button in SafariKyriakos Kesidis Dominates Day 2 to Lead Final 24 in €600 Monsterstack
The massive field for the €600 Monsterstack has been trimmed down to the final three tables at the 2026 King's Million European Poker Championship, where 24 players remain in contention to turn the buy-in into €204,200.
The last of seven opening flights concluded just moments before Day 2 was set to begin at King’s Resort, with the field finishing at 2,903 entries. That easily surpassed the guarantee, seeing the prize pool climb to €1,480,530.
By the time Level 30 wrapped up, Kyriakos Kesidis (35,900,000) was standing far above the rest of the field. Kesidis won a big flip late in the day, soaring to the top of the counts and would not look back. He'll return as the only player above the 40 big blind mark, almost equalling the stacks of the next two players combined.
Leading the group looking up at Kesidis is Lucky888 (22,500,000), while Romania's Nusa (16,800,000) holds a slim lead in third position.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyriakos Kesidis | Greece | 35,900,000 | 60 |
| 2 | Lucky888 | Germany | 22,500,000 | 38 |
| 3 | Nusa | Romania | 16,800,000 | 28 |
| 4 | Jan Tichacek | Czechia | 16,000,000 | 27 |
| 5 | Tobias Heinsdorf | Germany | 15,000,000 | 25 |
| 6 | Dragos Iosub | Ireland | 13,900,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Jaime Lebre | Portugal | 13,500,000 | 23 |
| 8 | Gal Naim | Israel | 12,500,000 | 21 |
| 9 | Jakob Brun | Denmark | 12,100,000 | 20 |
| 10 | Jan Bendik | Slovakia | 12,000,000 | 20 |
Day 2 Action
The day got started with 283 players returning in the money after locking up €1,200 for bagging up their opening flight. One of the biggest pots of the early levels went to Nick Pronk (4,300,000), who saw the best hand hold against Duc Tuan Tran to take the early chip lead. Pronk maintained that stack for most of the night, making Day 3 but sitting as the shortest stack.
A few levels later, PivoSolver (9,600,000) went runner-runner to crack the pocket kings of Petr Kubenka (9,400,000). Both players remain in contention, sitting with similar stacks heading into the final day.
Two more pivotal hands happened during Level 27, as Inatho (8,000,000) spiked a set to earn an unlikely knockout and send his stack into eight figures. That was followed shortly after by Tobias Heinsdorf (15,000,000) winning a massive flip to enter the top five on the leaderboard and he would finish in fifth position.
Among the notable names to fall short of the top 40 were Michal Schuh (42nd - €3,475), Antoine Vranken (81st - €2,675), Ermanno Di Nicola (112th - €2,060), Sergiu Covrig (130th - €1,650), and
Tobias Peters (176th - €1,650).
The remaining 24 players will return to action at 2:00 p.m. local time, with the start of Level 31 bringing blinds of 300,000/600,000 and a 600,000 big blind ante. Levels will remain 40 minutes long, with breaks after every two hours of play.
The final three table redraw has been completed, and all participants will receive six additional time bank cards. They can earn six more by securing a spot at the final table. Each of them has already locked up €5,850, with a spot among the final nine worth €16,900.
The King's Million Royal Scepter will be on the line, and action will be streamed from the start of the final day on the King's Resort Twitch channel.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 204,200 | 8 | € 22,300 |
| 2 | € 126,200 | 9 | € 16,900 |
| 3 | € 90,700 | 10-11 | € 12,770 |
| 4 | € 67,200 | 12-15 | € 9,900 |
| 5 | € 51,200 | 16-20 | € 7,600 |
| 6 | € 38,700 | 21-24 | € 5,850 |
| 7 | € 29,200 |
Action will conclude on October 1, so be sure to follow along as PokerNews continues to deliver full coverage on the final day of the €600 Monsterstack.