Kenny Hallaert Near Top Of The Table After Day 2b

Day 2b of Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack began with 667 survivors from Day 1b. The field was then joined by 311 additional late registrants in the first blind level. From this total of 978 players, 126 remained at the close of play.

These players will join the other Day 2 survivors for a combined Day 3 on Monday, June 8.

Play ran for 10 levels, at the end of which Jason Funke was in pole position with 8,500,000 in his stack. He was followed by Ronnie Diaz and John Lizzio in joint second with 6,850,000.

High stakes regular Kenny Hallaert (2,405,000) was also in the top ten.

Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 2b Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jason Funke	8,500,000	United States	340
=2	Ronnie Diaz	6,850,000	United States	274
=2	John Lizzio	6,850,000	United States	274
4	Divakaran Marella	6,060,000	United States	242
5	Cesar Flores	5,750,000	United States	230
6	Andrew Rosskamm	4,300,000	United States	172
7	Michael Byers	2,885,000	United States	115
8	Kenny Hallaert	2,405,000	Belgium	96
9	Chang-An Chen	2,250,000	Taiwan	90
10	Amritraj Singh	2,185,000	United States	87

Some other big names to make it through Day 2c were Gabriel Andrade (2,070,000), Jonas Lauck (1,905,000), Ankush Mandavia (1,120,000), David Jackson (645,000), Stephen Song (565,000), Eric Baldwin (545,000), and Jason Daly (495,000).

All the players who make it through the Day 2 flights will join the combined on Day 3 to play another 10 levels. Blinds will start at 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante.

Day 3 of the Monster Stack starts at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 8, which is also when PokerNews' traditional coverage of this tournament begins.