2023 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$1,162,681
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$11,103,195
Entries
8,317
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
4,375
Players Left
1,473

Another Huge Day at the WSOP as Day 1b of Event 39: $1,500 Monster Stack Concludes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert

It was a frantic night in Las Vegas tonight — not only on the Strip with the celebrations for the Stanley Cup-winning Golden Knights, but in both tournament areas of Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas as Day 1b of Event #39; $1,500 Monster Stack has come to an end.

Despite the traffic carnage outside, an incredible 4,375 players showed up for Day 1b, creating a combined field of 8,318 and generating a prize pool of $12,477,000. From Day 1b, 1,473 players made it to Day 2 to create a combined field of 2,715 returning players.

On top of the chip counts is Turkish crusher Tinay Aksoy, who bagged 795,000 in chips. Other big stacks making it through are Christian Buerger with 735,000, Kathy Liebert with 575,000, Dylan Lambe with 506,500, and Toni Le Blanc with 590,000.

Among the notables to bag was Veronica Brill, who created a jovial atmosphere at her table all day long.

Veronica Brill
Veronica Brill

Day 1a & 1b Combined Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Tinay AksoyTurkey795,000265
2Christian BuergerGermany739,500247
3Shunsuke TokooJapan714,500238
4Linglin ZengChina635,500212
5Ahmed KarrimSouth Africa611,500204
6Pavlin KarakikovBulgaria593,500198
7Antoinette LeblancUnited States590,000197
8Kathy LiebertUnited States575,000192
9Arun MalhotraCanada563,500188
10Rachid AmamouSwitzerland554,000185

It'll be an early restart for all survivors across both flights, as cards will be back in the air at 10 a.m. local time with players being split across the Horseshoe (Red, Blue, Orange, and Silver sections) as well as the Black section in the Paris to account for the 2,715 players returning for the second day.

As always, PokerNews will present to cover all the action from the first card off the deck all the way to the newest Monster Stack champion here at the World Series of Poker.

Tags: Christian BergerDylan LambeTinay AksoyVeronica Brill