80 players remain in the $1,500 Monster Stack of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas on Day 4. Jonas Lauck from Germany is in 5th place.660 players entered the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack (Event #18) of the WSOP 2026 on Day 3. Robert Schulz (658th / $1,500), Daniel Rezaei (568th / $1,000), Bernd Gleissner (509th / $1,500), Claudio Müller (459th / $1,200), Lukas Hafner (447th / $1,200), Sandro Carucci (409th / $1,000), Tim Niefer (353rd / $1,000), Helmut Hoflehner (266th / $1,000), Pierre Mothes (258th / $1,000), Alexander Siepmann (210th / $1,200), Andreas Bölling (139th / $1,700) and David Wintersberger (102nd / $1,700) also started but had to pack up early.From our region, only Jonas Lauck made the cut. The German sits in 5th place with 17.7 million in chips, giving him a good chance to reach the final. The field is led by Valentin Vornicu (27.5 million).
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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 from $1
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Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 11,933
Prize Pool: $1,178,626
Paid Places: 660 (Day 3)Remaining Players: 80
Blinds: 120,000/240,000; BB Ante: 240,000Reports:
Day 1A –
Day 1B –
Day 1C –
Day 1D –
Day 2A –
Day 2B –
Day 2C –
Day 2DTop Chip Counts from Day 3
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Valentin Vornicu | United States | 27,500,000 |
| 2 | Andrew Moreno | United States | 22,500,000 |
| 3 | Matthew Miller | United States | 19,300,000 |
| 4 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | United States | 17,900,000 |
| 5 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 17,700,000 |
| 6 | Yegor Moroz | United States | 15,400,000 |
| 7 | Marc Fiorentino | United States | 14,200,000 |
| 8 | Aaron Massey | United States | 13,400,000 |
| 9 | Richard Alsup | United States | 13,400,000 |
| 10 | Eugene Zhou | Singapore | 12,660,000 |
Remaining chip counts see WSOP LIVE App
Payouts (Top 100)
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|
| 1 | | | $1,302,125 |
| 2 | | | $1,000 |
| 3 | | | $1,000 |
| 4 | | | $1,000 |
| 5 | | | $1,000 |
| 6 | | | $1,000 |
| 7 | | | $1,000 |
| 8 | | | $1,000 |
| 9 | | | $1,000 |
| 10 | | | $1,000 |
| 11 | | | $1,000 |
| 12 | | | $1,000 |
| 13 | | | $1,000 |
| 14 | | | $1,000 |
| 15 | | | $1,000 |
| 16 | | | $1,000 |
| 17 | | | $1,000 |
| 18 | | | $1,000 |
| 19 | | | $1,000 |
| 20 | | | $1,000 |
| 21 | | | $1,000 |
| 22 | | | $1,000 |
| 23 | | | $1,000 |
| 24 | | | $1,000 |
| 25 | | | $1,000 |
| 26 | | | $1,000 |
| 27 | | | $1,000 |
| 28 | | | $1,000 |
| 29 | | | $1,000 |
| 30 | | | $1,000 |
| 31 | | | $1,000 |
| 32 | | | $1,000 |
| 33 | | | $1,000 |
| 34 | | | $1,000 |
| 35 | | | $1,000 |
| 36 | | | $1,000 |
| 37 | | | $1,000 |
| 38 | | | $1,000 |
| 39 | | | $1,000 |
| 40 | | | $1,000 |
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| 41 | | | $1,000 |
| 42 | | | $1,000 |
| 43 | | | $1,000 |
| 44 | | | $1,000 |
| 45 | | | $1,000 |
| 46 | | | $1,000 |
| 47 | | | $1,000 |
| 48 | | | $1,000 |
| 49 | | | $1,000 |
| 50 | | | $1,000 |
| 51 | | | $1,000 |
| 52 | | | $1,000 |
| 53 | | | $1,000 |
| 54 | | | $1,200 |
| 55 | | | $1,200 |
| 56 | | | $1,200 |
| 57 | | | $1,200 |
| 58 | | | $1,200 |
| 59 | | | $1,200 |
| 60 | | | $1,200 |
| 61 | | | $1,200 |
| 62 | | | $1,200 |
| 63 | | | $1,500 |
| 64 | | | $1,500 |
| 65 | | | $1,500 |
| 66 | | | $1,500 |
| 67 | | | $1,500 |
| 68 | | | $1,500 |
| 69 | | | $1,500 |
| 70 | | | $1,500 |
| 71 | | | $1,500 |
| 72 | | | $1,000 |
| 73 | | | $1,000 |
| 74 | | | $1,000 |
| 75 | | | $1,000 |
| 76 | | | $1,000 |
| 77 | | | $1,000 |
| 78 | | | $1,000 |
| 79 | | | $1,000 |
| 80 | | | $1,000 |
| 81 | Daris Justice | United States | $1,000 |
| 82 | Joseph Ozzi | United States | $1,000 |
| 83 | Dustin Murphy | United States | $1,000 |
| 84 | Fausto Valdez | United States | $1,000 |
| 85 | Travis Hudgens | United States | $1,000 |
| 86 | Josue Sanchez | United States | $1,000 |
| 87 | Daniel Fuhs | United States | $1,000 |
| 88 | Jamie Dwan | United Kingdom | $1,000 |
| 89 | Fady Khabbaz | United States | $1,000 |
| 90 | Stuart Jaramillo | United States | $1,600 |
| 91 | Maria Lampropoulos | Argentina | $1,600 |
| 92 | Christopher Yott | United States | $1,600 |
| 93 | Dilip Ravindran | India | $1,600 |
| 94 | Tony Miles | United States | $1,600 |
| 95 | Riley Dieckhoff | United States | $1,600 |
| 96 | Brian Yoon | United States | $1,600 |
| 97 | Lukas Pazma | Slovakia | $1,600 |
| 98 | Paris Sitzoukis | Australia | $1,600 |
| 99 | Jack Corrigan | United States | $1,700 |
| 100 | Jacqueline Rosen | United States | $1,700 |
See remaining payouts in the WSOP LIVE App
