Monster Stack: Rodney Moret Leads with Final Table Around the Corner

$365 Monster Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 538

Rodney Moret

Rodney Moret is the only player over the 2,000,000 mark and leads the final 12 that are still in the game. Moret claims a stack of 2,300,000 and sits top dog with the tournament just two eliminations away from the 10-handed final table.

Rodnet Morey – 2,300,000 (95 bb)

 

Monster Stack: Start-of-Day Leader Matt Yorra in the Middle of the Pack on Break

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Heading to Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 538

Matt Yorra shoves 555,000

Start-of-day chip leader Matt Yorra took a brutal beat when his pocket kings were outdrawn by the Kx8x of his opponent.

With Yorra below average in the big blind, Kammar Andries and Bryce McVay limped. It was on Yorra and he shoved about 550,000. Andries had a decision on his hands, but found a fold. McVay quickly got out of the way and Yorra took the blinds and antes.

The remaining players headed on break while Yorra stacked his chips.

Matt Yorra – 609,000 (30 bb)

Monster Stack: Justin Harvell Goes Up without Contest

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 538

Justin Harvell

There was a pile of navy 25,000 chips already in the middle and the board laid Jh4s4h5c3h. Justin Harvell was out of position in a heads-up pot versus Thomas Grey. Harvell shoved. Grey, who had about 650,000 behind, had Harvell covered. After a minute or so, Grey mucked and Harvell took a hefty pot without contest.

Justin Harvell – 1,345,000 (67 bb)

Monster Stack: Two Tables from a Title

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$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 538

Table 1

The Monster Stack is down to 18 players and combined to two tables. Steven Bennett, Matt Yorra, Kammar Andries, Bryce McVay, Justin Harvell and Nigel Murray are among those still in contention for the title.

Table 2

1st: $34,704 + Gold Ring
2nd: $21,455
3rd: $15,674
4th: $11,619
5th: $8,738
6th: $6,666
7th: $5,157
8th: $4,046
9th: $3,220
10th – 12th: $2,597
13th – 15th: $2,124
16th – 18th: $1,759

19th: Mark Dube – $1,477
20th: Trent Smith – $1,477
21st: Scott Hart – $1,477
22nd: Barbara Cardin – $1,256
23rd: Mark Harmon – $1,256
24th: Charles Horton – $1,256
25th: John Thorpe – $1,081
26th: Russell Williams – $1,081
27th: Steven Olek – 1,081

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Monster Stack: Jonathan Hilton Getting Short

$365 Monster Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 538

World Series of Poker Circuit National Champion Jonathan Hilton open-shoves his short stack

The players hit the rail at breakneck speed to start Day 2 deepening the average stack in a hurry. There’s still a handful of shorties, among them Jonathan Hilton.

Hilton, best known for his 2013 World Series of Poker National Championship victory and gold bracelet win, was recently down to about 130,000 and open-shoved from the cutoff. It folded to start-of-day chip leader Matt Yorra in the big blind and he got out of the way. Hilton took the blinds and antes and lived to fight another day.

Jonathan Hilton – 169,000 (10 bb)

Monster Stack: A Milly for Kammar Andries

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Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 538

Kammar Andries

Kammar Andries has enjoyed a strong Day 2 that most recently saw him open to 30,000 from middle position. Action was on John Thorpe in the small blind and he shoved for about 150,000. Andries snapped.

Andries: AsAd
Thorpe: 8c8h

Runout: KsKd2d3sQh

Andries’ aces were good and the table alluded to the fact he’d been smacked in the face with the deck early on Day 2. The pot grew his stack upward of 1,000,000 and he took the chip lead.

Kammar Andries – 1,175,000 (97 bb)
John Thorpe – Eliminated in 25th place ($1,081)

Monster Stack: And Then There Were Three (Tables)

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Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 538

As forecasted, Day 2 started with a burst of bustouts. Florida pro Sean Shah was the first to go followed by a flurry of eliminations to narrow the action to the final three tables.

28th: Brian Hou – $944
29th: Matthew Howard – $944
30th: Joseph Jarboe – $944
31st: Joseph Pieloch – $834
32nd: Sean Shah – $834

Monster Stack: Thomas Grey Busts Matthew Howard, Contends for Chip Lead

$365 Monster Stack (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 538

Thomas Grey (right) busts Howard Thomas (left)

Matthew Howard began the restart with 11 big blinds and got the remainder of his stack in the middle from the button. Thomas Grey was in the big blind and woke up with kings. Howard’s KhJs was in a world of hurt.

Runout: 9s8c4h8dAh

Grey’s kings were best and Howard was eliminated in 29th place earning $944. Grey scooped the pot and shot toward the top of the counts.

Thomas Grey – 715,000 (59 bb)
Matthew Howard – Eliminated in 29th place ($944)

Monster Stack: Day 2’s a Go at 1pm; Matt Yorra Leads Final 32 with $34K Up Top

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$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 538

Chip leader Matthew Yorra (pictured on Day 1)

Yesterday’s Monster Stack kicked off at 11am with monster 538-entry field. The $100,000 guarantee was nearly doubled and the bubble came and went during Day 1’s 21 levels. The event is down to the final 32 and they’re well into the money with South Florida’s Matthew Yorra in front of the action.

Joining Yorra for Day 2 are notable Bryce McVay, Marke Dube and bracelet winner Jonathan Hilton.

More than a third of the field sits with less than 20 big blinds, so the restart is expected to hit the ground running. All still in have locked up $834, but the tournament’s champion is slated to head home with $34,704 and a gold ring.

Day 2 chip counts:

  1. Matthew Yorra – 952,000 (79 bb)
  2. Kammar Andries – 633,000 (53 bb)
  3. Bryce McVay – 602,000 (50 bb)
  4. Rodney Moret-Rojas – 571,000 (48 bb)
  5. Mark Dube – 545,000 (45 bb)
  6. Carlos Rodriguez – 514,000 (43 bb)
  7. Thomas Grey – 497,000 (41 bb)
  8. Justin Harvell – 425,000 (35 bb)
  9. Scott Hart – 409,000 (34 bb)
  10. Steven Bennett – 388,000 (32 bb)
  11. Joe Jarboe – 384,000 (32 bb)
  12. Steven Olek – 365,000 (30 bb)
  13. Aaron Miles – 348,000 (29 bb)
  14. Jesse Cohen – 346,000 (29 bb)
  15. Russell Williams – 340,000 (28 bb)
  16. Michael Kopjanski – 274,000 (23 bb)
  17. Mark Harmon – 271,000 (23 bb)
  18. Trent Smith – 259,000 (22 bb)
  19. Jeffrey Bohanek – 250,000 (21 bb)
  20. Jonathan Hilton – 246,000 (21 bb)
  21. Brian Hou – 226,000 (19 bb)
  22. Theo Lawson – 219,000 (18 bb)
  23. Brett Biegler – 218,000 (18 bb)
  24. Charles Horton – 211,000 (18 bb)
  25. John Thorpe – 210,000 (18 bb)
  26. Barbara Cardin – 203,000 (17 bb)
  27. Michael Chesney – 194,000 (16 bb)
  28. Matthew Howard – 133,000 (11 bb)
  29. James Boman Jr – 98,000 (8 bb)
  30. Sean Shah – 61,000 (5 bb)
  31. Joe Pielod – 51,000 (4 bb)
  32. Nigel Murray – 27,000 (2 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $34,704 + Gold Ring
2nd: $21,455
3rd: $15,674
4th: $11,619
5th: $8,738
6th: $6,666
7th: $5,157
8th: $4,046
9th: $3,220
10th – 12th: $2,597
13th – 15th: $2,124
16th – 18th: $1,759
19th – 21st: $1,477
22nd – 24th: $1,256
25th – 27th: $1,081
28th – 30th: $944
31st – 32nd: $834

Updates will resume when cards go in the air at 1pm.