WSOP 2026: Successful Start to the Monster Stack

At the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, Day 1 of the $1,500 Monster Stack was on the schedule. 538 players survived the cut.At WSOP 2026, another tournament kicked off with the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack (Event #18). Four starting days are scheduled, with an optional re-entry per flight. In Day 1A, there were 1,514 entries, putting just over 2 million in the prize pool.After ten blind levels, 538 players remained at the tables. Zhijian Zhang (607,000) is leading ahead of David McMillan (555,000). From the DACH region, Andreas Boelling (218,000), David Sommer (113,000), Fabian Gumz (110,000), Alexander Hackl (80,000), and Wagner Wysotchanski (52,000) are still in the game.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: TBD (1,514/-/-/-) Prize Pool: TBD Paid Places: TBDRemaining Players: TBD (538/-/-/-) Blinds: TBD

Top Chip Counts from Day 1A

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Zhijian Zhang		607,000
2	David McMillan		555,000
3	David Kowal	United States	467,500
4	Francis Rusnak	United States	462,500
5	Adrian Collado		458,500
6	Pierre-Jean Roche	France	431,000
7	Caio Falopa Ozawa	Brazil	412,500
8	Uri Reichenstein	Israel	404,500
9	Cale Treacy	Australia	398,000
10	James Rowe		393,000
11	George Wolfe	United States	376,500
12	Admir Sefo		369,500
13	Albert Calderon	United States	367,000
14	Pascal Gregoire	Canada	357,000
15	Wentong Wang		350,000
16	Jason Glover	United States	345,000
17	Wantao Tang	United Kingdom	343,500
18	Paul Vang	United States	342,500
19	Mats Karlsson	Malta	334,500
20	Gary Floyd	United States	334,000
21	Anthony Alway		330,000
22	Jason Shinbaum	United States	325,500
23	Yegor Moroz	United States	323,000
24	Carlos Caldas	Portugal	321,500
25	Rehman Kassam	United Kingdom	309,500