Austrian Klemens Roiter has won Event #37, the $1,500 Monster Stack, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and over $1.2m in prize money. He defeated American David Uvaydov heads-up, to take the title after a lengthy and hard fought final table, which was extended into a fifth day of play.
They were the two chip leaders of the remaining seven to make the final day, eventually squaring-off against each other for the title, in a tense heads-up battle. American Uvaydov, also chasing his first bracelet, took an early lead in the final stage of the tournament and was one hand away from realising his dream, but Roiter fought back to ultimately claim the wrist-wear.
After securing his first WSOP bracelet, Klemens confessed that the magnitude of the victory had not yet sunk in. Perhaps that was what prompted him to say “buy bitcoin” when asked what he was going to do with the money. Perplexing that crypto purchasing could be the first thing on a new bracelet winner’s mind, but each to their own. Let’s hope the after-party was more fun than the victory speech.
It was Roiter’s 5th cash of the 2025 WSOP in what has been a very good year for him at the poker tables. In May he played the Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro, cashing three-times, including $245,000 for 5th in the $50k High Roller. He made multiple final tables at the Irish Open and also had a Triton final table in Jeju in March for $440,000.
A record field of 9,920 contested the MonsterStack, an event which first graced the WSOP schedule in 2014. This edition had over 1,200 more entrants than the previous largest, twelve months ago. Players began with a 50,000 starting stack, with a choice of four opening flights. The 3,217 who made it to the second day of play, still had to get into the money, which kicked-in when there were 1,488 players remaining.
2025 WSOP Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klemens Roiter | Austria | $1,204,457 |
| 2 | David Uvaydov | United States | $802,346 |
| 3 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | $604,277 |
| 4 | Ivan Ruban | Russian Federation | $458,090 |
| 5 | Daniel Lei | United States | $349,562 |
| 6 | James Leonard | United States | $268,520 |
| 7 | Dylan Linde | United States | $207,647 |
| 8 | Mario Colavita | Italy | $161,656 |
| 9 | Jeremy Dan | United States | $126,705 |
| 10 | Ryan Plant | United Kingdom | $99,989 |
2025 WSOP Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack Recap
Ryan Plant, the longest surviving British player was the first player to be eliminated from the final table, exiting in 10th for $99,989. There had been a possibility that Ali Mallu could have made it to the final table, but he busted early on in the day, in 51st place of the 54 who returned, when his pocket tens ran into queens.
Jeremy Dan was next to go in 9th for $126,705. The final table was reached towards the end of the fourth day of play, but after Mario Colavita was busted in 8th ($161,656), play was suspended into a 5th day, with seven players left.
Dylan Linde was the only previous bracelet winner among the seven who returned for the 5th day of the tournament, which took place on the TV table, streamed on PokerGo. The day started slowly, with David Uvaydov taking an early lead, while Roiter’s stack dwindled slightly.
Dylan Linde was eventually the first to depart on Day 5, losing a “set up” hand, as the eventual winner described it, with pocket kings against Roiter’s aces. Winning this hand was crucial for Roiter ,as it propelled him into the chip lead, overtaking Uvaydov with over 160m. The double bracelet winner, who will have to wait for another chance at a third WSOP win left with $207,647 for his 7th place finish.
They were far ahead of the rest of the field and the Austrian’s stack soon climbed to over 200m after he eliminated James Leonard in 6th place ($268,520). Ashish Gupta, who had been one of the chip leader at the end of the third day, then re-staked his claim to the title by busting Daniel Li in 5th ($349,562), to join Roiter and Uvaydov on over 100m chips.
Russian Ivan Ruban was left as the short-stack but managed to double up twice against Gupta to stay alive. During this period of play Roiter steadily grew his stack, reaching as high as 270m by the time Uvaydov finally ended the Ruban’s participation in 4th for $458,090.
Uvaydov then retook the lead after busting Ashish Gupta in 3rd ($604,277), his A♥Q♠ dominating the Australian’s Q♥J♠.
Heads Up For the Bracelet
The heads-up encounter started with a bang, as Uvaydov won a series of pots to put himself in a commanding situation.
Down to under 60m chips, Roiter was all-in with A♠2♠ versus [Kh9c[/pcn]. Both an ace and a king flopped, but Uvaydov needed further improvement to bring the tournament to an end and take the bracelet. Roiter held on in that hand and doubled again soon after, holding pocket queens versus another Ace-deuce hand for Uvaydov.
Having levelled the stacks, the Austrian’s assumed the chip lead, but was met resistance as Uvaydov ahead once again led in what was already an almighty tussle for the title. But Roiter wasn’t done, he regrouped, regained control and began to pull clear once more. Having moved north of the 400m chip mark, the bracelet determining hand finally played out.
With over 80% of the chips in play, Roiter open shoved J♠3♦ and Uvaydov called with K♥2♣. The matter was settled rather quickly as Roiter took the lead on a 10♠5♥3♥ flop, with the Q♠ and 2♥ not rescuing Uvaydov from his fate.
David Uvaydov had to settle for the $802,346 runner-up prize, while Klemens Roiter entered the record books as the newest member of the bracelet winners’ club, with $1,204,457 to invest in meme coins, if he so chooses.
