Victor Ma Leads at Second Break

January 9, 2026

Level:	9 (1000/1500/1500)
Entries:	137/251
Prizes:	$78,689
Local Time:	7:50 PM

Victor Ma looks to be the chip leader after 8 levels of play, with 149k. Evan Taylor and Jonathan Chimu also have more than 100k. Below is a look at the top ten stacks as counted on the break by dealers.

T-S	Player	Chips
24-3	Victor Si Yun Ma	149,000
30-7	Evan Taylor	127,000
25-4	Jonathan Chimuk	104,500
29-5	Sebastian Crema	91,500
27-1	Yucheng Zhang	91,300
26-8	Parth Mansukh	89,900
31-6	Jerod Dobson	86,100
26-4	Jordan Banfield	85,600
37-8	Brad Shackman	80,000
26-2	Jerry Li	75,300