Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK Day 1b | 2025 World Series of Poker

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb Larsen	714,700 714,700	714,700

Benjamin Leilous	582,500 582,500	582,500
Romain Lewis	507,000 507,000	507,000

Yuya Kita	495,500 495,500	495,500
Rosen Apostolov	488,000 488,000	488,000
Anders Karlsen	479,000 479,000	479,000
Shawn Stroke	462,500 462,500	462,500
Seun Oluwole	456,000 456,000	456,000
John Holley	454,500 454,500	454,500
Abdullah Alshanti	453,000 453,000	453,000
Fred Li	451,500 451,500	451,500
Gregory Brown	416,500 416,500	416,500
Kenneth Hicks	413,500 413,500	413,500
Scott Stewart	408,500 408,500	408,500
Andrew Moreno	405,500 405,500	405,500
Jamie Dwan	404,500 404,500	404,500
[Removed:532]	401,000 401,000	401,000
Jason Dewitt	400,000 400,000	400,000

Yuan Li	395,000 395,000	395,000

Jacob Daniels	383,000 383,000	383,000
Eliud Lopez	382,500 382,500	382,500
Francisco Vazquez	378,000 378,000	378,000
Craig Varnell	376,500 376,500	376,500

Grant Wang	374,500 374,500	374,500
Jianfeng Sun	369,000 369,000	369,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Caleb Larsen

714,700

Benjamin Leilous

582,500

Romain Lewis

507,000

495,500

488,000

479,000

462,500

456,000

454,500

453,000

451,500

416,500

413,500

408,500

405,500

404,500

401,000

400,000

395,000

383,000

382,500

378,000

376,500

374,500

369,000

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!

Tags: Abdullah Alshanti Anders Karlsen Andrew Moreno Benjamin Leilous Brad Owen Brian Yoon Caleb Larsen Craig Varnell Ethan Yau Jason Dewitt Joe Cada John Holley Matt Affleck Monster Stack Robert Mizrachi Romain Lewis Rosen Apostolov Seun Oluwole Shawn Stroke Shiina Okamoto Yuya Kita