Matt Ouellette Leads Day 2 of the Megastack

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April 17, 2026

Event #12: $560 Megastack ($500 + $60)

Date:Day 2: Apr 17, 1 PM
Blinds:40 Minutes
Entries:34/346
Prizes:$164,350
Chip Leader:Matthew Ouellette (881k)

There aren’t quite as many players returning for Day 2 as expected, with a double knockout on the final hand of Day 1b. That meant only 22 bags emerged from Day 1b, adding to the 12 qualifiers that made it through Day 1a.

The final field for this one was a whopping 346 entries, for prizes of almost $165k. That prize pool is mostly down to more than $100k from 228 entries for the second flight. I have removed the prize pool info from the Payouts tab until Friday, as the previous payouts will need to be adjusted a bit. I’ll re-enter the new payouts on Friday, but I don’t expect the top spot of ~$37k to change that much, with any movement towards the upside.

Ed Gaetz
Thomas Taylor
D1a Chip Leader Matthew Ouellette

Matthew Ouellette is the big stack to start Day 2. He bagged almost 900k on Day 1a, and was more than 100k ahead of 1b’s Thomas Taylor and Ed Gaetz.

Top Ten Stacks for Day 2

PlayerChips
Matthew Ouellette881,000
Thomas Taylor749,000
Ed Gaetz743,000
Graham Lupton620,000
Brendan Wolovick603,000
Kelly Gall521,000
Weston Pring487,000
Dave S484,000
Wayne Hoffert398,000
Zhigang “George” Yang354,000

The Day 2 action gets going at 1 PM on Friday, and they’ll play to a winner. Blinds remain at 40 minutes for the entire game, and the Day 2 action starts with 38 minutes remaining in Level 18 (5k/10k/10k). There are five players returning with stacks of 10 big blinds or less, so they’ll be looking for early doubles, most likely.

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

T-SPlayerChips
15 – 1Darcy Spilcher290,000
15 – 2Ed Gaetz743,000
15 – 3Julius Roque158,000
15 – 4Daniel Lefebvre260,000
15 – 5Brendan Wolovick603,000
15 – 6Mathiraj Sabanathan335,000
15 – 8Jae Lee156,000
15 – 9Benny Sarnelli242,000
16 – 1Thomas Taylor749,000
16 – 2Amir Khan67,000
16 – 3Dave S484,000
16 – 4Andrew Liesemer140,000
16 – 5Michael Kiseyinewakup160,000
16 – 6Glenn Slater255,000
16 – 7Pavlo Vertiiko306,000
16 – 8Hassan Issa54,000
16 – 9Martin Stapley118,000
20 – 1Bernard Norris196,000
20 – 2Jordan Banfield326,000
20 – 4Kyle Cook129,000
20 – 5Graham Lupton620,000
20 – 6Matthew Ouellette881,000
20 – 7Luteng Li54,000
20 – 8James Cruickshank174,000
20 – 9Stephen O’Bertos325,000
21 – 1Weston Pring487,000
21 – 2Kelly Gall521,000
21 – 3David Ballantine152,000
21 – 4Gus Gomes101,000
21 – 5Heidi Zeki66,000
21 – 6Rafael Wood341,000
21 – 7Wayne Hoffert398,000
21 – 8Zhigang “George” Yang354,000
21 – 9Chad Hallett139,000

Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Name

T-SPlayerChips
16 – 2Amir Khan67,000
16 – 4Andrew Liesemer140,000
15 – 9Benny Sarnelli242,000
20 – 1Bernard Norris196,000
15 – 5Brendan Wolovick603,000
21 – 9Chad Hallett139,000
15 – 4Daniel Lefebvre260,000
15 – 1Darcy Spilcher290,000
16 – 3Dave S484,000
21 – 3David Ballantine152,000
15 – 2Ed Gaetz743,000
16 – 6Glenn Slater255,000
20 – 5Graham Lupton620,000
21 – 4Gus Gomes101,000
16 – 8Hassan Issa54,000
21 – 5Heidi Zeki66,000
15 – 8Jae Lee156,000
20 – 8James Cruickshank174,000
20 – 2Jordan Banfield326,000
15 – 3Julius Roque158,000
21 – 2Kelly Gall521,000
20 – 4Kyle Cook129,000
20 – 7Luteng Li54,000
16 – 9Martin Stapley118,000
15 – 6Mathiraj Sabanathan335,000
20 – 6Matthew Ouellette881,000
16 – 5Michael Kiseyinewakup160,000
16 – 7Pavlo Vertiiko306,000
21 – 6Rafael Wood341,000
20 – 9Stephen O’Bertos325,000
16 – 1Thomas Taylor749,000
21 – 7Wayne Hoffert398,000
21 – 1Weston Pring487,000
21 – 8Zhigang “George” Yang354,000
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