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The Monster 2026 – Day 2 Wrap
Friday at The Monster brought a full slate of action from early afternoon right through into the night, with strong turnouts across the board and plenty of chips finding their way into some serious stacks as players looked to put themselves in position for the days ahead. Kicking things off was The Monster Main Event…
Monster 1D Update
Current Prize Pool: €79,316Entries: 27 / 95Current Level: LVL 12Average Stack: 105,555 Top Stacks – Richard Halabi — 237,000Niklas Holmström — 171,000Noel Murphy — 139,000John Burke — 120,000Glenn Davies — 111,000Jamie W Kelly — 98,000David Mulrooney — 81,000John J Ward — 81,000Simon GK Keating — 80,500Rito Macari — 68,000Killian O’Brien — 67,000Marius Lungu — 65,500David…
36 players remain in the The Monster 1D
Current Prize Pool: €79,316 Entries: 36 / 95 Players Remaining: 36 Current Level: LVL 10 Blinds: 1000 / 2000 (Ante 2000) Average Stack: 79,166 Last-Longer: 7 / 19 Starting Stack: 30,000 Top Stacks – Richard Halabi — 237,000Niklas Holmström — 171,000Noel Murphy — 139,000John Burke — 120,000Glenn Davies — 111,000Jamie W Kelly — 98,000Robert McDowell…
Veaceslav Jumir wins the Holigames €10k Final – €3,800
A great turnout for the event which saw the guarantee soar to €13,080.
Monster 1D update
Current Prize Pool: €78,337Registration: OPEN (till LVL 9)Entries: 47 / 89Players Remaining: 47Current Level: LVL 8Average Stack: 56,808Starting Stack: 30,000 Top Stacks – Richard Halabi — 135,000Gerard Hall — 81,000Renaud Moures — 81,000David Mulrooney — 81,000John Burke — 78,500Nail Higgins — 75,000Damien Moran — 71,000Glenn Davies — 70,000Niklas Holmström — 62,000Noel Murphy — 61,000Killian O’Brien…
The Monster 1C is now at LVL 13
Top stacks in the field – Martin O’Lali — 330,000Jamie Byrne — 272,000Gerry McCullough — 225,000Audrius Daugvilavicius — 220,000Vivek Singh — 215,000Eoin Berry — 205,000Mihail Grosu — 205,000Oleksandr Skomorokha — 190,000Shella McSweeney — 189,000Stephen Dwyer — 180,000Helio Netto — 159,000
Back to back trophies for J.J Hazan taking home the Omaha Progressive Bounty after a 2-way deal – €3,770
Having already bagged a trophy last night J.J is on fire, securing his 2nd trophy in as many days.
Final Table for the Holigames
Payout Structure – 1st — €3,8002nd — €2,5303rd — €1,7004th — €1,2005th — €9006th — €7507th — €6008th — €5009th — €400
Down to 4 players in the Omaha Progressive Bounty
Patrick Eagers is currently chip leader and has already secured €1000 in bounties. Patrick Eagers — 506,000 (€1,000)J.J. Hazan — 336,000 (€300)Liam Byrne — 122,000 (€300)Jason Tompkins — 69,000 (€200) Payouts – 1st — €1,9702nd — €1,3003rd — €9004th — €7005th — €600
Holigames €10k Final off and running – Prize pool reaches – €13,080
20 players have made it through to the final stages of the Holigames Final. Vitalijs Polukejevs — 422,000Paudie Cusack — 324,000Paul Hanna — 277,000Hugo Dempsey — 223,000Frederico Hitner — 202,000Ramon Kret — 177,000Robert Murphy — 174,000Alex Gleeson — 160,000Emmanuel Maguire — 160,000Larguier Arnaud — 140,000
Hyper – Hyper – Hyper
Around twenty minutes left in the Holigames €10k 1B Hyper . Currently 9 players remaining. Players left in the field – Teddy BoRomain CazaubonCaelyn ClarkeLoic DallevesJohn EcclesVeaceslav JumirShane KearyShane Martin
Chip leader in the The Monster 1C – Paul Clarke – 118,000
Battling it down in the Tougher Suite, affectionately dubbed by the players as the “old swimming pool“. I had thought this was just because it looked like one with the wood panelling. But in fact it used to be a swimming pool before fuel prices caused it to close. Paul is the chip leader in…
