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Day 1a of Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em saw 476 players advance from a field of 1,872 players. There was an equally large field on Day 1b with over 2,000 entries.
Eventually, from the field of 2,010, just 636 players advanced and they are led by Caleb Larsen. Larsen, whose largest career cash with a 621st-place finish in last year's WSOP Main Event, was the only player to bag over 700,000 chips.
Closely behind him is Benjamin Leilous (582,500) and former bracelet-winner and Winamax Ambassador Romain Lewis (507,000). Lewis took down the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em at the 2021 World Series of Poker, and is well-positioned for a deep run in the Monster Stack after bagging up over half a million chips.
Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| 1 | Caleb Larsen | United States | 715,000 |
| 2 | Benjamin Leilous | United States | 582,500 |
| 3 | Romain Lewis | France | 507,000 |
| 4 | Yuya Kita | Japan | 495,500 |
| 5 | Rosen Apostolov | Bulgaria | 488,000 |
| 6 | Anders Karlsen | Norway | 479,000 |
| 7 | Shawn Stroke | United States | 462,500 |
| 8 | Seun Oluwole | United Kingdom | 456,000 |
| 9 | John Holley | United States | 454,500 |
| 10 | Abdullah Alshanti | United States | 453,000 |
Other big names and bracelet-winners through to Day 2 include Andrew Moreno (405,500), [Removed:532] (401,000), Jason Dewitt (400,000), Craig Varnell (376,500), Joe Cada (344,000), Brian Yoon (337,000), Shiina Okamoto (203,500), Matt Affleck (182,500), Robert Mizrachi (180,000), David "ODB" Baker (155,000), Brad Owen (153,500) and Ethan Yau (135,500).
Day 1c of the Monster Stack shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. local time on June 13 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 Sunday, June 15. Stay tuned in to see who survives this monster field!
