michel Molenaar	Netherlands	724,000	72
7	Isaac Daniels	United States	720,800	72
8	Nan Min	United States	715,000	72
9	Robert Carswell	United States	692,000	69
10	Norman Michalek	United States	680,000	68

Notorious motor-mouth Martin Kabrhel (1,049,000) is among the top stacks going into Day 2 and will no doubt be one to watch as the tournament rolls along. He will be joined by a slew of notables, including PokerNews Deepstack Challenge qualifiers Raymond Chiu (326,000), Michael Beattie (644,000), and various other WSOP Daily Deepstacks leaderboard winners.

Chiu especially stands out as he dominated the first week of the challenge with back-to-back wins in the Daily Deepstack earlier during the series to win his seat to this event.

As always, PokerNews will be on the floor, covering the action wire-to-wire. Stay glued to your screen as the 2024 World Series of Poker rolls along.

Tags: Diogo Cardoso Hideki Sahashi Isaac Daniels Jun Li Martin Kabrhel Michael Beattie Michel Molenaar Nan Min Norman Michalek Raymond Chiu Robert Carswell Sihao Zhang

2024-06-26 11:42 UTC-7

Huge River Saves Daterao

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Yori Epskamp

Niveau 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

From under the gun, Jugal Daterao had opened the action, and Yosuke Miki defended the big blind. Picking up action on the turn, the board read Q♦8♥3♥K♣, and all the chips flew in the middle to create a pot of nearly a million in chips.

Jugal Daterao: A♠A♣
Yosuke Miki: K♥8♦

Miki had turned two pair and found himself in a fantastic spot to get himself up over a million. The river, however, brought the 3♦, counterfeiting his two pair and handing the winner to Daterao.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jugal Daterao	950,000 395,000	395,000

Yosuke Miki	220,000 370,000	370,000

Tags: Jugal Daterao Yosuke Miki

2024-06-26 14:17 UTC-7

Kabrhel Eliminated, Table Relieved

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Yori Epskamp

Niveau 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

"Bye! Bye-bye!" said Jugal Daterao jubilantly, while standing and waving to Martin Kabrhel. "Goodbye chip leader! Rebuy line is that way!"

Daterao had just sent Kabrhel to the rail after shoving on his opponent on a 8♠7♠4♠ flop. Kabrhel had called all in for his tournament life with 10♠9♣ for straight and flush draws, but was still behind to the A♠4♦ of Daterao.

The turn J♠ completed everyone's flush, but Daterao had made the nut flush to eliminate Kabrhel.

"Now we can all relax," said stablemate Phillip Cox, as a subdued Kabrhel headed for the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jugal Daterao	1,800,000 850,000	850,000

Martin Kabrhel	Eliminé

Tags: Jugal Daterao Martin Kabrhel

2024-06-26 20:54 UTC-7

Lapham's Incredible Journey

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Sava

Niveau 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With 350,000 already in the pot and the flop showing J♠6♠3♦, Josecarlos Abreu checked, followed by Bryan Lapham. Juan Lamprea then bet 105,000, which Abreu called. Lapham, however, had other plans and went all in for 1,145,000, prompting Lamprea to fold. After some deliberation, Abreu reluctantly called, leading to a showdown.

Josecarlos Abreu: 9♦9♣ All in
Bryan Lapham: A♠9♠

Abreu celebrated loudly as he held the lead. Lapham was hoping for a spade or an ace to win the pot. However, the turn 6♦ and river J♥ did not improve his hand. Despite the table thinking Lapham was out, a recount by the dealer revealed he had 35,000 more than Abreu and remained in the game.

Lapham folded the very next hand and was supposed to be forced all in the hand after that, but the floor announced that the table was going to break to balance out the other tables. Hoping for a better position at the next table, Lapham was disappointed to find himself as the big blind and therefore forced all in immediately.

With only 35,000 left, Lapham was automatically all in and called by four players. The flop came 6♦3♣7♥, and everyone checked to Gautm Lillaney, who made a bet. Nobody else wanted to play, so it went to showdown.

Lillaney revealed 10♣6♥ for a pair of sixes. Lapham hadn't looked at his cards yet, but when he did, he turned over A♦ followed by A♠. The turn brought the third ace A♣, giving him a quintuple-up to 175,000.

Two hands later, Lapham found himself in another hand against Lillaney, where he managed to double up with A♦8♠ against 7♣7♦ on the 10♠J♥A♠A♥4♠ board.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Josecarlos Abreu	2,675,000 2,575,000	2,575,000
Gautm Lillaney	1,150,000 150,000	150,000
Juan Lamprea	1,090,000 10,000	10,000
Bryan Lapham	425,000 445,000	445,000

Tags: Bryan Lapham Gautm Lillaney Josecarlos Abreu Juan Lamprea

2024-06-26 21:37 UTC-7

Zhang Cracks Zhang's Aces

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Ryan Lashmar

Niveau 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♠7♠3♥ and about 390,000 in the middle, Sihao Zhang checked from the big blind and Huifang Zhang bet 115,000 from middle position. Sihao Zhang made the call.

On the 5♦ turn Sihao Zhang checked and Huifang Zhang bet 280,000. Sihao Zhang shoved for 2,280,000 and Huifang Zhang made the call with a covering stack to put Sihao Zhang at risk.

Sihao Zhang: 3♠2♠ All in
Huifang Zhang: A♦A♣

Huifang Zhang was ahead with aces but needed to fade any two, three or spade. The 10♠ river brought the flush in for Sihao Zhang who dragged in a gargantuan pot while Huifang Zhang was left short-stacked.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sihao Zhang	5,200,000 4,403,000	4,403,000
Huifang Zhang	500,000 515,000	515,000

Tags: Huifang Zhang Renato Spahiu

2024-06-26 22:17 UTC-7

"Dutch" Brown Eliminated

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Yori Epskamp

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

Action folded to Jeremy "Dutch" Brown in the cutoff, who open-shoved for 580,000. Lorenzo Lavis called from the small blind to put the Minnesotan at risk.

Jeremy "Dutch" Brown: 10♥9♥
Lorenzo Lavis: A♥Q♣

Lavis flopped Brown all but dead on the Q♦3♣3♠ flop. The J♣ on the turn brought a glimmer of hope with a potential backdoor straight opening up.

The dealer slowly revealed the river, only for the A♦ to appear to eliminate Brown near the final level of the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lorenzo Lavis	3,400,000 1,025,000	1,025,000
Jeremy Brown (MN)	Eliminé

Tags: Lorenzo Lavis Jeremy Brown (MN)

2024-06-26 22:35 UTC-7

Sarte Slashes Molenaar

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Yori Epskamp

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

Previously, Arlen Sarte was in the cutoff and had three-bet to 360,000 after another player had opened. Michel Molenaar then cold four-bet shoved from the big blind and Sarte reluctantly gave it up after a minute of thought.

An orbit later, Molenaar raised to 160,000 from middle position, Sarte three-bet shoved 1,480,000 from the big blind and Molenaar called it off.

Arlen Sarte: 9♥9♦
Michel Molenaar: A♠J♦

Sarte locked it up after the 8♠4♦2♠9♣ turn, rendering the A♣ on the river moot. Molenaar was down to six big blinds after the hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Arlen Sarte	3,080,000 2,280,000	2,280,000
Michel Molenaar	480,000 1,120,000	1,120,000

Tags: Arlen Sarte Michel Molenaar

2024-06-26 23:41 UTC-7

Sixty Players Advance to Day 3 of the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship

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Matthew Pitt

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

The sun has set on Day 2 of the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship, here at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The cards were back in the air at 11 a.m. local time when 767 players returned to their seats, and play continued until only 60 remained. Those players have bagged up their chips and will return Thursday for Day 3.

Day 2 started with a bang as the eliminations came fast and furious. The large field that spanned two sections of the Horseshoe Ballroom quickly whittled down to a little over 100 by dinner break.

Emerging from the fracas with the chip lead in tow was Kenny Huynh (5,920,000), one of only two players returning for Day 2 who has already won a bracelet. Huynh captured his bracelet in 2020 in a $400 No-Limit Hold'em online event that netted him $133,857. Chris Dombrowski (1,620,000) is the only other bracelet winner still in the hunt.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Kenny Huynh	United States	5,920,000	59
2	Michael Dobbs	United States	5,805,000	58
3	Sihao Zhang	Luxembourg	5,605,000	56
4	Una Kelly	United States	5,565,000	56
5	Darryll Fish	United States	5,130,000	51
6	Hector Berry	United Kingdom	4,660,000	47
7	Kuan-Yu Lin	China	4,650,000	47
8	Diogo Cardoso	Portugal	4,600,000	46
9	Kenneth Kemple	United States	4,550,000	46
10	Harrison Ashdown	United States	4,175,000	42

Things are tight at the top of the chip counts, with only eight big blinds separating Huyhn and fifth place. Michael Dobbs (5,805,000), Sihoa Zhang (5,605,000), Una Kelly (5,565,000), and Darryll Fish (5,130,000) are essentially one pot away from the title of chip leader. Fish is arguably the most experienced grinder among the final 60, having accumulated almost $5.3 million in earnings, although a bracelet has, thus far, eluded him. Could this be the event where Fish finally gets the proverbial monkey off his back?

Ray Henson (1,080,000) could challenge Fish for the unofficial title of most experienced player in the field because he has racked up close to $3.4 million in winnings and has numerous WSOP final tables under his belt. Henson has a trio of third place finishes on his resume; he'll hope to go two places deeper in this PokerNews event.

We lost many notable players such as Jamie Kerstetter, Ben Yu, Loni Hui, and Martin Kabrhel, who came into Day 2 as one of the biggest stacks. Kabrhel was eliminated when Jugal Daterao shoved all in on a draw-heavy flop, Kabrhel called with an open-ended straight draw and ten-high flush draw, finding himself against bottom pair and an ace-high flush draw. The turn gave both players a flush, however, Daterao's was better, and Kabrhel was eliminated when he missed his one out to a straight flush.

Sadly, none of the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge qualifiers progressed to Day 3. However, both Raymond Chiu and Michael Beattie played impressively throughout and saw healthy returns on their free entries.

Day 3 begins at 11 a.m. local time on June 27 at Level 28 with blinds at 50,000/100,000. Players will play down to five players with a 15-minute break every two levels. Stick with PokerNews for all the action in our inaugural WSOP bracelet event!

Tags: Ben Yu Jamie Kerstetter Jugal Daterao Kenny Huynh Loni Hui Martin Kabrhel Maxim Kogay Michael Beattie Mike Beasley Raymond Chiu Sihao Zhang