Guofeng Wang began the hand forced all in from the big blind for his remaining 800,000 chips.
Vaughan Machado limped in from the hijack and Jeremy Chen limped in from the small blind.
Players checked the A♣A♦4♠Q♣8♦ board all the way down and Machado scooped the pot with 5♠5♦. Jeremy Chen revealed he had 9♣4♥ and Wang exited after tabling J♣7♣.
In the last hand of the day, chip lead Timur Margolin raised to 2,100,000 from the small blind and Adam Hendrix effectively moved all in, leaving two 500,000 chips behind. Margolin shoved all in, forcing Hendrix into the tank. After hearing an "all in and a call" from the other table, Hendrix threw in his last two chips and the players flipped their cards.
Adam Hendrix: 6♥6♦
Timur Margolin: 9♣9♦
The flop came 5♠10♠2♠ and Hendrix needed to improve to stay in the tournament.
The 9♠ came on the turn, which gave Margolin a set of nines, but some hope for Hendrix of a chop.
The dealer peeled the A♠ river, bringing in the flush on the board for the chop. Hendrix was saved and advanced to the nine-handed feature table on Day 3 thanks to a player busting at the other table.
With nine players left, the tournament floor has stopped play for today, with the remaining finalists bagging and tagging for an unexpected Day 3 restart tomorrow.
The tournament will recommence at 1 p.m, June 15, and play down to a winner.
$800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack Final Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Cole Uvila
United States
8,500,000
11
2
Michael Allen
United Kingdom
31,400,000
39
3
Agharazi Babayev
Azerbaijan
13,500,000
17
4
Vaughan Machado
United States
16,225,000
20
5
Timur Margolin
Israel
44,350,000
55
6
Joseph Couden
United States
12,850,000
16
7
Francisco Riosvallejo
Mexico
14,650,000
18
8
Jeremy Chen
China
14,900,000
19
9
Adam Hendrix
United States
14,200,000
18
Stay with PokerNews for a recap of the day to follow.
Day 2 of Event #36: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack 8-Handed at the 2024 World Series of Poker in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas started with a bang as Ari Engel, Joe Cada, Michael Wang, and Ryan Riess made early exits while the field quickly dwindled in size.
Israel’s own Timur Margolin soared through the day with a flurry of eliminations, collecting chips throughout the day. Margolin is no stranger to WSOP final tables as he has won two bracelets, one being from the 2018 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. He also has a prior tournament cash in this series, that being in Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold’em DeepStack where he finished in 421st place.
$800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack Final Table
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Timur Margolin
Israel
44,350,000
55
2
Michael Allen
United States
31,400,000
39
3
Vaughan Machado
United States
16,225,000
20
4
Jeremy Chen
Taiwan
14,900,000
18
5
Francisco Riosvallejo
Mexico
14,650,000
18
6
Adam Hendrix
United States
14,200,000
18
7
Agharazi Babayev
Azerbaijan
13,500,000
17
8
Joseph Couden
United States
12,850,000
16
9
Cole Uvila
Unites States
8,500,000
11
Martin Zamani was on a heater at the beginning of the day, finding elimination after elimination and chipping up to nearly double the closest chip leader contender. At one point, Zamani found a miracle with running hearts to send his opponent to the rail. However, he fell just short of the three table redraw in 27th place.
While Margolin currently leads the field of remaining players, he will have to battle through a tough field to win the event. Some of his opponents include Adam Hendrix, and Joseph Couden, who are both playing for points in the $25k Fantasy league. The average big blinds of the remaining player sits around 25, so action is bound to be plentiful.
All nine remaining contenders have locked up at least $32,288, while all eyes will be on the top prize of $342,551 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Adam Hendrix
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$342,551
2
$228,321
3
$168,276
4
$125,074
5
$93,758
6
$70,890
7
$54,066
8
$41,597
9
$32,288
Just before the dinner break, the tournament director announced that they would be playing down to a nine handed final table. The unexpected Day 3 will begin on June 15 at 1 p.m. local time with blinds at 400,000/800,000 with a big blind ante, with action streaming on PokerGO.
Be sure to check back with PokerNews for all the action as we play down to a winner.
