Who Will Reach the Final Table of the MONSTER STACK?
At 2PM local time, Day 2 of Event #5: €1,100 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em is set to start with all 165 surviving players from Day 1A, 1B, and 1C coming together at the poker tables here in the magnificent King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The tournament attracted 666 entries in total, creating a total prize pool of €639,027! The winner tomorrow will walk away with the first-place prize of €134,407 and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet.
The player with the overall chip lead is Quan Zhou from China who bagged 130 big blinds with 519,500 in chips on Day 1A. Trailing him in the chip counts is the Day 1C chip leader, Oleg Netaliev with 472,000, and Frank Rohrmueller with 399,500.
The seat draw for today has come up with some interesting tables, the ones to definitely look out for include:
• Table #80 which includes Anthony Zinno, Oleg Pavlyuchuk, Nico Mussini, and Kalidou Sow
• Table #82 which includes Sterling Savill, Vojtech Ruzicka, Donny Covyn, Jesper Hansen, and Asher Assis
• Table #84 which includes Allen Kessler, Michal Lubas, Mykhailo Gutyi, and Fahredin Mustafov
• Table #95 which includes Gary Hasson, Daniel Smiljkovic, Danny Tang, Pete Chen, and Anatolii Zyrin
• Table #96 which includes Michael Magalashvili, Christian Thiry, Guillaume Diaz, Alexandre Viard, Maria Lampropulos, and Stephen Shayler
• And many, many more
When the players return, they will start with Level 15 which features a small blind of 2,000, big blind of 4,000, and a big blind ante of 4,000. Level duration will increase to 60 minutes with a 15-minute break after every two levels. The dinner break today will last 40 minutes and will take place after the sixth level of play. Play is scheduled to finish when the final table has been reached.
2018 WSOPE Monster Stack Schedule
| Day | Date | Starting Time | Late Reg | Entries | Survivors | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Thursday October 18th | 15:00 | ~00:25 | 148 | 30 | Play 14 levels of 40 minutes |
| 1B | Friday October 19th | 15:00 | ~00:25 | 204 | 55 | Play 14 levels of 40 minutes |
| 1C | Saturday October 20th | 15:00 | ~00:25 | 314 | 80 | Play 14 levels of 40 minutes |
| 2 | Sunday October 21st | 14:00 | - | 666 | 165 | Level duration increases to 60 minutes |
| 3 | Monday October 22nd | TBD | - | tba | tba | Play down to a champion |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action from the start until the final table has been reached.
and Peters checked to Peter who announced all in. Peters instantly called for his last 140,000 chips and the cards were on their backs.
on the river and Peter improved to a full house. Peters made an unexpected exit while Peter took over the early chip lead.
with around 90,000 in the middle already. Michael Magalashvili bet 55,000 from the cutoff and was called by Christian Thiry on the button. 
and Magalashvili counted out his stack and bet 100,000. Thiry tanked for about 4 minutes before the clock was called on him. The floor gave Thiry 30 seconds to take a decision, while the floor counted down from 5, Thiry put in the call. Magalashvili tabled 
for the pair of sixes but Thiry scooped the big pot with 
for the flopped two pair.
for Goenka to double up on the bubble.
for some players to exclaim "no!!!!" loudly.
which didn't change the situation, Argence needed a king or queen to stay alive but the 
and Abdella checked for the last time. Mrakes counted out some chips and put 450,000 over the line for the bet. Abdella tanked and tanked, and then decided to fold. Mrakes tabled 
to scoop the side-pot but Zhang tripled up as he held 
which left Zhou in trouble with his 
. The turn was the 
as Viard held on for a double up. Zhou was left with just over 200,000 after the hand and was seen heading to the payout desk shortly after.
for Margolin to hit a jack.
on the river was just a formality as he was sent to the payout desk in 19th place.
. Zhang led out for 135,000 and Filho called to see the 
landed on the river and Zhang shipped all in for his last 450,000. Filho snap-called and Zhang wasn't happy about it.
