$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 547

The first two hands on the bubble were not interesting but things went sideways when we had two all-ins called on the third.

On one table, Michael Foley had his opponent all in and in trouble with against . They waited for the rest of the table to finish when another one happened.

Voitto Rintala had Kiaran McLaughlin all in and covered with the board sitting . McLaughlin flopped trip queens but was up against Rintala’s flopped full house .

They ran the kings versus nines first and Foley’s big hand held to burst the bubble. On the other, the board finished and to send the other bubble player out.

That left 62 players in the tournament with only a few hands remaining in the day.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 547

With 15 minutes remaining in the day, the Monster Stack tournament reached 64 players to trigger the money bubble. Tournament staff paused the clock and they will continue playing hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 75 of 547

Martin Borras was sitting with 72,000 in early position and found something he liked. He moved all in, sat back, and watched as two other players moved all in as well before a big stack called to create the four-way Monster Stack monster pot.

Borras:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Opponent 3:

Borras liked his eights to start but was in rough shape once the betting was complete.

The queens were looking good with two big slicks killing each other’s outs but they fell to second after the flop. Then both big slicks fell behind themselves when Borras spiked the turn for his set.

The river blanked to send Borras a big quadruple as the money bubble nears.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 85 of 547

Monster Stack players returned from their last break of the night with one more color up. The 500 denom chips are out of play and the 25K chips made their first appearance.

William Valladares has more than his fair share of the new chips. The South Florida regular leads the field with 420,000 as the bubble approaches.

Only three levels remain in the day and players are locked in trying to make the money.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 547

Roberto Bendeck opened the action and a player behind quickly moved all in for 59,000. It folded to Dimitry Agrachov in the big blind and he reshipped for more to get a fold from Bendeck.

Agrachov:
Opponent:

It was a race the Agrachov missed the flop and turn. The bad news for his opponent came on the river to send her out late in the day.

Dimity Agrachov – 290,000 (58 bb)

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 547

Monster Stack players recently returned from another break, this time it was a 15-minute walk while the black chips came out of play.

There are several stacks in the 200K range but none quite as tall as Texas grinder Zachary Hammons. He pushed his starting stack up to 315,000 and is the leader with six more levels remaining today.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 167 of 547

Registration closed on the WSOP Circuit Monster Stack and the huge 547-entry turnout easily crushed its $100,000 Guarantee. They combined to create a $180,510 prize pool and the last 63 players will make some money.

A min-cash is worth $590 but everyone’s goal is the top prize of $37,914 along with the WSOP Circuit ring.

2019 February WSOP Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Event 8
$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 547
Prize Pool: $180,510
February 13-14, 2019

1st: $37,914 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: $23,446
3rd: $17,145
4th: $12,722
5th: $9,572
6th: $7,302
7th: $5,646
8th: $4,426
9th: $3,516
10th-12th: $2,830
13th-15th: $2,307
16th-18th: $1,904
19th-21st: $1,592
22nd-24th: $1,348
25th-27th: $1,155
28th-30th: $1,002
31st-33rd: $881
34th-36th: $783
37th-45th: $704
46th-54th: $641
55th-63rd: $590

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 167 of 546

The Monster Stack went bigger this year with 546 entries beating the 538 the tournament drew in 2018. The tournament played down late on Day 2 and Rodney Moret-Rojas captured the title in the evening hours. We don’t see him in the field today but we did find Justin Harvell.

Harvell had a chance for his first ring but fell short in last years Monster Stack finishing second after a long heads-up battle. It was another close call for Harvell with ten WSOPC final tables; three of them runner-up and three in third place.

He’s looking to fix that sometime tomorrow.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 544

The hour-long dinner break is complete and the Monster Stack is back underway and registration is closed. The clock shows an unofficial 544 entries but we still have a few players getting ready to take their seats.

We will post the official numbers and payouts when they available.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150
Entries: 246

The Monster Stack is brewing a monster field as there are 240+ players in the game late in Level 3. That count is expected to continue to go up between now and registration closes at roughly 6:20pm. A total of 304 are needed to beat the $100,000 guarantee and that figure should be bested shortly.