2025 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,168,800
Entries
9,920
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Entries
1,625
Players Left
474
Players Left 1 / 9920
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101,000
62,000
Table 406Seat 3
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
793,000
793,000
|
793,000 |
|
||
|
642,000
642,000
|
642,000 |
|
620,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
605,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
|
575,500
575,500
|
575,500 |
|
563,500
563,500
|
563,500 |
|
558,000
558,000
|
558,000 |
|
|
523,000
523,000
|
523,000 |
|
|
517,500
517,500
|
517,500 |
|
|
516,500
516,500
|
516,500 |
|
515,500
515,500
|
515,500 |
|
497,000
497,000
|
497,000 |
|
490,500
490,500
|
490,500 |
|
487,000
487,000
|
487,000 |
|
||
|
484,000
484,000
|
484,000 |
|
473,500
473,500
|
473,500 |
|
470,500
470,500
|
470,500 |
|
470,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
469,500
469,500
|
469,500 |
|
469,500
469,500
|
469,500 |
|
|
466,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
|
454,000
454,000
|
454,000 |
|
451,000
451,000
|
451,000 |
|
|
444,000
444,000
|
444,000 |
|
|
426,500
426,500
|
426,500 |
Day 1a of Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack has wrapped up at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The first of four flights attracted 1,872 players, with 476 players progressing to Day 2.
When the dust had settled, Nikolay Volper was sitting proud at the top of the overnight chip counts, having bagged and tagged 793,000 chips. Volper's tournament-leading stack is worth 264 big blinds on Day 2; this really is a monster stack event!
China's Zhengpeng Liu (642,000), and Matthew Russell (620,000) round out the podium places.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Volper | United States | 793,000 | 264 |
| 2 | Zhengpeng Liu | China | 642,000 | 214 |
| 3 | Matthew Russell | United States | 620,000 | 207 |
| 4 | Maxx Holland | United States | 605,000 | 202 |
| 5 | Trung Pham | United States | 575,500 | 192 |
| 6 | Peter Brown | United States | 563,500 | 188 |
| 7 | Nicholas Albin | United States | 558,000 | 186 |
| 8 | Jon Rhamey | United States | 523,000 | 174 |
| 9 | Duncan Mccallum | United States | 517,500 | 173 |
| 10 | Jokari Mackie | United States | 516,500 | 172 |
Dozens of bracelet winners and seasoned grinders chose Day 1a to start their quest for Monster Stack glory. Derek McMaster (487,000), David Jackson (373,500), Andrew Ostapchenko (356,500), Brock Wilson (294,000), Stoyan Madanzhiev (293,000), and Ilija Savevski (287,000) were the best placed of those household names.
Other luminaries, including Chris Moorman (274,000), Jon Kyte (264,000), Adam Hendrix (239,500), Ryan Laplante (210,000), Men "The Master" Nguyen (190,000), and Michael Gathy (178,000) are also safely through to the second day's play.
Day 1b of the Monster Stack shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. local time on June 12, with entrants tasked with surviving 11 hour-long levels. PokerNews' traditional coverage of this event begins on Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time on June 15.
Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK
Day 1a Completed
