WSOP This Week: Six Max Madness, Big Time Bounties, Monster Stack

Week #4 2017 World Series of Poker gets going on Monday and there are 13 events on the schedule this week. Following Chris Moorman’s victory in the $3,000 Six Max last Friday, there are two more Six Max NLHE events that will award bracelets this week, including the highly coveted $10,000 Championship.
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The two biggest Six Max No Limit Hold’em events of the Summer will play down to a winner this week. The final table of the $5,000 Six Max NLHE event is scheduled for Tuesday and the next day the $10,00 Six Max NLHE Championship starts. Last year, Martin Kozlov beat Davidi Kitai to win the first bracelet of his career and $665,709 after topping the 294-player field.
The Monster Stack Returns
For the fourth straight year, the $1,500 Monster Stack is back on the schedule. Two starting days and a whopping 15,000 starting stack for a $1,500 buy-in has proven to be pretty popular. Look a little harder at the numbers though, and you’ll notice the field size has dipped each year since its inception. With a good chunk of the 2017 schedule returning smaller fields than 2016, you can bet the Monster Stack might see an all-time low turnout yet again.
Monster Stack Field Sizes Year-Over-Year
Year | Entries | Winner | Winnings |
2016 | 6,927 | Mitchell Towner | $1,120,196 |
2015 | 7,192 | Perry Shiao | $1,286,942 |
2014 | 7,862 | Hugo Pingray | $1,327,083 |
Bounty Hunters Headed to the Rio
The shortest live event on the 2017 WSOP schedule is the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo with bounties, a one-day event running on June 20. It’s one of two events this year where players can collect a bounty for each player they eliminate. The other is a three-day event scheduled for next week.
Taking it to the Limit
The $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship runs Monday – Wednesday and is one of three Championship events on the schedule this week. Last year, Ian Johns beat out a 110-player field to win $290,635 and his first career bracelet.
The third Championship event on the schedule this week is the Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event. George Danzer won the event in 2016, beating Randy Ohel heads-up, to win $338,646.
EVENT # | DATES | BUY-IN | EVENT |
37 | June 19 – 21 | $1,000 | No Limit Hold’em |
38 | June 19 – 21 | $10,000 | Limit Hold’em Championship |
39 | June 20 | $1,000 | No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo w/bounties |
40 | June 20 – 22 | $1,500 | Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo |
41 | June 21 – 23 | $1,500 | Pot Limit Omaha |
42 | June 21 – 23 | $10,000 | Six Max No Limit Hold’em Championship |
43 | June 22 – 24 | $1,500 | NLHE Shootout |
44 | June 22 – 24 | $3,000 | HORSE |
45 | June 23 – 24 | $5,000 | No Limit Hold’em (30 minute levels) |
46 | June 23 – 25 | $1,500 | Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo |
47 | June 24 – 27 | $1,500 | Monster Stack NLHE |
48 | June 24 – 26 | $10,000 | Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship |
49 | June 25 – 27 | $3,000 | Six Max Pot Limit Omaha |