Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em

Out of the 4,913 entries that took to the felt in Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship at the 2022 World Series of Poker, just 560 returned for Day 2 action, and only 60 bagged chips at the conclusion of play. They'll return for Day 3 on Wednesday, June 29th, at 12:00 p.m. local time at the Paris and Bally's casino and will play down to the final five players.

All the remaining players are guaranteed at least a $5,273 payday but all have their eyes on the $299,464 top prize in addition to the coveted gold bracelet.

Event #57: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Top Ten Chip Counts

John Ypma is presently leading the way with 6,660,000. Ypma was already in the top three stacks when he came back to the field this morning with exactly 100 big blind and continued to build. He is currently scoring his first live WSOP event with this event and his biggest live cash.

He is closely followed by John Ciccarelli (6,635,000) and Mike Vanier (6,085,000), who will try to surpass his best result when he finished in fifth place of the 2019 $3,200 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em High Roller. They are the first three players to cross six million in chips

Ypma is joined by a couple of big names: famous online crusher Jonathan "apestyles" Van Fleet (4,100,000), four-time WSOP winner Jeremy Ausmus (2,900,000), Craig McCorkell (2,430,000) and Canadian Samuel Gagnon (3,600,000). Ausmus had a comfortable stack to start the day, and although he suffered a setback or two, his stack steadily trended upward throughout the ten levels of Day 2 play.

Richard Dixon, who final tabled this same event last year to finish in fifth place for $68,604, bagged 2,000,000 in chips and will try his best for a back-to-back final table appearance.

It didn't take long for chips to start flying around once Day 2 action had begun. Several notable names hit the rail early, including two-time bracelet winner Chris Moorman (540th - $1,051), Scott Margereson (457th - $1,201), Kelly Minkin (436th - $1,293), Brett Apter (415th - $1,293), Alejandro 'PapoMC' Lococo (409th - $1,293) and Nacho Barbero (405th - $1,293).

Action resumes on June 29 at Level 28, blinds 50,000/ 100,000 with a 100,000 when the remaining 60 players will continue their quest for the gold. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 33 (around 6:30 p.m.).

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The tournament's clock has now been paused and tournament officials have announced that four more hands will be played to close out the day.

A player open-shoved for 1,025,000 and it folded to Paul Tschernia in the cutoff who called all in for his last 770,000. The rest of the table folded and they tabled their cards:

Paul Tschernia:   
Opponent:   

The board first fell     , giving some hopes to Tschernia's opponent, but a   came on the river to give the double up to Tschernia.

Paul Tschernia

1,550,000

1,304,000

Action was picked up on the river, which completed the       board. There was about 1,100,000 already in the pot. Konstantinos Tsikopoulos fired for 425,000 before Aylar Lie moved all in for 1,410,000.

Tsikopoulos went into the tank for several minutes, albeit not without warning. "Sorry guys, this is gonna take a minute," he told the table after Lie's shove. Tsikopoulos was in visible shock at the jam, seeming to be perplexed as to what his right move would be.

"You said I have your number, she has mine," he said to Sarah Wasch, sitting to his right.

"At least you're human," she responded.

Tsikopoulos was not doing a particularly good job of covering his hole cards, and the player to his left conspicuously leaned over and saw them. Another player across the table, Jordan Winn, pointed this out to Tsikopoulos, who was unaffected by this information.

A minute or two later, Winn called the clock on Tsikopoulos, to which he told him it was not necessary, and he made the laydown, tossing his cards into the muck. Winn asked the player who had seen Tsikopoulos' hole cards to share what they were. He remained quiet. The floor had just arrived following the call for the clock, and Winn and the table explained the situation to the floor person, who said that since one player saw them, the information must be shared with the table. Tsikopoulos obliged without objection, stating that he folded a straight, having held   .

"That's sick if you made that bluff," Tsikopoulos told Lie, who said nothing, but sat that with a big smile on her face.

Several minutes later, the table was still discussing the hand, with Jeremy Ausmus remarking that it had to have been at least 10 minutes in its totality.

Aylar Lie	2,935,000	1,835,000
Konstantinos Tsikopoulos	2,400,000	-750,000

In a raised pot, both the big blind and Samuel Gagnon on the button checked all the way throughout the board      and a   came on the river. It checked again to Gagnon who opted to 400,000. His opponent took a minute and folded.

Samuel Gagnon

2,710,000

550,000

Action was picked up after Sandro Gridelli moved all in from late position with about 435,000 behind. The small blind made the call, moving all in as well to do so, and Mike Vanier made the call from the big blind with both players covered.

Small blind:   
Sandro Gridelli:   
Mike Vanier:   

The small blind was out in front, and picked up a flush draw to go with his pair on the     flop. The   on the turn improved him to a set, before the   hit on the river, giving Gridelli the king high straight. He scooped the pot, sending the small blind out of the tournament and doubling up through Vanier.

Mike Vanier	3,800,000	3,375,000
Sandro Gridelli	1,160,000	968,000

After a raise to early position to 125,000, Jonathan Hyatt reraised to 450,000. The button four-bet to around 1,500,000. The early position player went into the tank for a few minutes, before making the laydown. Hyatt five bet shoved and the button called as the player at risk.

Opponent:   
Jonathan Hyatt:   

Hyatt was way ahead, and the       runout offered no help to his opponent. Hyatt scooped the pot, putting him firmly amongst the chip leaders, while his opponent headed to the payout desk, wishing the table luck as he left.

Jonathan Hyatt

5,000,000

2,300,000