Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2024 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1b Completed

Jun 16, 2024

Changfeng Fan Leads The Field After Day 1b of the Monster Stack

Jon Pill

Changfeng Fan has a commanding lead in Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em after Day 1b saw them bag a chip stack of 1,403,500. Fan replaces Ryan Sullivan, the Day 1a chip leader at the top of the standings.

Day 1b of the $1,500 Monster Stack added another 2,876 players to the field, growing the total to 5,235 entries. The 947 Day 1b survivors will join the 737 from Day 1a for a Day 2 total of 1,684 players.

However, with Day 1c still to go, these numbers all have plenty of time to swell even further.

Monster Stack Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Changfeng Fan	United States	1,403,500	468
2	Ryan Sullivan	United States	915,000	305
3	Chih-Feng Li	Japan	855,000	285
4	Maxime Parys	France	765,000	255
5	Cristian Tuica	United States	728,500	243
6	Hung Nguyen	United States	665,000	222
7	John Oshea	Ireland	609,500	203
8	Joshua Heinzl	United States	591,500	197
9	Jackson Spencer	United States	540,000	180
10	Vinicius Lima	United States	525,000	175

Several notable players bagged on Day 1b. These included Faraz Jaka (439,000), Ana Marquez (338,000), Brock Wilson (321,000), Kathy Liebert (315,500), Jake Schwartz (297,500), Pete Chen (284,000), Shannon Shorr (233,000), Nick Pupillo (188,000), Brent Hanks (126,500), Jack Sinclair (115,000), Ryan Laplante (84,000), Ryan Riess (69,000), Ebony Kenney (44,500), and Ali Imsirovic (18,500).

Day 1c kicks off at 10 a.m. local time on June 16 and will play for eleven 60-minute levels with a 20-minute break every two levels and a dinner break of 75-minutes after Level 8 (around 7 p.m.).

The field will then combine for Day 2 on June 17 at 11 a.m. when PokerNews' traditional coverage of this event will begin.

Jun 16, 2024