PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard

PokerNews Staff

Last updated: Sep 04, 2026 6 min read

The PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard is a season-long competition running across the RunGood Poker Series Fall Season, with points awarded at designated PokerNews PowerStack events at every stop.

The top 10 players on the PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard will each earn a package to Thunder Valley and entry into the exclusive $300 Dream Seat Invitational.

The Invitational takes place during the RunGood Dream Factory Festival from November 27 through December 3, where the winner will secure a seat in the PGT Championship at the PokerGO Studio in January 2027.

PokerNews has also introduced a PowerStack points calculator, designed to make tracking the leaderboard race as clear and accessible as possible.

The calculator lets players quickly see how many leaderboard points they earn based on their finish in each PokerNews PowerStack event, using the official RGPS points formula.

If players agree to a deal (chop) at the final table, leaderboard points will be awarded based on the finishing position where the deal was made. For example, if five players make a deal, all five players will receive the points awarded for 5th place

Throughout the season, PokerNews will publish chip counts and results at the end of each day of play, or once an event concludes if it is a one-day tournament.

Leaderboard standings will be updated within 72 hours of points appearing in the Tournament Hub Manager system, making it easy for players to follow the race and see exactly where they stand as the season unfolds.

PokerNews PowerStack Rankings

Place	Player	Points
1	Jesse Stephens	70.0
2	Shannon Lee	65.0
3	Rayz Rayl	55.0
4	Charlie Dawson	55.0
5	Jacob Hanley	49.0
6	Lynn Samples	45.5
7	Adam Thomas	38.5
8	Sompong Ouanevima	38.5
9	John Koo	35.0
10	Javier Urreiztieta	32.5
11	Jonathan Groat	30.8
12	Nicholas Burnett	28.6
13	Jeffrey Traynor	27.5
14	Jack Willis	27.5
15	Richard Lockmanese	26.6
16	Gi Yi	24.7
17	Tim West	24.2
18	Jordan Wilson	24.2
19	Aaron Knight	22.4
20	Craig Welko	22.0
21	Darrell Mattingly	20.9
22	Lonn Vorhies	20.9
23	Anwesh Baisyat	20.8
24	Bill Murray	19.6
25	Peter Clive	18.2
26	Vincent Laudicina	17.6
27	Sean Sutton	17.6
28	Hiromasa Onizuka	16.8
29	Ted Bodnar	15.6
30	Joe Simmons	15.4
31	Alexius Gooch	15.4
32	Anton Panelo	14.0
33	Matthew Johnson	13.2
34	Kevin Small	13.0
35	Annie Goodstein	11.2
36	Shane Pierson	11.2
37	Don Vo	11.2
38	Rajat Paliwal	11.2
39	Ivan Magana	11.2
40	Lorenzo Brooks	11.2
41	Charles Himes	11.2
42	Jeff Sprutenburg	11.2
43	Feiyue Wu	11.2
44	Thomas Coomes	11.0
45	Shannon Hamblen	11.0
46	Shannon Eason	10.4
47	Hau Yee Eric Yow	10.4
48	Kyler Scheriger	10.4
49	Bill Burford	10.4
50	Matthew Thomas	10.4
51	Harold Beauman	10.4
52	Duster Ellis	10.4
53	Patrick Lenihan	10.4
54	Broc Kuerzi	10.4
55	Matt Vaughan	8.8
56	Joseph Brinker	8.8
57	Robin Rutherford	8.8
58	Dylan Stanfield	8.8
59	Taylor Howard	8.8
60	William Ralston	8.8
61	Kao Saechao	8.8
62	Ryan Gerstenberg	8.8
63	William Calvert	8.8
64	Michael Miller	8.8
65	Mickey Finn	8.8
66	Frank Covich	8.8
67	Andrew Haggard	8.8
68	Canyon Williams	8.8
69	Rachel Lerner	8.8
70	Michael Drake	8.8
71	Kurt Landversicht	8.8
72	Paul Serekis	8.4
73	Kuk Kim	8.4
74	Brandy Savage	8.4
75	Deyvi Pineda	8.4
76	Carlos Velazco	8.4
77	Chen Liao	8.4
78	Roque Quiambao	8.4
79	Ricky Evans	8.4
80	Narunat Pansuntorn	8.4
81	Lance Slocum	7.8
82	Michael McBarron	7.8
83	Jack Venable	7.8
84	Jeremy Drewery	7.8
85	Mark Fisher	7.8
86	Son Vu	7.8
87	Joe Wengert	7.8
88	Christopher Arterberry	7.8
89	Manish Khadka	7.8
90	Siddharth Desai	7.0
91	Elad Assayag	7.0
92	Ravi Udayakumar	7.0
93	John Wasnock	7.0
94	Felipe Leme	7.0
95	Ariel Gershon	7.0
96	Joseph Stevens	7.0
97	Cory Mew	7.0
98	Gagandeep Singh	7.0
99	David Carey	7.0
100	Brett Murray	7.0
101	Larissa Bushman	7.0
102	Carson Lau	7.0
103	Blake Rossman	7.0
104	James Nilsen	7.0
105	Rutherford Hayes	7.0
106	Matthew Lee	7.0
107	Eric Estrellado	7.0
108	Jeff Laynes	7.0
109	Rellie Sigua	7.0
110	Richard Gonzales	7.0
111	Jeff Day	7.0
112	Allan Goleta	7.0
113	Eric Wallach	7.0
114	Lawrence Chow	7.0
115	Brian Lindstrom	7.0
116	Shane Roberts	7.0
117	Eric Atwood	7.0
118	Octavio Martinez	7.0
119	Kyle Hill	7.0
120	Norman Young	7.0
121	Jinfei Cheng	7.0
122	Ricardo Bibat	7.0
123	Patrick Laval	7.0
124	Haikun Qiu	7.0
125	Julie Cornelius	7.0
126	Kelly Douglas	7.0
127	Austen Silva	7.0
128	Ryan Kaplan	7.0
129	Anthony Costa	7.0
130	Ivan Toyofuko	7.0
131	Michael Hughes (CA)	7.0
132	Chad Burum	7.0
133	Zhiqing Chen	7.0
134	Michael Zimmer	7.0
135	Anthony Astorga	7.0
136	Anthony Maffei	7.0
137	Jamie Hidalgo	7.0
138	Christian Edoria	7.0
139	Samantha Ma	7.0
140	Muhammad Daher	7.0
141	Valentin Farkas	7.0
142	Steve Silva	7.0
143	Art Pakpour	7.0
144	Kyle Olocco	7.0
145	Greg Pincombe	7.0
146	Michael Persky	7.0
147	Craig Carillo	7.0
148	Mervin Buenaflor	7.0
149	Gilbert Amparo	7.0
150	Mitchell Collins	7.0
151	Edith Macomber	7.0
152	Ed Mero	7.0
153	Paul Rodgers	7.0
154	Frank Chavez	7.0
155	Calvin St. John	7.0
156	Simon Hong	7.0
157	Romeo Velasquez	7.0
158	Greg Gill	7.0
159	Christopher Barbour	7.0
160	Alex Sibulo	7.0
161	Tingwei Wang	7.0
162	Zacariah Robberecht	7.0
163	Travis Fujisaka	7.0
164	Xuan Yang	7.0
165	Dan Kozakevich	7.0
166	Kim Jardin	7.0
167	Priyank Mishra	7.0
168	Ryan Rummonds	7.0
169	Farzad Abbaszadeh	7.0
170	Joseph Ricardo	7.0
171	Mark Katz	7.0
172	Melanio Macadangdang	7.0
173	Allan Capurro	7.0
174	Svetlana Melnikova	7.0
175	Cathy Surdez	7.0
176	Sror Kat-Kuoy	7.0
177	Matthew Powell	7.0
178	Ed Miranda	7.0
179	Chih Chung	7.0
180	Dejan Ljubic	7.0
181	Anshu Wang	7.0
182	Nghia Nguyen	7.0
183	Alexander Patterson	7.0
184	Akhilesh Anandh	7.0
185	John Tipton	7.0
186	Sig Anderman	7.0
187	Kathleen Geverty	7.0
188	Chance Beaube	7.0
189	Doug O'Sullivan	6.6
190	Thomas Bishop	6.6
191	Eric Poole	6.6
192	Dan LaDuke	6.6
193	Spencer Allman	6.6
194	Mike Bray	6.6
195	Shawn Freels	6.6
196	Nathan Bartley	6.6
197	Christopher Safaya	6.6
198	Michael Lantz	6.6
199	Ray Green	6.6
200	Paul Schreiner	6.6
201	Oscar David (US)	6.6
202	Heather Alcorn	6.6
203	James Lyle	6.6
204	Bart Bogard	6.5
205	Connie Roe	6.5
206	Greg Brown	6.5
207	Ethan Wilson	6.5
208	Thomas Pepe	6.5
209	Tien Truong	6.5
210	Julian Desmond	6.5
211	Mihalaehe Cean	6.5
212	Johnnie Place	6.5
213	Benjamin Vanklink	6.5
214	Megan Sellers	6.5
215	Adrian Clark	6.5
216	Craig Leopard	6.5
217	Tom Andersen	6.5
218	John Blansett	6.5
219	Kasey Mills	6.5
220	Joshua McCarley	6.5
221	Sterling Mack	6.5
222	Michael Wolf	6.5
223	Matthew Trancucci	6.5
224	Robert Deupree	6.5
225	Kenneth Fowler	6.5
226	Justin Swift	6.5
227	Soheb Porbandarwala	6.5
228	Marcus Cates	6.5
229	Nestor Cortez Lopez	6.5
230	John Burks	6.5
231	Jason Cole	6.5
232	Ryan Wallace	6.5
233	Xiaomeng Shi	6.5
234	Alan Shillingburg	6.5
235	Kevin Valek	6.5
236	Sebastian Acevedo	6.5
237	Ryan Kephart	6.5
238	Daniel Davis	6.5
239	Reggy West	6.5
240	Brian Nieboer	6.5
241	Nayely Hernandez	6.5
242	Kyle Birdwell	6.5
243	Andrew Johnson	6.5
244	Zachary Moger	6.5
245	Thomas Robertson	6.5
246	Chui Foong Liew	6.5
247	James Blowers	6.5
248	Elijah Bishop	6.5
249	Joel Wisian	6.5
250	Clayton Missildine	6.5
251	Maverick Johnson	6.5
252	Matthew Lennard	6.5
253	Michael Brown (TX)	6.5
254	Sirivattana Souryavong	6.5
255	Justin Rath	6.5
256	Gerald Dunn	5.5
257	Scott Clark	5.5

RGPS Dallas

Shannon Lee Wins PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty

Place	Player	Prize	Points
1	Shannon Lee	$17,842	65
2	Lynn Samples	$11,883	45.5
3	Javier Urreiztieta	$8,752	32.5
4	Nicholas Burnett	$6,520	28.6
5	Gi Yi	$4,913	24.7
6	Anwesh Baisyat	$3,746	20.8
7	Peter Clive	$2,890	18.2
8	Ted Bodnar	$2,256	15.6
9	Kevin Small	$1,782	13
10	Shannon Eason	$1,782	10.4
11	Hau Yee Eric Yow	$1,426	10.4
12	Kyler Scheriger	$1,426	10.4
13	Bill Burford	$1,154	10.4
14	Matthew Thomas	$1,154	10.4
15	Harold Beauman	$946	10.4
16	Duster Ellis	$946	10.4
17	Patrick Lenihan	$786	10.4
18	Broc Kuerzi	$786	10.4
19	Lance Slocum	$786	7.8
20	Michael McBarron	$786	7.8
21	Jack Venable	$661	7.8
22	Jeremy Drewery	$661	7.8
23	Mark Fisher	$661	7.8
24	Son Vu	$661	7.8
25	Joe Wengert	$563	7.8
26	Christopher Arterberry	$563	7.8
27	Manish Khadka	$563	7.8
28	Bart Bogard	$563	6.5
29	Connie Roe	$563	6.5
30	Greg Brown	$563	6.5
31	Ethan Wilson	$563	6.5
32	Thomas Pepe	$563	6.5
33	Tien Truong	$486	6.5
34	Julian Desmond	$486	6.5
35	Mihalaehe Cean	$486	6.5
36	Johnnie Place	$486	6.5
37	Benjamin Vanklink	$486	6.5
38	Megan Sellers	$486	6.5
39	Adrian Clark	$486	6.5
40	Craig Leopard	$486	6.5
41	Tom Andersen	$425	6.5
42	John Blansett	$425	6.5
43	Kasey Mills	$425	6.5
44	Joshua McCarley	$425	6.5
45	Sterling Mack	$425	6.5
46	Michael Wolf	$425	6.5
47	Matthew Trancucci	$425	6.5
48	Robert Deupree	$425	6.5
49	Kenneth Fowler	$377	6.5
50	Justin Swift	$377	6.5
51	Soheb Porbandarwala	$377	6.5
52	Marcus Cates	$377	6.5
53	Nestor Cortez Lopez	$377	6.5
54	John Burks	$377	6.5
55	Jason Cole	$377	6.5
56	Ryan Wallace	$377	6.5
57	Xiaomeng Shi	$339	6.5
58	Alan Shillingburg	$339	6.5
59	Kevin Valek	$339	6.5
60	Sebastian Acevedo	$339	6.5
61	Ryan Kephart	$339	6.5
62	Daniel Davis	$339	6.5
63	Reggy West	$339	6.5
64	Brian Nieboer	$339	6.5
65	Nayely Hernandez	$309	6.5
66	Kyle Birdwell	$309	6.5
67	Andrew Johnson	$309	6.5
68	Zachary Moger	$309	6.5
69	Thomas Robertson	$309	6.5
70	Chui Foong Liew	$309	6.5
71	James Blowers	$309	6.5
72	Elijah Bishop	$309	6.5
73	Joel Wisian	$286	6.5
74	Clayton Missildine	$286	6.5
75	Maverick Johnson	$286	6.5
76	Matthew Lennard	$286	6.5
77	Michael Brown (TX)	$286	6.5
78	Sirivattana Souryavong	$286	6.5
79	Justin Rath	$286	6.5

RGPS South Indiana

Place	Player	Prize	Points
1	Rayz Rayl	$ 18,341	55
2	Adam Thomas	$ 12,231	38.5
3	Jeffrey Traynor	$ 8,978	27.5
4	Tim West	$ 6,675	24.2
5	Darrell Mattingly	$ 5,024	20.9
6	Vincent Laudicina	$ 3,833	17.6
7	Joe Simmons	$ 2,955	15.4
8	Craig Welko	$ 2,311	13.2
9	Thomas Coomes	$ 1,836	11
10	Matt Vaughan	$ 1,836	8.8
11	Joseph Brinker	$ 1,474	8.8
12	Robin Rutherford	$ 1,474	8.8
13	Dylan Stanfield	$ 1,200	8.8
14	Taylor Howard	$ 1,200	8.8
15	William Ralston	$ 990	8.8
16	Kao Saechao	$ 990	8.8
17	Ryan Gerstenberg	$ 829	8.8
18	William Calvert	$ 829	8.8
19	Doug O'Sullivan	$ 829	6.6
20	Thomas Bishop	$ 829	6.6
21	Eric Poole	$ 709	6.6
22	Dan LaDuke	$ 709	6.6
23	Spencer Allman	$ 709	6.6
24	Mike Bray	$ 709	6.6
25	Shawn Freels	$ 604	6.6
26	Nathan Bartley	$ 604	6.6
27	Christopher Safaya	$ 604	6.6
28	Gerald Dunn	$ 604	5.5
29	Scott Clark	$ 604	5.5

2026 NorCal Poker Championships

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Points
1	Jesse Stephens	United States	$ 50,050	70
2	Jacob Hanley	United States	$ 33,000	49
3	John Koo	United States	$ 24,200	35
4	Jonathan Groat	United States	$ 18,200	30.8
5	Richard Lockmanese	United States	$ 14,000	26.6
6	Aaron Knight	United States	$ 10,600	22.4
7	Bill Murray	United States	$ 8,100	19.6
8	Hiromasa Onizuka	United States	$ 6,300	16.8
9	Anton Panelo	United States	$ 5,000	14
10	Annie Goodstein	United States	$ 5,000	11.2
11	Shane Pierson	United States	$ 4,220	11.2
12	Don Vo	United States	$ 4,220	11.2
13	Rajat Paliwal	United States	$ 3,580	11.2
14	Ivan Magana	United States	$ 3,580	11.2
15	Lorenzo Brooks	United States	$ 3,580	11.2
16	Charles Himes	United States	$ 3,020	11.2
17	Jeff Sprutenburg	United States	$ 3,020	11.2
18	Feiyue Wu	United States	$ 3,020	11.2
19	Paul Serekis	United States	$ 3,020	8.4
20	Kuk Kim	United States	$ 2,540	8.4
21	Brandy Savage	United States	$ 2,540	8.4
22	Deyvi Pineda	United States	$ 2,540	8.4
23	Carlos Velazco	United States	$ 2,540	8.4
24	Chen Liao	United States	$ 2,140	8.4
25	Roque Quiambao	United States	$ 2,140	8.4
26	Ricky Evans	United States	$ 2,140	8.4
27	Narunat Pansuntorn	United States	$ 2,140	8.4
28	Siddharth Desai	United States	$ 2,140	7
29	Elad Assayag	United States	$ 2,140	7
30	Ravi Udayakumar	United States	$ 2,140	7
31	John Wasnock	United States	$ 2,140	7
32	Felipe Leme	United States	$ 1,780	7
33	Ariel Gershon	United States	$ 1,780	7
34	Joseph Stevens	United States	$ 1,780	7
35	Cory Mew	United States	$ 1,780	7
36	Gagandeep Singh	United States	$ 1,780	7
37	David Carey	United States	$ 1,780	7
38	Brett Murray	United States	$ 1,780	7
39	Larissa Bushman	United States	$ 1,780	7
40	Carson Lau	United States	$ 1,480	7
41	Blake Rossman	United States	$ 1,480	7
42	James Nilsen	United States	$ 1,480	7
43	Rutherford Hayes	United States	$ 1,480	7
44	Matthew Lee	United States	$ 1,480	7
45	Eric Estrellado	United States	$ 1,480	7
46	Jeff Laynes	United States	$ 1,480	7
47	Rellie Sigua	United States	$ 1,480	7
48	Richard Gonzales	United States	$ 1,260	7
49	Jeff Day	United States	$ 1,260	7
50	Allan Goleta	United States	$ 1,260	7
51	Eric Wallach	United States	$ 1,260	7
52	Lawrence Chow	United States	$ 1,260	7
53	Brian Lindstrom	United States	$ 1,260	7
54	Shane Roberts	United States	$ 1,260	7
55	Eric Atwood	United States	$ 1,260	7
56	Octavio Martinez	United States	$ 1,060	7
57	Kyle Hill	United States	$ 1,060	7
58	Norman Young	United States	$ 1,060	7
59	Jinfei Cheng	United States	$ 1,060	7
60	Ricardo Bibat	United States	$ 1,060	7
61	Patrick Laval	United States	$ 1,060	7
62	Haikun Qiu	United States	$ 1,060	7
63	Julie Cornelius	United States	$ 1,060	7
64	Kelly Douglas	United States	$ 900	7
65	Austen Silva	United States	$ 900	7
66	Ryan Kaplan	United States	$ 900	7
67	Anthony Costa	United States	$ 900	7
68	Ivan Toyofuko	United States	$ 900	7
69	Michael Hughes (CA)	United States	$ 900	7
70	Chad Burum	United States	$ 900	7
71	Zhiqing Chen	United States	$ 900	7
72	Michael Zimmer	United States	$ 900	7
73	Anthony Astorga	United States	$ 900	7
74	Anthony Maffei	United States	$ 900	7
75	Jamie Hidalgo	United States	$ 900	7
76	Christian Edoria	United States	$ 900	7
77	Samantha Ma	United States	$ 900	7
78	Muhammad Daher	United States	$ 900	7
79	Valentin Farkas	Croatia	$ 900	7
80	Steve Silva	United States	$ 760	7
81	Art Pakpour	United States	$ 760	7
82	Kyle Olocco	United States	$ 760	7
83	Greg Pincombe	United States	$ 760	7
84	Michael Persky	United States	$ 760	7
85	Craig Carillo	United States	$ 760	7
86	Mervin Buenaflor	United States	$ 760	7
87	Gilbert Amparo	United States	$ 760	7
88	Mitchell Collins	United States	$ 760	7
89	Edith Macomber	United States	$ 760	7
90	Ed Mero	United States	$ 760	7
91	Paul Rodgers	United States	$ 760	7
92	Frank Chavez	United States	$ 760	7
93	Calvin St. John	United States	$ 760	7
94	Simon Hong	United States	$ 760	7
95	Romeo Velasquez	United States	$ 760	7
96	Greg Gill	United States	$ 760	7
97	Christopher Barbour	United States	$ 760	7
98	Alex Sibulo	United States	$ 760	7
99	Tingwei Wang	United States	$ 760	7
100	Zacariah Robberecht	United States	$ 660	7
101	Travis Fujisaka	United States	$ 660	7
102	Xuan Yang	United States	$ 660	7
103	Dan Kozakevich	United States	$ 660	7
104	Kim Jardin	United States	$ 660	7
105	Priyank Mishra	United States	$ 660	7
106	Ryan Rummonds	United States	$ 660	7
107	Farzad Abbaszadeh	United States	$ 660	7
108	Joseph Ricardo	United States	$ 660	7
109	Mark Katz	United States	$ 660	7
110	Melanio Macadangdang	United States	$ 660	7
111	Allan Capurro	United States	$ 660	7
112	Svetlana Melnikova	United States	$ 660	7
113	Cathy Surdez	United States	$ 660	7
114	Sror Kat-Kuoy	United States	$ 660	7
115	Matthew Powell	United States	$ 660	7
116	Ed Miranda	United States	$ 660	7
117	Chih Chung	United States	$ 660	7
118	Dejan Ljubic	United States	$ 660	7
119	Anshu Wang	United States	$ 660	7
120	Nghia Nguyen	United States	$ 660	7
121	Alexander Patterson	United States	$ 660	7
122	Akhilesh Anandh	United States	$ 660	7
123	John Tipton	United States	$ 660	7
124	Sig Anderman	United States	$ 660	7
125	Kathleen Geverty	United States	$ 660	7
126	Chance Beaube	United States	$ 660	7

RGPS Kentucky

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Points
1	Charlie Dawson	United States	$ 14,891	55
2	Sompong Ouanevima	United States	$ 9,825	38.5
3	Jack Willis	United States	$ 7,355	27.5
4	Jordan Wilson	United States	$ 5,472	24.2
5	Lonn Vorhies	United States	$ 4,120	20.9
6	Sean Sutton	United States	$ 3,141	17.6
7	Alexius Gooch	United States	$ 2,425	15.4
8	Matthew Johnson	United States	$ 1,895	13.2
9	Shannon Hamblen	United States	$ 1,501	11
10	Michael Miller	United States	$ 1,501	8.8
11	Mickey Finn	United States	$ 1,204	8.8
12	Frank Covich	United States	$ 1,204	8.8
13	Andrew Haggard	United States	$ 978	8.8
14	Craig Welko	United States	$ 978	8.8
15	Canyon Williams	United States	$ 805	8.8
16	Rachel Lerner	United States	$ 805	8.8
17	Michael Drake	United States	$ 691	8.8
18	Kurt Landversicht	United States	$ 691	8.8
19	Michael Lantz	United States	$ 691	6.6
20	Ray Green	United States	$ 691	6.6
21	Paul Schreiner	United States	$ 624	6.6
22	Oscar David (US)	United States	$ 624	6.6
23	Heather Alcorn	United States	$ 624	6.6
24	James Lyle	United States	$ 624	6.6