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Published: 20th June 2016 Written by WSOP, WSOP 2016
Updated: 9th January 2024

monster stack wsop 2016Monster Stack WSOP 2016 – The five day World Series of Poker event starts this weekend with two starting flights on June 24-25, players may only register for one of the starting days either Friday or Saturday.

Many players will find this event of the series the most appealing as it has a fairly low buy-in of $1,500 with no re-buys or re-entries, all players will receive a Monster Stack of 15,000 chips to begin with.

Last years champion was Perry Shiao who won $1,286,942 and gold bracelet for his first place finish in the Monster Stack WSOP 2015 event.

Monster Stack WSOP 2016

The World Series of Poker Monster Stack event is listed as one of the most popular events in the live poker tournament series. Major events of the series include: WSOP Main Event, Colossus II, Millionaire Maker, Monster Stack, One Drop Events, Seniors Championship, Ladies Championship and Crazy 8s tournament.

Players will receive a chip stack that is ten times the normal chip stack size of a regular World Series of Poker event, there are no re-buys or re-entries and blind levels are slow increasing every hour for each level.

2016 World Series Of Poker Event #41 – $1,500 Monster Stack (NL Holdem)
Dates: June 24-28, 2016 (5 day event with two starting flights)
Buy-in: $1,500
Late Registration: till level 8 (8:30PM)
Starting Stack: 15,000 Chips
Blind Levels: 60 minutes

The 2016 WSOP Monster Stack event features two starting flights, players can register only once for the event on either Friday, June 24 or on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 10AM.

2016 WSOP Monster Stack Tournament Structure

Monster Stack WSOP 2016 Day 1A and 1B
Dates: June 24-25, 2016
Start Time: 10:00 AM
10 levels
20-minute breaks every two levels
90-minute break after level 8 (7:00 PM)

Once the two starting flights have been completed the remaining players from Day 1A & 1B will combine to play out the rest of the tournament down to winning position on Day 4.

bovada poker bonusMonster Stack WSOP 2016 Day 2
Date: June 26, 2016
Start Time: 11:00 AM
Play 10 levels
15-minute breaks after every two levels
60-minute break after level 6 (5:30 PM)

Monster Stack WSOP 2016 Day 3
Date: June 27, 2016
Start Time: 11:00 AM
Play 10 levels
15-minute breaks after every two levels
60-minute break after level 6 (5:30 PM)

Monster Stack WSOP 2016 Day 4
Date: June 28, 2016
Start Time: 11:00 AM
Play down to a winner
15-minute breaks after every 2 levels
60-minute break after level 6 (5:30 PM)

The World Series of Poker reserves 10% of total prize pool for tournament fees, 3% of that amount is for tournament dealers and staff.