Vijayaratnam Leads 14 Day 3 Stacks

January 19, 2026

Event #12: $2,200 NLH Main Event Day 3

Date:	Jan 19, Noon
Blinds:	60 Minutes
Entries:	14/1321
Prizes (1st Place):	$2,589,160 ($396,556)

There are 14 players still alive in this record Main Event, and Senthuran Vijayaratnam is leading the way with almost 10 million. The next closest player is Robin Bergren, with 7.4 million. Jiajie Sheng, Alen Bakovic, and Juan Lamprea round out the top five counts.

The Day 3 action gets going at noon, and they’ll play to a winner on Monday. Blinds remain at 60 minutes for the rest of the game. There is nearly $400k up top for the winner on Monday, so there is a lot to play for, but everyone returning for Day 3 is guaranteed at least $16,686, with an immediate pay jump to $20,597 after the first player busts on Monday.

See below for the returning stacks, sorted by table & seat, as well as by name underneath.

Day 3 Stacks, Sorted by Table & Seat (T-S)

T-S	Player	Chips
28 – 1	Aleksei Ponomarev	2,860,000
28 – 2	Xiao Yu Hu	701,000
28 – 4	Jiajie Sheng	6,885,000
28 – 5	David Quang	2,265,000
28 – 6	Robin Bergren	7,400,000
28 – 7	Weston Pring	2,450,000
28 – 8	Juan Lamprea	4,000,000
29 – 1	Senthuran Vijayaratnam	9,610,000
29 – 3	Stephen Dauphinais	3,325,000
29 – 5	Rishi Makkar	2,210,000
29 – 6	Alen Bakovic	4,525,000
29 – 7	Sami Al-Serri	2,250,000
29 – 8	Graham Lupton	1,925,000
29 – 9	Nizar Tajdin	2,390,000

Day 3 Stacks, Sorted by Name

T-S	Player	Chips
28 – 1	Aleksei Ponomarev	2,860,000
29 – 6	Alen Bakovic	4,525,000
28 – 5	David Quang	2,265,000
29 – 8	Graham Lupton	1,925,000
28 – 4	Jiajie Sheng	6,885,000
28 – 8	Juan Lamprea	4,000,000
29 – 9	Nizar Tajdin	2,390,000
29 – 5	Rishi Makkar	2,210,000
28 – 6	Robin Bergren	7,400,000
29 – 7	Sami Al-Serri	2,250,000
29 – 1	Senthuran Vijayaratnam	9,610,000
29 – 3	Stephen Dauphinais	3,325,000
28 – 7	Weston Pring	2,450,000
28 – 2	Xiao Yu Hu	701,000