Jiajie Sheng Bags Huge for Biggest Monster Ever

Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH Day 2

Date:	Jan 15, Noon
Blinds:	45 Minutes (30 minutes until Level 25)
Entries:	84/1,656
Prizes:	$536,036 ($404,294 to be awarded on Day 2)

It’s the biggest Monster Stack ever at WSOP-C Calgary, beating the previous best by more than 100 entries. Jan 2025 was the previous record holder for Monster fields, at 1,536, and this year’s edition came in 120 entries bigger.

That puts it as the fourth biggest field ever here at WSOP-C, behind the recent Mini Main record holder from this series, the Jan 2024 4-Flight, and the Oct 2025 Mini Main, and that bodes extremely well for this to be a record series as a whole. There are still the big events to come, of course, but through the $ak Turbo, including the Monster stack, the current record holder series, Jan 2024, had amassed just over $2.5 million in prizes — at the same point this year, this series is already at more than $3 million in total prizes.

The Monster was the game that really pumped the numbers into record territory. The rest of the series has had very solid turnouts as well, but the extra juice from a record Monster field has pushed the first half of the series into the record zone.

As 84 players return for Day 2 of the Monster stack, with $78k up top for the win, Jiajie Sheng is the player with the best shot of grabbing that big prize. He bagged a massive 3.21 million at the end of Day 1b, dwarfing the 1a leading sack of Josh Greville by almost 2 to 1. The rest of 1b couldn’t even keep up with Sheng, as James Ward’s second-place stack is just 1.73 million.

Ward was one of 11 players from 1b to bag more than a million, and they joined 7 millionaires from 1a for the Day 2 action.

Top Ten Day 2 Stacks

Player	Chips
Jiajie Sheng	3,210,000
Dennis Didow	2,080,000
Andy Truong	1,900,000
Josh Greville	1,855,000
Allen Shen	1,750,000
James Ward	1,730,000
Frank Gallie	1,460,000
Richard Leblanc	1,370,000
Geno Dick	1,300,000
Jackson Oniske	1,253,000

The Day 2 action gets going at noon in the Chrome room, with Level 23 & 24 to be played at the 30-minute Day 1 blind levels, before it jumps to the Day 2 blinds of 45 minutes for Level 25.

The action will continue until someone has a ring on their finger, and with the returning field size, I’d expect to settle in for 12+ hours of poker before this is all decided. Alek Gillies will be on the floor for the early action, and I’ll be there to catch the final hands and the ring.

The full Day 2 prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, with the final table payouts below, as well as the Day 2 players sorted by seat and by name.

Final Table Prizes for Record Monster

Place	Prize
1	$78,020
2	$52,010
3	$35,285
4	$24,454
5	$17,321
6	$12,546
7	$9,297
8	$7,053
9	$5,479
10	$4,362

Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)

T-S	Player	Chips
28 – 1	Steven Bridgeo	310,000
28 – 2	Frank Gallie	1,460,000
28 – 3	Darlene Lee	395,000
28 – 4	Ben Cooper	595,000
28 – 5	Sandra Axelson	470,000
28 – 6	Christian Mirkovic	255,000
28 – 7	Julius Roque	1,235,000
28 – 8	Cuong Lieu	725,000
28 – 9	Darcy Wright	360,000
29 – 1	Debi Loomer	660,000
29 – 2	Morgan Jantzen	850,000
29 – 3	Edwin Kuntz	390,000
29 – 4	Devon Rissling	430,000
29 – 5	Jacob Anderson	1,235,000
29 – 6	Eric Dunham	300,000
29 – 7	Carlos Alaniz	975,000
29 – 8	Kyle Mark Cook	535,000
29 – 9	Kamyar Amini	670,000
34 – 1	Rahul Sharma	675,000
34 – 2	Josh Greville	1,855,000
34 – 3	Nitin Verma	345,000
34 – 4	Josh Wallace	950,000
34 – 5	Jordan Matsui	1,174,000
34 – 6	Elvis Kastrati	415,000
34 – 7	Jimmy Lee	865,000
34 – 8	Christopher Brayant	495,000
34 – 9	Jiajie Sheng	3,210,000
35 – 1	Ryan Smith	990,000
35 – 2	James Ward	1,730,000
35 – 3	Ashkan Razavi	1,125,000
35 – 5	Perry Rouzes	20,000
35 – 6	Richard Berenbaum	570,000
35 – 7	Gregory Wood	1,095,000
35 – 8	Waylon Gibson	1,065,000
35 – 9	Jack Vaccarello	530,000
36 – 1	Geno Dick	1,300,000
36 – 3	Jackson Oniske	1,253,000
36 – 4	Christopher Alcindor	955,000
36 – 5	Anand Dattani	180,000
36 – 6	Jonathan Kwon	190,000
36 – 7	Mehmet Siginc	940,000
36 – 8	Donald Cowie	1,125,000
36 – 9	Joshua Lindberg	1,090,000
37 – 2	Richard Pepito	1,180,000
37 – 3	Adam Worr	275,000
37 – 4	Dennis Didow	2,080,000
37 – 5	Alen Bakovic	825,000
37 – 6	Daniel Lefebvre	660,000
37 – 7	Reza Aminabadi	770,000
37 – 8	Scot Munro	1,120,000
37 – 9	Louis Collette	805,000
40 – 1	Peter Amic	935,000
40 – 2	Vincent Lam	195,000
40 – 3	Ran Yi	330,000
40 – 4	Vincent Jamieson	410,000
40 – 5	Richard Leblanc	1,370,000
40 – 6	Philip Dobrikin	830,000
40 – 8	Cole Harmon	995,000
40 – 9	Ryan Biermann	285,000
41 – 1	Shannon Mckee	355,000
41 – 2	Jesse Piteau	295,000
41 – 3	Youssef Hmama	920,000
41 – 4	Brayden Brown	325,000
41 – 5	Andy Truong	1,900,000
41 – 6	Jason Chan	830,000
41 – 7	Tien Tran	205,000
41 – 9	David Zoerb	785,000
42 – 1	Victor Ma	365,000
42 – 2	Allen Shen	1,750,000
42 – 4	Ryan Johal	740,000
42 – 5	Jordon Johnstone	1,100,000
42 – 6	Scott Stuve	680,000
42 – 7	Michael Farrow	315,000
42 – 8	Scott Gailfus	335,000
42 – 9	Richard Broger	670,000
43 – 1	Aaron Joseph Ryan	130,000
43 – 2	Donald Arsenault	900,000
43 – 3	Shenhong Yang	390,000
43 – 4	Chad Blumes	610,000
43 – 5	Zhixiang Li	560,000
43 – 6	Scott Serwa	885,000
43 – 7	Mal Hagan	1,065,000
43 – 8	Lance Jones	465,000
43 – 9	Mathiraj Sabanathan	330,000

Day 2 Seats, Sorted by Name

T-S	Player	Chips
43 – 1	Aaron Joseph Ryan	130,000
37 – 3	Adam Worr	275,000
37 – 5	Alen Bakovic	825,000
42 – 2	Allen Shen	1,750,000
36 – 5	Anand Dattani	180,000
41 – 5	Andy Truong	1,900,000
35 – 3	Ashkan Razavi	1,125,000
28 – 4	Ben Cooper	595,000
41 – 4	Brayden Brown	325,000
29 – 7	Carlos Alaniz	975,000
43 – 4	Chad Blumes	610,000
28 – 6	Christian Mirkovic	255,000
36 – 4	Christopher Alcindor	955,000
34 – 8	Christopher Brayant	495,000
40 – 8	Cole Harmon	995,000
28 – 8	Cuong Lieu	725,000
37 – 6	Daniel Lefebvre	660,000
28 – 9	Darcy Wright	360,000
28 – 3	Darlene Lee	395,000
41 – 9	David Zoerb	785,000
29 – 1	Debi Loomer	660,000
37 – 4	Dennis Didow	2,080,000
29 – 4	Devon Rissling	430,000
43 – 2	Donald Arsenault	900,000
36 – 8	Donald Cowie	1,125,000
29 – 3	Edwin Kuntz	390,000
34 – 6	Elvis Kastrati	415,000
29 – 6	Eric Dunham	300,000
28 – 2	Frank Gallie	1,460,000
36 – 1	Geno Dick	1,300,000
35 – 7	Gregory Wood	1,095,000
35 – 9	Jack Vaccarello	530,000
36 – 3	Jackson Oniske	1,253,000
29 – 5	Jacob Anderson	1,235,000
35 – 2	James Ward	1,730,000
41 – 6	Jason Chan	830,000
41 – 2	Jesse Piteau	295,000
34 – 9	Jiajie Sheng	3,210,000
34 – 7	Jimmy Lee	865,000
36 – 6	Jonathan Kwon	190,000
34 – 5	Jordan Matsui	1,174,000
42 – 5	Jordon Johnstone	1,100,000
34 – 2	Josh Greville	1,855,000
34 – 4	Josh Wallace	950,000
36 – 9	Joshua Lindberg	1,090,000
28 – 7	Julius Roque	1,235,000
29 – 9	Kamyar Amini	670,000
29 – 8	Kyle Mark Cook	535,000
43 – 8	Lance Jones	465,000
37 – 9	Louis Collette	805,000
43 – 7	Mal Hagan	1,065,000
43 – 9	Mathiraj Sabanathan	330,000
36 – 7	Mehmet Siginc	940,000
42 – 7	Michael Farrow	315,000
29 – 2	Morgan Jantzen	850,000
34 – 3	Nitin Verma	345,000
35 – 5	Perry Rouzes	20,000
40 – 1	Peter Amic	935,000
40 – 6	Philip Dobrikin	830,000
34 – 1	Rahul Sharma	675,000
40 – 3	Ran Yi	330,000
37 – 7	Reza Aminabadi	770,000
35 – 6	Richard Berenbaum	570,000
42 – 9	Richard Broger	670,000
40 – 5	Richard Leblanc	1,370,000
37 – 2	Richard Pepito	1,180,000
40 – 9	Ryan Biermann	285,000
42 – 4	Ryan Johal	740,000
35 – 1	Ryan Smith	990,000
28 – 5	Sandra Axelson	470,000
37 – 8	Scot Munro	1,120,000
42 – 8	Scott Gailfus	335,000
43 – 6	Scott Serwa	885,000
42 – 6	Scott Stuve	680,000
41 – 1	Shannon Mckee	355,000
43 – 3	Shenhong Yang	390,000
28 – 1	Steven Bridgeo	310,000
41 – 7	Tien Tran	205,000
42 – 1	Victor Ma	365,000
40 – 4	Vincent Jamieson	410,000
40 – 2	Vincent Lam	195,000
35 – 8	Waylon Gibson	1,065,000
41 – 3	Youssef Hmama	920,000
43 – 5	Zhixiang Li	560,000