$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (Event #37)

The top spots on the $800-entry Deepstack leaderboard changed throughout the day, but at the end of play on Day 2, it would be Hamid Feiz sitting at the top with an impressive 12,000,000 in chips.

Unlike Day 1 of the first-ever Event #37: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack which started slowly, Day 2 was action-packed from the moment cards were in the air. From the total of 2,808 entries, 671 players took their seats on Day 2, but only 422 would make the money, with a min-cash being worth $1,185. By the fourth level of play, the bubble had already burst, courtesy of a double knockout, so it didn't take too long for the payout line to start forming.

An impressive list of notables returned on Day 2 to take their shot at the gold bracelet and a six-figure payday. While some of them fell short of making the money, others such as Chris Moorman, Kelly Minkin, DJ MacKinnon,Kristen Bicknell, Joe Kuether and Phil Hellmuth did cash. Minkin, who had one of the more memorable hands of the day when she flopped top set over middle set, only to have the all-in player hit a one-outer on the river, recovered nicely from that setback, finishing in 81st place for a payday of $3,134.

Arguably the most memorable hand of the day took place when Phil Ivey lost a race with his pocket tens against the ace-queen of Christopher Csik. Ivey three-bet shoved after Csik's initial raise, which sent Csik deep into the tank. In fact, he tanked so long that he told the table to call the clock on him, which one of his tablemates finally did. Once the floor person came over and started the thirty-second clock, Csik made the call. Unfortunately for Ivey, and the rail that had formed to watch one of poker's more well-known players, he lost his race when an ace came right on the flop and he was eliminated in 64th place, which was worth a $3,700 payday.

Also, cashing on Day 2 were Dusti Smith, who made a very deep run until she bowed out just before the last break of the day in 44th place, and two players playing in their first-ever WSOP tournament, Thomas Taylor in 389th place and Robert Farabee in 42nd place, respectively.

Originally play was scheduled to end once the field was down to the final six players, but an announcement was made during level 29 with 49 players still remaining that the players would take one last 15-minute break, come back and play two more levels and then bag up for the night.

Joseph Liberta was eliminated on the last hand of the night, so now 26 players will be returning on Day 3 to play down to a winner. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum payday of $9,789, but of course, they will all be playing for the highly-coveted gold bracelet and the $297,537 in cash that comes along with it. Play will resume at 12 p.m. local time at level 32 with blinds of 100,000/200,000 and an ante of 200,000. The PokerNews team will be there from when the first card is dealt until the last card hits the felt and crowns a new champion in the process.

Timothy Finne doubled near the end of play on Day 2 after he shoved all in preflop and was called by Benjamin Gilbert.

Timothy Finne:   
Benjamin Gilbert:   

The board ran out      , which gave Finne the very-timely double-up.

Timothy Finne	1,950,000	1,950,000
Benjamin Gilbert	1,550,000	-980,000

Action was picked up on a board reading       with about 3,000,000 already in the pot and Kevin Song had moved all in. Axel Hallay then went deep into the tank. He spent almost five minutes talking out loud to himself and to Song, who sat motionless and gave no response. After about another minute had passed, Halley finally released his cards, which sent the sizable pot to Song.

Axel Hallay	7,200,000	-1,400,000
Kevin Song	5,575,000	1,625,000

Timothy Miles shoved from early position for his remaining 1,700,000. Jose Brito re-shipped his larger stack from middle position and everyone else folded.

Miles was in trouble with the    against the    of Brito.

The board ran out in Brito's favor as it came the       to the delight of Brito's growing rail of supporters.

Jose Brito	5,550,000	1,850,000
Timothy Miles	0	-2,800,000

From the button Loic Vaux raised all in for a remaining amount that was close to 800,000. Kevin Song who was in the big blind, wanted a count of Vaux's stack and thought for a while before calling.

Vaux held    while Song turned over    which was stronger than several players at the table anticipated based on the amount of time Song took to make the call.

The board ran out clean for Song as it came       and Vaux was eliminated.

Kevin Song	3,950,000	0
Loic Vaux	0	-700,000

Robert Farabee, who was playing in his first-ever WSOP event, moved his short stack all in from under-the-gun. Action folded around to Loic Vaux in the big blind and he called.

Robert Farabee:   
Loic Vaux:   

After a board runout of      , Farabee's very impressive tournament run had come to an end.

On the very next hand action folded to Jonathan Tamayo, and he shoved from the hijack. After the button folded, Vaux shoved all in from his small blind, which got a fold from the player in the big blind.

Jonathan Tamayo:   
Loic Vaux:   

Tamayo started the hand facing a dominating ace, but by the time the board ran out      , he ended up adding new chips to his stack.

Jonathan Tamayo	2,620,000	2,213,000
Loic Vaux	700,000	520,500
Robert Farabee	0	-254,500

Players are on their last 15-minute break of the day.

After Adam Demersseman raised from under the gun to 260,000, Benjamin Gilbert then three-bet shoved for his remaining stack. Action folded back around to Demersseman and when the dealer confirmed the extra amount needed to call, Demersseman made the call and saw the bad news.

Benjamin Gilbert:   
Adam Demersseman:   

The flop came down    , and while Demersseman held some hope for the knockout after pairing his queen, Gilbert's aces held on the   turn and   river and gave him some much-needed chips at this stage of the tournament.

Benjamin Gilbert	2,530,000	2,530,000
Adam Demersseman	850,000	-1,147,000