Event #2: $600 Monster Stack
Day 1 Started
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #2: $600 Monster Stack
Day: 1
Piles of Chips Await as Event #2: $600 NLH MonsterStack Kicks Off
Players looking for huge stacks will be delighted to see Event #2: $600 NLH MonsterStack on the docket for today, as big starting stacks and big action await players looking to earn the second WSOP Gold Bracelet given out during the WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series. The MonsterStack is set to kick off at 3 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST for New Jersey players), and players are already beginning to sign up for the tournament, including Krista "Pollux" Gifford and John "phenomajohn" Lytle.
Players who enter today's tournament will start with a 40,000 chip stack to play with, and blinds begin at 25/50, meaning starting stacks for today's tourney are 800 big blinds, inviting an abundance of play in the early stages. Levels are 15-minutes in length for the duration of the tournament.
Late registration and up to two re-entries are available for players for three hours and fifty-five minutes, or until 6:55 PST/8:55 EST. This is a one-day event, meaning the tournament will play down to a winner in a single session. The winner will be awarded a WSOP Gold Bracelet.
WSOP.com Bracelet Event Schedule
The 2021 WSOP.com Bracelet Event Schedule offers 33 chances for players to get their hands on a coveted WSOP Gold Bracelet. ALL 2021 WSOP.COM ONLINE BRACELET EVENTS ARE ONE-DAY EVENTS.
This year's series features No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha and Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-Better events for players to compete in, with marquee events such as Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open, Event #25: $7,777 NLH Lucky Sevens High Roller, and Event #32: $1,000 NLH Championship.
All events will begin at 3 p.m. PST. Satellites are running on-site for as little as $1.
2021 WSOP.com Online Series Schedule
| Date | Tournament |
|---|---|
| July 2 | #2: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Monsterstack |
| July 3 | #3: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack |
| July 4 | #4: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo |
| July 5 | #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max |
| July 6 | #6: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack |
| July 7 | #7: $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s |
| July 8 | #8: $888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights |
| July 9 | #9: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max |
| July 10 | #10: $333 No-Limit Hold'em |
| July 11 | #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack |
| July 12 | #12: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack |
| July 13 | #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout |
| July 14 | #14: $500 No-Limit Hold'em |
| July 15 | #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout |
| July 16 | #16: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Handed |
| July 17 | #17: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max |
| July 18 | #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em North American Open |
| July 19 | #19: $888 Pot-Limit Omaha Crazy Eights 8-Handed |
| July 20 | #20: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller |
| July 21 | #21: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed |
| July 22 | #22: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout |
| July 23 | #23: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo |
| July 24 | #24: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monsterstack |
| July 25 | #25: $7,777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller |
| July 25 | #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Encore |
| July 26 | #27: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship |
| July 27 | #28: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship |
| July 28 | #29: $800 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship |
| July 29 | #30: $600 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship |
| July 30 | #31: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver |
| July 31 | #32: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship |
| Aug. 1 | #33: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grand Finale ($1M Guaranteed) |
PokerNews will be on hand all series long to provide live updates from all 33 events, so be sure to stay tuned to catch all the action!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Play is Underway
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The virtual cards have been dealt out with 127 Monster Stack players in their seats at the start of play.
Monsters of the Monster Stack
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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Update Your Stack With MyStack!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Ye "yuan365" Yuan Looking For Another Big Summer of Online Fun
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ye "yuan365" Yuan, also known as Tony Yuan, has a tiny amount of cashes on his Hendon Mob profile, with just $6,774 in career tournament earnings outside of one particularly big outlier. Yuan, a Ph.D Candidate of Mathematics and Probability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, overcame the odds and made the final table of the 2020 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, after pushing through a field of 705 entrants.
“I still can’t believe it." Yuan told PokerNews about his run to the final table. "I don’t know how I made it, but someone I did. I was quite lucky to have some big hands. I won a coinflip when short-stacked with pocket nines against my opponent’s ace-jack offsuit." Yuan also was confident in the transition to the live final table, as opposed to online, saying, "I’m a live guy. I think my live play is better than my online play. I can read people.”
Yuan finally succumbed in fifth-place, losing a flip with ace-ten to the pocket fours of Joseph Hebert, but the $286,963 payday certainly helped put a big dent in his college tuition. Now, with another summer of online events waiting, Yuan will be looking to make another deep run payoff in similar fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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34,522 | -5,478 |
Level 2 Chip Leaders
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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83,875 | |
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80,446 | |
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80,350 | |
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74,851 | |
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72,861 | |
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69,631 | |
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60,605 | |
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59,995 | |
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59,550 | |
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58,855 | 18,855 |
Yuan Takes From Steinman
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman opened under the gun for 200 and Ye "yuan365" Yuan called from middle position to see a 
flop appear.
Steinman continued for 200 and Yuan called bringing the 
turn. Steinman led out once again with 500, Yuan called and the 
river completed the board.
Steinman fired out a third bullet of 1,420 but quickly folded after Yuan raised to 5,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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37,042 | 2,520 |
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33,937 | -6,063 |