It was a bloodbath at Bellagio on a strangely snowy Day 2 in Las Vegas at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, as a field of 376 was cut down to 139 by the time five levels were through.

While there were many, Team Full Tilt pro Phil Ivey was the first big name to say goodbye early, shipping it in with top pair only to find Ryan Young on a big overpair. Young jumped up among the leaders, but was gunned down himself soon after.

Having finished 14th at the Five Diamond in 2007, the very same tournament he's both won and finished runner-up in previously, Team PokerStars Pro's Daniel Negreanu had high hopes this time around.

Those hopes were crushed in the first level of play, however, in much the same way his big stack was morphed into a small one at WPT Festa al Lago here at Bellagio a little less than two months ago.

This time it was Full Tilt pro Jon Turner who did the dirty to Daniel, flopping top set against Kid Poker's bottom two pair and obliging with the easy call when Negreanu shoved into his raise.

Sorry kid.

Among the more than 200 who also hit the rail today were WPT Bellagio Cup champ Mike Watson, WPT Borgata winner Vivek Rajkumar, WPT Championship winner David Chiu and a whole host of top pros disappointed they couldn't make a deeper run at the Five Diamond riches.

With that group and two of the biggest names in the game already out of the way, a third decided to show up as the second level of play on the day began.

Phil Hellmuth and his monster ego grabbed the Day 1a chip lead, playing just two of five levels that day, and although he slept in again, it was more of the same today as he berated and belittled his way into a place the top 10 in chips by the end of the day.

But even The Poker Brat was outshined by North Carolina's Justin Young on Day 2. Young has a little history here at Bellagio, having made 11th place at the 2007 WPT Bellagio Cup, and looked more than comfortable on the feature table sitting right beside Doyle in the Fontana Room today, becoming the first player past the $500k post and ending with a whopping $552,900 in chips.

It's Cyclone season.

While most of the people in the room were focused on big-stacked stars like Clonie Gowen, Tuan Le and Kido Pham, who will all head into Day 3 among the leaders, Young has the overnight lead.

Hellmuth, Le, Gowen and the relatively unknown Evan McNiff are three of the only other four players over $400k at this point.

But Chuck Kelley, the man who finished second to John Hennigan at the 2007 WPT Borgata Poker Classic, losing heads-up after strangely revealing his hole cards on fourth street only to call when Johnny World shoved on the end, is also there.

He'll waltz into Day 3 with $540,900, and the whole world outside of Johnny is hoping he waits until the river to show this time around.

Sitting in the threatening group just below are a huge list of scary hungry pros including Hennigan, Amit Makhija, David "Chino" Rheem, Team PokerStars Pro's Victor Ramdin and Barry Greenstein, and former WPT Player of the Year Tuan Le.

The aforementioned Jon Turner is also there, with Robert Mizrachi, Allen Cunningham, Dutch Boyd, who's looking to follow up a prelim win here at the Five Diamond earlier this month and Antonio Esfandiari, who spent the day building a stack and betting on whether Phil Laak's favorite hand is J-Ko.

Maybe December will be better?

With just 139 players left in the mix, the 100-person money bubble is just around the corner and although the list of players above is clearly hunting for a big score, there are a bunch of shorter stacks looking to squeeze in and make some noise as well.

That team includes Tim "Tiny Dancer" Vance, Gabe "Welcome Back" Kaplan, November Niner Dennis Phillips, Johnny "What-Have-You-Done-For-Me-Lately" Chan, Liz "The Poker Diva" Lieu, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, and the name on the marquee himself, Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson.

The Five Diamond is beginning to take shape and the real poker starts Tuesday after 12 p.m. PST when Day 3 begins. As always, you're welcome to follow along. It's as simple as clicking your mouse right here. Now wasn't that easy.