Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$11,619,840
Entries
8,703
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
2,359
Players Left
737
Ryan Sullivan is at the top of the leaderboard after the first of three Day 1 flights for Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em. Sullivan has managed three small cashes at this year's WSOP already and will be looking to convert his stack into his first bracelet. He is followed by Cristian Tuica (728,500) and John Oshea in second and third place, respectively.
Day 1a of the $1,500 Monster Stack attracted 2,359 players looking to enjoy the deep starting stacks and slow blind structure.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Sullivan | United States | 915,000 | 305 |
| 2 | Cristian Tuica | United States | 728,500 | 243 |
| 3 | John Oshea | Ireland | 609,500 | 203 |
| 4 | Joshua Heinzl | United States | 591,500 | 197 |
| 5 | Gabriel Berrebi | France | 526,000 | 175 |
| 6 | Vinicius Lima | United States | 525,000 | 175 |
| 7 | Georg Jancev | Canada | 509,000 | 170 |
| 8 | Ryan Leng | United States | 502,500 | 168 |
| 9 | Joel Gossett | United States | 498,500 | 166 |
| 10 | Kevin Javier | Canada | 474,000 | 158 |
Some 737 players remain in the event, including the 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe McKeehen (228,000) and Ryan Leng, who cracked the top ten with 502,500 in chips.
Other notables who bagged include Joe Cada (40,000), Brian Hastings (69,500), Allen Cunningham (117,500), Tiffany Michelle (284,500), Maria Ho (310,000), Felipe Ramos (370,000), and Martin Kabrhel (371,500).
Day 1b kicks off at 10 a.m. local time on June 15 and will play for eleven 60-minute levels. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (around 7 p.m.).
There will be one more Day 1 after that, then the field will combine for Day 2 on June 17 at 11 a.m. PokerNews traditional coverage of this event will begin on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
915,000
915,000
|
915,000 |
|
||
|
728,500
728,500
|
728,500 |
|
609,500
609,500
|
609,500 |
|
591,500
591,500
|
591,500 |
|
526,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
525,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
||
|
509,000
509,000
|
509,000 |
|
502,500
502,500
|
502,500 |
|
||
|
498,500
498,500
|
498,500 |
|
474,000
474,000
|
474,000 |
|
472,000
472,000
|
472,000 |
|
468,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
|
|
453,000
453,000
|
453,000 |
|
|
450,500 | |
|
441,500
441,500
|
441,500 |
|
437,000
437,000
|
437,000 |
|
425,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
420,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
419,000
419,000
|
419,000 |
|
|
417,500
417,500
|
417,500 |
|
|
412,500
412,500
|
412,500 |
|
406,500
406,500
|
406,500 |
|
||
|
|
390,500
390,500
|
390,500 |
|
383,000
383,000
|
383,000 |
|
371,500
371,500
|
371,500 |
|
||
267,000
28,000
Table 176Seat 1
250,000
260,000
100,000
Table 149Seat 9
73,000
112,300
Table 45Seat 2
Sick Set over set for about 200k 🤮
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154,500
23,500
185,300
48,900
Table 45Seat 2
Set of 5’s for the pot
stacks bagged😀
on last 2 levels，table changed and still run good.
I got twice AA/AT fullhouse/AJ two pair and all pretty hands got the payments.
Day 2 is coming 💪