WSOP 2026: Jonas Lauck advances on Day 3 of the Monster Stack

Day 2B of the $1,500 Monster Stack at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 126 players. Jonas Lauck starts Day 3 in 16th place.667 players secured their seats on Day 1B of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack (Event #18) at the WSOP 2026. After adding some late entries, nearly 1,000 players sat at the tables. Ten blind levels were played, reducing the field to 126 participants.Jason Funke (8.5 million) from the USA leads the field. Jonas Lauck (16th/1.9 million) along with Pierre Mothes (51st/960,000) and Tim Niefer (52nd/950,000) also advance to Day 3.

---

All participants must use the WSOP Live App, which provides all details and updates on the events. Live updates for the WSOP 2026 can be found on pokernews.com. All livestreams are available on youtube.com/@wsop.

World Series of Poker 2026

Date: May 26 to July 15 / ME FT August 3 – 5 Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas Events: 100 live & 30 online Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online starting at $1 –> WSOP Bracelet Schedule –> WSOP.com Online Bracelet Schedule –>> Las Vegas Poker  –> Daily Deepstacks Schedule –> WSOP Live Satellites –> 2026 World Series of Poker Official Tournament Rules

WSOP Event #18: No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: tba (1,514/1,903/2,897/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: tba (90/126/-/-) Blinds: 1,000/2,500Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B – Day 1C – Day 1D – Day 2A – Day 2B – Day 2C – Day 2D

Top Chip Counts from Day 2B

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Jason Funke	United States	8,500,000
2	Ronnie Diaz	United States	6,850,000
3	John Lizzio	United States	6,850,000
4	Divakaran Marella	United States	6,060,000
5	Cesar Flores	United States	5,750,000
6	Andrew Rosskamm	United States	4,300,000
7	Michael Byers	United States	2,885,000
8	Kenny Hallaert	Belgium	2,405,000
9	Chang-An Chen	Taiwan	2,250,000
10	Amritraj Singh	United States	2,185,000
11	Ian Cohen	United States	2,175,000
12	Kou Vang	United States	2,150,000
13	Gabriel Andrade	Ecuador	2,070,000
14	Javier Zarco Sanchez	Spain	2,060,000
15	Joan Crespi	Spain	1,965,000
16	Jonas Lauck	Germany	1,905,000
17	Jakub Sterba	Czechia	1,890,000
18	Florian Duta	Romania	1,825,000
19	Chun Kwan	Ireland	1,810,000
20	Michele Migliore	Italy	1,800,000
21	Breno Diniz Campelo Sil	Brazil	1,800,000
22	Lin Zhou	China	1,800,000
23	Ronald Moore	United States	1,755,000
24	Yaniv Livnat	United States	1,590,000
25	Raymond Taylor	United States	1,590,000

For remaining chip counts, see the WSOP LIVE App.