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2026 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 5
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$15,841,057
Total Entries
11,933
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Entries
8
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 11,933
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Level 42
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Aaron Massey limped in from the small blind, and Matthew Miller checked his option from the big.
Action checked through to the river, with the board reading A♦J♣A♥J♥7♥. Here, Massey bet out for 3,000,000, and Miller flicked in the call. Massey tabled J♠8♣ for a full house, as Miller mucked his non-believing 5♠3♦.
Level 42
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Action was picked up on a flop of 4♠10♥2♥ in a hand between small blind Salvatore Dicarlo and big blind Aaron Massey. Action checked through to the 6♠ turn, and the same occurred here leading to the 8♣ river. Action went check-check for a third time, and Dicarlo's Q♥6♦ for one pair bested Massey's 9♣4♣
Level: 42
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Level 41
: Blinds 1,200,000/2,400,000, 2,400,000 ante
In just the second hand of streamed play, Aaron Massey opened to 4,800,000 under the gun.
Kevin Eyster then woke up with a hand in the cutoff and popped in a three-bet to 14,000,000.
Nikolaos Angelou, the table short stack, then moved all in from the small blind, with his bet totaling 16,800,000. Massey then moved all in, and Eyster flicked it in to put both of his opponents at risk.
Nikolaos Angelou: K♥K♦ 
Aaron Massey: A♥A♦
Kevin Eyster: A♣K♣
As if the deck wasn't cold enough, tablemate Richard Alsup had folded K♠Q♠ preflop, leaving Massey's opponents drawing even slimmer.
The Q♥2♠4♦ flop was great for Massey, with the 7♦ turn meaning that Eyster was drawing dead. "I know something you guys don't know," said Massey to his opponents, as he took the chip lead with the 4♣ river, sending Angelou to the rail.
Level: 41
Blinds: 1,200,000/2,400,000
Ante: 2,400,000
As players gathered around the feature table for the restart of the $50,000 High Roller final table, Anatoly Zlotnikov had one last item on his pre-game checklist.
A few minutes before cards went in the air, the Russian wandered over to Phil Hellmuth and asked the WSOP's all-time bracelet winner for a good-luck fist bump.
Given the heater he's been on lately, it's hard to imagine Zlotnikov needing any extra luck.
The 32-year-old returns to the final six with more than half the chips in play and nearly three times as many as his closest challenger, Santhosh Suvarna. Yet despite sitting in one of the most commanding positions of the summer, plenty of poker fans are still asking the same question:
Who exactly is Anatoly Zlotnikov?
After several days of play and nearly 12,000 entries, only eight players remain in the $1,500 Monster Stack.
Each is guaranteed $190,000, but all eyes are on the $1,302,125 top prize and the WSOP gold bracelet that comes with it.
Before the final table gets underway on stream at 5:30 p.m. local time, here's a closer look at the eight players still in contention.
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Of the 11,933 entrants that took their shot at Event #14: $1,500 Monster Stack at the 2026 World Series of Poker, only eight still have chips at the start of Day 5.
Cards are set to get into the air at 3 p.m. local time inside Paris Gold, with action to be live-streamed on a delay of approximately two hours and 30 minutes.
The title of chip leader going into today belongs to Kevin Eyster, who managed to bag up an impressive 126,700,000 chips, equivalent to 52 big blinds, which he will be looking to put to good use in an attempt to double his bracelet tally.
Also holding a nine-figure stack is Salvatore Dicarlo (103,200,000), with Matthew Miller (98,500,000) coming in slightly behind to round off the podium, the latter aiming to get his first taste of WSOP glory.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | 1 | Pierce McKellar | United States | 72,600,000 | 91 |
| Feature | 2 | Nikolaos Angelou | Greece | 31,600,000 | 40 |
| Feature | 4 | Salvatore Dicarlo | United States | 103,200,000 | 129 |
| Feature | 5 | Aaron Massey | United States | 38,300,000 | 48 |
| Feature | 6 | Matthew Miller | United States | 98,500,000 | 123 |
| Feature | 7 | Richard Alsup | United States | 52,300,000 | 65 |
| Feature | 8 | John Ripnick | United States | 54,600,000 | 68 |
| Feature | 9 | Kevin Eyster | United States | 126,700,000 | 158 |
The only other bracelet-winning players left in the field are Rich Alsup, who took down Event #82: $800 No-Limit Hold’em back in 2022 for a cool $272,065, and John Ripnick, the winner of an online bracelet event in 2021.
In this tournament, these two, as well as the remaining hopefuls, have already locked up $190,000 coming from the $15,841,047 prize pool, one of the biggest in WSOP small stakes history.
That being said, all eyes will be on the seven-figure score of $1,302,125 that is up for grabs for the eventual winner, as well as a piece of WSOP silverware.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,302,125 |
| 2 | $900,000 |
| 3 | $700,000 |
| 4 | $520,000 |
| 5 | $400,000 |
| 6 | $305,000 |
| 7 | $240,000 |
| 8 | $190,000 |
Action will resume at Level 41, with blinds at 1,200,000/2,400,000 with a 2,400,000 big blind ante. Level duration remains at 40 minutes throughout, and a winner will be crowned by the end of play today.
Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all the action from the day.
Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day 5 Started
