WSOP 2026: Jonas Lauck marches on in Day 2 of the Monster Stack

The second flight of the $1,500 Monster Stack at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 667 entrants.In Day 1B of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack (Event #18) for the WSOP 2026, there were a total of 1,903 entries. After ten blind levels, the field shrank to 667 participants. Jamie Dwan (925,000) is leading the field. Jonas Lauck (516,000) is in 5th place.Also advancing are Pierre Mothes (342,000), Wagner Wysotchanski (196,000), Saar Kota (184,000), Tim Niefer (163,000), Alexis Kivu (145,000), paco Fromaigeat (133,500), Ilja Saveski (129,000), Samuel Ju (121,500), David Wintersberger (75,000), Harald Sammer (74,000), Sandro Carucci (53,000), and Fabian Gumz (40,500).

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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: TBA (1,514/1,903/-/-) Prize Pool: TBA Paid Places: TBARemaining Players: TBA (538/667/-/-) Blinds: 1,000/2,500Reports: Day 1A

Top Chip Counts from Day 1B

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Jamie Dwan	United Kingdom	925,000
2	Robert Renaud	Canada	880,000
3	Michele Migliore	Italy	665,000
4	Lin Zhou	China	548,000
5	Jonas Lauck	Germany	516,000
6	Nathan Chaibi	United States	489,000
7	Liran Betito	Israel	467,500
8	Jerry Yagao		462,500
9	Robert Georato	United States	458,500
10	Babekov Mark		450,000
11	David Yarbrough	United States	439,500
12	David Tucker	United States	435,000
13	Alexander Greenblatt	United States	434,000
14	Nicolas Jean	France	421,500
15	Francisco Benitez	Uruguay	414,500
16	Ronald Moore	United States	412,000
17	Sean Hansen	United States	395,000
18	Zilong Zhang	United States	394,500
19	Zachary Eichenbaum	United States	393,000
20	Sridhar Sangannagari	United States	391,000
21	Jason Daly	United States	370,000
22	Siagzar Payvar	United States	368,500
23	Joshua Morrow	United States	368,000
24	Nicholas Major	United States	364,000
25	Yuchen Chen	United States	361,500