2025 WSOPC Calgary – Event #10: $400 Monster Stack NLH

Curtis SIngleton picked up his first Circuit ring in his very first live win. He previously had a few final table finishes around Alberta events, but his best score prior to tonight was 3rd place in a PPT game in Nov of 2023 and his total lifetime cashes before today were less than $20k USD.

Now, with this win in the Monster, he’ll more than double his lifetime earnings and record his first win with the ring. He had to overcome a chip deficit heads up, and he was short-stacking for much of the final table.

A close look at the winners photo will reveal his rubber duck card capper, and the ducks were working for him tonight. He won several pots with a deuce in his hand including a four-card club flush with the deuce of clubs. The biggest one came when both players had a duck in the hand and two more came on the board. All the money went in with Singleton at risk, but he was boated up against the bare trips for runner-up Kalyan Cheekuri.

That gave Singleton a big lead and the game ended shortly after when the money went in preflop with Singleton on king-ten against queen-ten for Cheekuri. The king-ten held despite Cheekuri turning open-ended and the ring went to Singleton.

Final Results from Day 2 of the Monster Stack

Place	Player	Prize
1	Curtis Singleton	$68,505
2	Kalyan Cheekuri	$45,670
3	Calvin Lake	$32,025
4	Korey Dadgar	$22,861
5	Johnny Yu	$16,618
6	Hoangwei Liu	$12,306
7	Michael Malm	$9,286
8	Kuan-Yu Tsai	$7,143
9	Evan Casey	$5,604
10	Gregory Taylor	$4,484
11	Giulio Piredda	$4,484
12	Don Mccall	$3,663
13	Terrill Coughlin	$3,663
14	Jeffory Saunders	$3,055
15	Marc- Andre Kudjick- Paquin	$3,055
16	Pete Fylyma	$3,055
17	Raymond New	$3,055
18	Clair Ramsay	$2,602
19	Raymond Trieu	$2,602
20	Marco Di-Nardo	$2,602
21	Michael Noor	$2,602
22	Pawan(Pav) Braich	$2,602
23	Thomas Sloan	$2,602
24	Michael St. Pierre-Porter	$2,602
25	Sam Raz	$2,602
26	Graham Lupton	$2,602
27	Craig Caldwell	$2,265
28	Ghislaine Johnson	$2,265
29	Haochen Zhou	$2,265
30	George Jurovich	$2,265
31	Karen Dodd	$2,265
32	Ryan Permis	$2,265
33	Raymond Cawaling	$2,265
34	Joshua Frazer-James	$2,265
35	Lisa Powell	$2,265
36	Dale Foyle	$2,016
37	John Scalise	$2,016
38	Faisel Al-Qutub	$2,016
39	Ross Henderson	$2,016
40	Laurence Louie	$2,016
41	David Tran	$2,016
42	Jim Zanidean	$2,016
43	Zhi Yang	$2,016
44	Rishilal Makkar	$2,016
45	Jay Glass	$1,836
46	Rauno Tahvonen	$1,836
47	Brett Worton	$1,836
48	Seseung Oh	$1,836
49	Zhiyu Chen	$1,836
50	Lorne Voth	$1,836
51	Maciej Baumgart	$1,836
52	Christian Wallmuth	$1,836
53	Uldis Sokolovskis	$1,836
54	Aaron Quon	$1,748
55	Ronald Simon	$1,748
56	Shawn Lange	$1,748
57	Ravdeep Brar	$1,748
58	Eric Davis	$1,748
59	Alexander Byliccki	$1,748
60	Srinivas Gottiparthi	$1,748
61	Aaron Froese	$1,748
62	Hassan Issa	$1,748
63	David Van-Der-Torre	$1,748
64	Jeffrey Cormier	$1,748
65	Malcolm Bolger	$1,748
66	Jason Hayashi	$1,748
67	David Swirski	$1,748
68	Jinrong Zhang	$1,748
69	Allan Mckinnon	$1,748
70	Michael Cartwright	$1,748
71	Antoine Saddleback	$1,748
72	Duff Charette	$1,748
73	Kelly Dalke	$1,748
74	Zoran Pribilovic	$1,748
75	Jayvee Lumahan	$1,748
76	Yvan Gravel	$1,748
77	Glenn Slater	$1,748
78	Sevon Zargarian	$1,748

Level:	34 (250000/500000/500000)
Entries:	1/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

After Curtis Singleton doubled up, they had a huge all in confrontation preflop with Kalyan Cheekuri on queen-ten against king-ten for SIngelton. Cheekuri flopped open-ended but then bricked the rest of the board to send the win to Singleton.

Level:	34 (250000/500000/500000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Curtis Singleton uses a rubber ducky for his card protector, and at least tonight, the ducks are working for him. He’s won several hands in heads up with a deuce in his hand, but the most recent was the biggest.

They both limped it preflop, then checked the flop of 2♠10♣8♦. Singleton fired 500k on the 7♠ turn and Kalyan Cheekuri called to the 2♦ river. Singleton bet 1.5 million, then shoved over the raise to 6 million. Cheekuri called and the both had a deuce, but Singleton also had a ten for the boat and the big win.

Level:	33 (250000/500000/500000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

I was a bit premature with the break chips as there were still a couple of minutes left in the level when I reported. Curtis SIngleton managed to pull some back just before the break and he’s sitting on 22 million now with Kalyan Cheekuri still ahead with just under 40 million.

Level:	32 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Kalyan Cheekuri is now the big leader with Curtis Singleton down to about 14 million. There are 62.5 million in play, so Cheekuri is on about 48 million.

Level:	33 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Kalyan Cheekuri raised to 900k and Curtis Singleton called to the flop of Q♦K♠6♣. Singleton check-called for 675k on the 10♥ turn and then for 9 million on the 3♦ river. Cheekuri turned over A♣A♥ and Singleton showed K♣ as he mucked.

Level:	33 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are basically even now with about 31 million each after a huge hand saw Curtis Singleton force a fold on the river. Kalyan Cheekuri opened to 1 million from the button and Singleton called to the flop of 9♦8♣5♥.

Both players checked to the Q♦ turn where Singelton check-raised from 1.5 million to 4 million. Cheekuri called but them mucked when Singleton shoved the 8♥ river.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are heads up now after Calvin Lake hit the rail in 3rd place. After he had to fold the river to a shove by Kalyan Cheekuri he was left with 13.3 million, but then doubled up Curtis Singleton with ace-king over pocket fives. Singleton flopped a set and held for the win. That left Lake with under a million, and the rest went to Cheekuri on his way to the cage.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	3/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Calvin Lake opened the button to 700k and Kalyan Cheekuri called from the small blind. Lake fired 800k on the A♣10♣K♥ flop and got the call to the 3♦ turn. Lake bet 2.5 million and Cheekuri called.

The river was 2♥ and Lake slide out 4.7 million. Cheekuri came over the top with a shove that would have been most of Lakes stack and he elected to muck his hand. The pot left Cheekuri with 35.8 million while Lake has 13.3 million and Curtis Singleton is on 12.325 million.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	3/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to three left after Korey Dadgar hit the rail for 4th place tonight. I missed the action while I was in Sundance checking on the opening flight to the Main Event.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	4/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to four left after Johnny Yu couldn’t win a flip with jack-ten of hearts over pocket fives for Kalyan Cheekuri. Yu turned open-ended but bricked the river for the pocket fives to hold.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	5/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 5 now in the Monster after Hongwei Liu hit the rail in 6th place tonight. There are about 10 minutes to play in Level 31 and the average stack is around 50 big blinds.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	6/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

It’s been a pretty good start to 2025 for Michael Malm after a stellar 2024. Malm won the API Player of the Year last year by a mile, and it looks like he’s well on his way to another title this year. He binked a ring in the Two-Day $1k on Tuesday, and now has another final table to start the year.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	7/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 7 left in the Monster Stack now with about 25 minutes to play in Level 31. Kuan-Yu Tsai was the most recent exit from the game, but I missed the action while I was out of the room for a second.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	8/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

I picked up the action on the flop reading 10♠7♣Q♥ and Curtis Singleton checked to Hongwei Liu who fired 1 million. Calvin Lake called before SIngleton’s cards hit the muck.

Both players checked the 4♥ turn and Liu slid out 900k on the A♣ river. Lake took a few seconds to think before pumping it up to 2.9 million. Liu called but mucked when Lake showed ace-ten of clubs for two pair and the win.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	8/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Just before the dinner break, Michael Malm shoved the cutoff and was called by button Johnny Yu. Yu was at risk but had the best hand with ace-king over ace-queen. The runout was 10♠2♠A♥J♥Q♠ to send Yu to Broadway for the win. The hand put Yu over 5 million and dropped Malm to 475k. See the full stacks for the final 8 below

T-S	Player	Chips
39 – 1	Hongwei Liu	8,000,000
39 – 2	Tsai Kuan Yu	2,375,000
39 – 3	Calvin Lake	17,500,000
39 – 4	Michael Malm	475,000
39 – 5	Johnny Yu	5,900,000
39 – 7	Korey Dadgar	5,200,000
39 – 8	Kalyan Cheekuri	16,975,000
39 – 9	Curtis Singleton	5,200,000

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	8/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 8 left on the final table now after Evan Casey shoved the big blind over a cutoff open to 425k from Calvin Lake. Lake tanked for about 20 seconds then made the call with [invalid notations] over K♣Q♥. The board missed Casey completely and Lake rivered an ace just for good measure.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	9/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Greg Taylor managed to run up his stack from the short stack to more than 7 million in the last couple of levels, but it all came to an end for him when they got to the final table. He shoved nines on a board with two overcards and start-of-day leader Kalyan Cheekuri heroed it off with king-queen for top pair. It was a massive pot that saw Cheekuri chip up to around 13 million and a big lead on the rest of the field now.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	10/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

It was blind on blind when Giulio Rosati shoved the small and Greg Taylor called from the big. Rosati was short after doubling up Honwei Liu recently while Taylor had chipped up considerably from his sort stack after the break and covered Rosati.

Taylor was on ace-five against queen-six and he turned the ace to seal the deal. I’ll grab some final table pictures and stacks shortly, but it’s worth noting that Taylor, who came out of the last break with just 645k is now on the final table with more than 7 million in front of him.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	11/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Don McCall was the most recent exit from the final two tables in the Monster bringing them down to 11 and the final table bubble.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	12/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 12 left now with Jeff Saunders and Terrill Coughlin hitting the cage for payouts recently. Coughlin ran into the aces of Johnny Yu and lost a big pot to leave him short, then busted shortly after.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	14/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Terrill Coughlin raised to 400k from the cutoff before Johnny Yu, on the button, made it 1.2 million to go. It folded back to Coughlin and he shoved a covering stack, which Yu snap-called.

Yu had pocket aces against ace-queen and the 4♥6♦2♠6♣5♣ runout didn’t change anything.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	14/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 14 left now in the Monster Stack with just under 30 minutes to play in Level 29. Marc- Andre Kudjick- Paquin from Quebec was the most recent player to cash out today.

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	15/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Hongwei Liu raised to 250k from the hijack and Curtis Singleton raised to 600k from the cutoff, and Giulio Rosati called from the small blind. Liu came back over-top with a shove for just under 2.7 million.

That pushed Singleton out of the hand, but Rosati asked for a count then put in the call. Liu had ace-king over queen-jack for Rosati, and the king came on the flop of K♣2♥3♠Q♥6♠. The had left Rosati under 2 million, while Liu is suddenly pushing 6 million.

Greg Taylor has also chipped up since the break. He was the short stack with 645k at the break, but he’s found some hands and is now sitting on about 4 million.

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	15/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Pete Fylyma just hit the rail for 16th place after a bit of a brutal end. He raised it up to 425k from early position, and Calvin Lake called from the hijack.

The flop was 10♥5♣3♥ and Fylyma fired 600k. Lake smooth-called to the 3♣ turn where he called 1.5 million. Fylyma shoved his remaining stack on the 2♣ river and Lake called it down with more. Fylyma had an overpair of jacks but Lake’s flopped set of tens and turned boat was way out in front.

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	16/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

There are just 16 players left in the action in Day 2 of the Monster Stack now after Calir Ramsay (who was 3rd in the Black Chip and also cashed the Seniors) and Ray New hit the rail recently.

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	17/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 17 remaining at the break following Level 27. Calvin Lake is the current leader with 6.12 million with Terrill Coughlin, start-of-day leader Kalyan Cheekuri, and Pete Fylyma all playing 5 million or more. Full stacks for the remaining 17 are below.

Player	Chips
Calvin Lake	6,120,000
Terrill Coughlin	5,655,000
Kalyan Cheekuri	5,500,000
Pete Fylyma	5,430,000
Evan Casey	4,465,000
Hongwei Kiu	4,365,000
Tsai Kuan Yu	4,315,000
Michael Malm	4,130,000
Giulio Rosati	4,080,000
Curtis Singleton	3,805,000
Jeff Saunders	3,560,000
Korey Dadgar	2,695,000
Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin	2,100,000
Don McCall	1480000
Johnny Yu	1,280,000
Ray Nau	1,015,000
Gregory Taylor	645,000

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	19/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are nearing the final two tables of play now with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 27. There is a break coming up after this level and I’ll have a look around for the big stacks while they are out of the room.

Recent Busts from Monster

Place	Player	Prize
20	Marco Di-Nardo	$2,602
21	Michael Noor	$2,602
22	Pav Braich	$2,602
23	Thomas Sloan	$2,602
24	Michael St. Pierre-Porter	$2,602
25	Sam Raz	$2,602
26	Graham Lupton	$2,602

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	26/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to just 26 players left in Day 2 of the Monster Stack now. Full prizes are loaded under the payouts tab with the recent busts listed below.

Place	Player	Prize
27	Craig Caldwell	$2,265
28	Ghislaine Johnson	$2,265
29	Haochen Zhou	$2,265
30	George Jurovich	$2,265
31	Karen Dodd	$2,265
32	Ryan Permis	$2,265
33	Raymond Cawaling	$2,265
34	Joshua Frazer-James	$2,265
35	Lisa Powell	$2,265

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	35/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to the final four tables in the Monster Stack now with 35 players left alive. See below for the recent prizes and see the Payouts tab for a look at the full list.

Place	Player	Prize
36	Dale Foyle	$2,016
37	John Scalise	$2,016
38	Faisel Al-Qutub	$2,016
39	Ross Henderson	$2,016
40	Laurence Louie	$2,016
41	David Tran	$2,016
42	Jim Zanidean	$2,016
43	Zhi Yang	$2,016
44	Rishilal Makkar	$2,016
45	Jay Glass	$1,836
46	Rauno Tahvonen	$1,836
47	Brett Worton	$1,836
48	Henry Oh	$1,836
49	Zhiyu Chen	$1,836
50	Lorne Voth	$1,836

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	43/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

The Monster field is getting tamed with the field down to 5 tables now and 43 left alive. Full prizes are under the payouts tab (including 56th place now) with recent payouts below.

Place	Player	Prize
42	Rishi Makkar	$2,016
43	Jay Glass	$2,016
44	Rauno Tahvonen	$2,016
45	Brett Worton	$1,836
46	Henry Oh	$1,836
47	Zhiyu Chen	$1,836
48	Lorne Voth	$1,836
56	Shawn Lange	$1,748

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	50/1,536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 50 left in the Monster Stack now with about 25 minutes to play in Level 24 and the first break of the day to follow this level. See below for the recent cashers with the full list under the Payouts tab (with the caveat that we haven’t see 56th place yet).

Place	Player	Prize
51	Maciej Baumgart	$1,836
52	Christian Wallmuth	$1,836
53	Uldis Sokolovskis	$1,836
54	Aaron Quon	$1,748
55	Ronald Simon	$1,748
56		$1,748
57	Robbie Brar	$1,748
58	Eric Davis	$1,748
59	Alexander Byliccki	$1,748
60	Sam Gottiparthi	$1,748
61	Aaron Froese	$1,748
62	Hassan Issa	$1,748
63	David Van-Der-Torre	$1,748
64	Jeffrey Cormier	$1,748
65	Malcolm Bolger	$1,748
66	Jason Hayashi	$1,748
67	David Swirski	$1,748
68	Jinrong Zhang	$1,748

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	68/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 68 left, but the calls of “Payout” are coming pretty fast so far today. I am actually a couple of busts behind the times with the bottom list, but here’s a first look at cashing players today.

Place	Player	Prize
69	Allan Mckinnon	$1,748
70	Michael Cartwright	$1,748
71	Antoine Saddleback	$1,748
72	Duff Charette	$1,748
73	Kelly Dalke	$1,748
74	Zoran Pribilovic	$1,748
75	Jayvee Lumahan	$1,748
76	Yvan Gravel	$1,748
77	Glenn Slater	$1,748
78	Sevon Zargarian	$1,748

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	75/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

The action is underway for Day 2 of the Monster Stack. 78 players returned to the action today, but several have already hit the rail in early action. I’ll get the prizes updated in the backend shortly, but one early bust today was Glenn Slater. He bagged u on Day 1a with 155k so he was a bit short to start, but it’s a bit of a miracle he was here at all considering he was down to a single 5k chip on Day 1a before running it back up again. He ended his run early on Day 2, but $1,748 was a better payout than he’d have gotten on Day 1.

Event 10:	$400 Monster Stack ($330 + $70)
Date:	Day 2: Jan 16, Noon
Blinds:	30/45
Entries:	78/1,536
Prizes:	$506,880

Day 2 of the Monster Stack is set with 78 players returning from the Monster-sized field of 1,536. That’s a new record for the Monster Stack in total and both flights also set individual records for size. With 947 entries on 1b, that may well be the biggest single-day field in market history.

In the end, the prizes capped out at more than $505k, but I don’t have eyes on the final payouts for Day 2. As they weren’t sure how many players would be left at the end of 1b, they waited to make up the final payouts. They’ll be posted on the board when players arrive in the morning, but my guess is that first place will be somewhere in the range of $80k+.

Kalyan Cheekuri was the 1a chip leader and they’ll carry that lead through to Day 2 with 2.45 million. 1b leader (and PKO Ring winner) Brett Worton will start the day second in chips and Curtis Singleton, Maciej Boumgart, and Calvin Lake round out the top 5 counts for Day 2.

Day 2 action kicks off at noon in the Chrome room, and this will be my main focus for Thursday. Play will begin in Level 22 with 5:02 remaining, so the action gets underway with blinds at 15k/30k/30k but will jump to 20k/40k/40k fairly quickly.

Day 2 Stacks by Name

T-S	Player	Chips
40 – 8	Aaron Froese	730,000
34 – 9	Aaron Quon	525,000
36 – 6	Alex Bylicki	1,095,000
38 – 5	Allan McKinnon	105,000
41 – 3	Antoine Saddleback	125,000
34 – 2	Brett Worton	2,000,000
34 – 8	Calvin Lake	1,645,000
33 – 8	Chris Walmuth	545,000
35 – 4	Clair Ramsay	530,000
39 – 3	Craig Caldwell	920,000
33 – 4	Curtis Singleton	1,735,000
34 – 6	Dale Foyle	1,075,000
41 – 7	David Swirski	485,000
41 – 5	David Tran	490,000
39 – 5	David Vandertorre	800,000
36 – 2	Don McCall	470000
40 – 7	Duff Charette	340,000
33 – 9	Eric Davis	1,150,000
35 – 2	Evan Casey	790,000
35 – 8	Faisal Al Qutub	1,385,000
32 – 8	George Junovich	1,360,000
38 – 3	Ghislaine Johnson	690,000
41 – 2	Giulio Rosati	1,310,000
38 – 4	Glenn Slater	155,000
32 – 3	Graham Luptomn	835,000
36 – 4	Gregory Taylor	935000
41 – 6	Haochen Zhou	310,000
35 – 3	Hassan Issa	580,000
39 – 8	Henry Oh	425,000
32 – 2	Hongwei Kiu	570,000
40 – 5	Jason Hayashi	1,080,000
40 – 6	Jay Glass	395,000
39 – 1	Jayvee Lumahan	305000
36 – 8	Jeff Cormier	1,160,000
32 – 1	Jeff Saunders	1,625,000
32 – 7	Jim Zanidean	1,100,000
34 – 1	Jinyang Zhang	780,000
36 – 9	John Scalise	1,455,000
39 – 4	Johnny Yu	385,000
35 – 7	Joshua Frazer-Vamer	860,000
38 – 6	Kalyan Cheekuri	2,450,000
36 – 7	Karen Dodd	660,000
41 – 4	Kelly Dalke	250,000
40 – 9	Korey Dadgar	365,000
38 – 9	Laurence Louie	970,000
41 – 1	Lisa Powell	520,000
38 – 1	Lorne Voth	485,000
33 – 2	Maciej Boumgart	1,660,000
40 – 4	Malcolm Bolger	805,000
33 – 5	Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin	235,000
33 – 7	Marco Di Nardo	1,280,000
40 – 1	Michael Malm	925,000
41 – 8	Michael Noor	675,000
35 – 6	Mike Cartwright	670,000
32 – 4	Mike St. Pierre-Porter	395,000
33 – 6	Pav Braich	930,000
36 – 5	Pete Fylyma	1,480,000
34 – 5	Rauwo Tahvonen	575,000
38 – 3	Ray Nau	395,000
39 – 5	Raymond Cawaling	970,000
38 – 7	Raymond Trieu	365000
38 – 2	Rishi Makkar	1,640,000
40 – 3	Robbie Brar	680,000
33 – 1	Ronald “RJ” Simon	875,000
34 – 3	Ross Henderson	380,000
36 – 3	Ryan Permis	930,000
39 – 6	Sam Gottiparthi	705,000
32 – 5	Sam Raz	685,000
32 – 9	Sevon Zargarian	285,000
39 – 2	Shawn Lange	335,000
33 – 3	Terrill Coughlin	802,000
39 – 9	Thomas Sloan	1,225,000
34 – 4	Tsai Kuan Yu	144,000
32 – 2	Uldis Sokolovskis	490,000
36 – 1	Yvan Gravel	565,000
34 – 7	Zhigang Yang	350000
35 – 1	Zhiyu Chen	195,000
35 – 5	Zoran Pribilovic	Graham Lupton

Day 2 Chips by Seat

I think I made a typo in the 1a chips as there are two players in Seat 2 on Table 32. I verified one of the seat assignments as correct off the 1b slips, but I don’t have 1a slips anymore to check that one, so I suspect that Hongwei Kiu is listed in the wrong seat. My apologies.

T-S	Player	Chips
32 – 1	Jeff Saunders	1,625,000
32 – 2	Hongwei Kiu	570,000
32 – 2	Uldis Sokolovskis	490,000
32 – 3	Graham Luptomn	835,000
32 – 4	Mike St. Pierre-Porter	395,000
32 – 5	Sam Raz	685,000
32 – 7	Jim Zanidean	1,100,000
32 – 8	George Junovich	1,360,000
32 – 9	Sevon Zargarian	285,000
33 – 1	Ronald “RJ” Simon	875,000
33 – 2	Maciej Boumgart	1,660,000
33 – 3	Terrill Coughlin	802,000
33 – 4	Curtis Singleton	1,735,000
33 – 5	Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin	235,000
33 – 6	Pav Braich	930,000
33 – 7	Marco Di Nardo	1,280,000
33 – 8	Chris Walmuth	545,000
33 – 9	Eric Davis	1,150,000
34 – 1	Jinyang Zhang	780,000
34 – 2	Brett Worton	2,000,000
34 – 3	Ross Henderson	380,000
34 – 4	Tsai Kuan Yu	144,000
34 – 5	Rauwo Tahvonen	575,000
34 – 6	Dale Foyle	1,075,000
34 – 7	Zhigang Yang	350000
34 – 8	Calvin Lake	1,645,000
34 – 9	Aaron Quon	525,000
35 – 1	Zhiyu Chen	195,000
35 – 2	Evan Casey	790,000
35 – 3	Hassan Issa	580,000
35 – 4	Clair Ramsay	530,000
35 – 5	Zoran Pribilovic	250,000
35 – 6	Mike Cartwright	670,000
35 – 7	Joshua Frazer-Vamer	860,000
35 – 8	Faisal Al Qutub	1,385,000
36 – 1	Yvan Gravel	565,000
36 – 2	Don McCall	470000
36 – 3	Ryan Permis	930,000
36 – 4	Gregory Taylor	935000
36 – 5	Pete Fylyma	1,480,000
36 – 6	Alex Bylicki	1,095,000
36 – 7	Karen Dodd	660,000
36 – 8	Jeff Cormier	1,160,000
36 – 9	John Scalise	1,455,000
38 – 1	Lorne Voth	485,000
38 – 2	Rishi Makkar	1,640,000
38 – 3	Ray Nau	395,000
38 – 4	Glenn Slater	155,000
38 – 5	Allan McKinnon	105,000
38 – 6	Kalyan Cheekuri	2,450,000
38 – 7	Raymond Trieu	365000
38 – 8	Ghislaine Johnson	690,000
38 – 9	Laurence Louie	970,000
39 – 1	Jayvee Lumahan	305000
39 – 2	Shawn Lange	335,000
39 – 3	Craig Caldwell	920,000
39 – 4	Johnny Yu	385,000
39 – 5	David Vandertorre	800,000
39 – 5	Raymond Cawaling	970,000
39 – 6	Sam Gottiparthi	705,000
39 – 8	Henry Oh	425,000
39 – 9	Thomas Sloan	1,225,000
40 – 1	Michael Malm	925,000
40 – 3	Robbie Brar	680,000
40 – 4	Malcolm Bolger	805,000
40 – 5	Jason Hayashi	1,080,000
40 – 6	Jay Glass	395,000
40 – 7	Duff Charette	340,000
40 – 8	Aaron Froese	730,000
40 – 9	Korey Dadgar	365,000
41 – 1	Lisa Powell	520,000
41 – 2	Giulio Rosati	1,310,000
41 – 3	Antoine Saddleback	125,000
41 – 4	Kelly Dalke	250,000
41 – 5	David Tran	490,000
41 – 6	Haochen Zhou	310,000
41 – 7	David Swirski	485,000
41 – 8	Michael Noor	675,000

Curtis SIngleton picked up his first Circuit ring in his very first live win. He previously had a few final table finishes around Alberta events, but his best score prior to tonight was 3rd place in a PPT game in Nov of 2023 and his total lifetime cashes before today were less than $20k USD.

Now, with this win in the Monster, he’ll more than double his lifetime earnings and record his first win with the ring. He had to overcome a chip deficit heads up, and he was short-stacking for much of the final table.

A close look at the winners photo will reveal his rubber duck card capper, and the ducks were working for him tonight. He won several pots with a deuce in his hand including a four-card club flush with the deuce of clubs. The biggest one came when both players had a duck in the hand and two more came on the board. All the money went in with Singleton at risk, but he was boated up against the bare trips for runner-up Kalyan Cheekuri.

That gave Singleton a big lead and the game ended shortly after when the money went in preflop with Singleton on king-ten against queen-ten for Cheekuri. The king-ten held despite Cheekuri turning open-ended and the ring went to Singleton.

Final Results from Day 2 of the Monster Stack

Place	Player	Prize
1	Curtis Singleton	$68,505
2	Kalyan Cheekuri	$45,670
3	Calvin Lake	$32,025
4	Korey Dadgar	$22,861
5	Johnny Yu	$16,618
6	Hoangwei Liu	$12,306
7	Michael Malm	$9,286
8	Kuan-Yu Tsai	$7,143
9	Evan Casey	$5,604
10	Gregory Taylor	$4,484
11	Giulio Piredda	$4,484
12	Don Mccall	$3,663
13	Terrill Coughlin	$3,663
14	Jeffory Saunders	$3,055
15	Marc- Andre Kudjick- Paquin	$3,055
16	Pete Fylyma	$3,055
17	Raymond New	$3,055
18	Clair Ramsay	$2,602
19	Raymond Trieu	$2,602
20	Marco Di-Nardo	$2,602
21	Michael Noor	$2,602
22	Pawan(Pav) Braich	$2,602
23	Thomas Sloan	$2,602
24	Michael St. Pierre-Porter	$2,602
25	Sam Raz	$2,602
26	Graham Lupton	$2,602
27	Craig Caldwell	$2,265
28	Ghislaine Johnson	$2,265
29	Haochen Zhou	$2,265
30	George Jurovich	$2,265
31	Karen Dodd	$2,265
32	Ryan Permis	$2,265
33	Raymond Cawaling	$2,265
34	Joshua Frazer-James	$2,265
35	Lisa Powell	$2,265
36	Dale Foyle	$2,016
37	John Scalise	$2,016
38	Faisel Al-Qutub	$2,016
39	Ross Henderson	$2,016
40	Laurence Louie	$2,016
41	David Tran	$2,016
42	Jim Zanidean	$2,016
43	Zhi Yang	$2,016
44	Rishilal Makkar	$2,016
45	Jay Glass	$1,836
46	Rauno Tahvonen	$1,836
47	Brett Worton	$1,836
48	Seseung Oh	$1,836
49	Zhiyu Chen	$1,836
50	Lorne Voth	$1,836
51	Maciej Baumgart	$1,836
52	Christian Wallmuth	$1,836
53	Uldis Sokolovskis	$1,836
54	Aaron Quon	$1,748
55	Ronald Simon	$1,748
56	Shawn Lange	$1,748
57	Ravdeep Brar	$1,748
58	Eric Davis	$1,748
59	Alexander Byliccki	$1,748
60	Srinivas Gottiparthi	$1,748
61	Aaron Froese	$1,748
62	Hassan Issa	$1,748
63	David Van-Der-Torre	$1,748
64	Jeffrey Cormier	$1,748
65	Malcolm Bolger	$1,748
66	Jason Hayashi	$1,748
67	David Swirski	$1,748
68	Jinrong Zhang	$1,748
69	Allan Mckinnon	$1,748
70	Michael Cartwright	$1,748
71	Antoine Saddleback	$1,748
72	Duff Charette	$1,748
73	Kelly Dalke	$1,748
74	Zoran Pribilovic	$1,748
75	Jayvee Lumahan	$1,748
76	Yvan Gravel	$1,748
77	Glenn Slater	$1,748
78	Sevon Zargarian	$1,748

Level:	34 (250000/500000/500000)
Entries:	1/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

After Curtis Singleton doubled up, they had a huge all in confrontation preflop with Kalyan Cheekuri on queen-ten against king-ten for SIngelton. Cheekuri flopped open-ended but then bricked the rest of the board to send the win to Singleton.

Level:	34 (250000/500000/500000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Curtis Singleton uses a rubber ducky for his card protector, and at least tonight, the ducks are working for him. He’s won several hands in heads up with a deuce in his hand, but the most recent was the biggest.

They both limped it preflop, then checked the flop of 2♠10♣8♦. Singleton fired 500k on the 7♠ turn and Kalyan Cheekuri called to the 2♦ river. Singleton bet 1.5 million, then shoved over the raise to 6 million. Cheekuri called and the both had a deuce, but Singleton also had a ten for the boat and the big win.

Level:	33 (250000/500000/500000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

I was a bit premature with the break chips as there were still a couple of minutes left in the level when I reported. Curtis SIngleton managed to pull some back just before the break and he’s sitting on 22 million now with Kalyan Cheekuri still ahead with just under 40 million.

Level:	32 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Kalyan Cheekuri is now the big leader with Curtis Singleton down to about 14 million. There are 62.5 million in play, so Cheekuri is on about 48 million.

Level:	33 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Kalyan Cheekuri raised to 900k and Curtis Singleton called to the flop of Q♦K♠6♣. Singleton check-called for 675k on the 10♥ turn and then for 9 million on the 3♦ river. Cheekuri turned over A♣A♥ and Singleton showed K♣ as he mucked.

Level:	33 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are basically even now with about 31 million each after a huge hand saw Curtis Singleton force a fold on the river. Kalyan Cheekuri opened to 1 million from the button and Singleton called to the flop of 9♦8♣5♥.

Both players checked to the Q♦ turn where Singelton check-raised from 1.5 million to 4 million. Cheekuri called but them mucked when Singleton shoved the 8♥ river.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	2/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are heads up now after Calvin Lake hit the rail in 3rd place. After he had to fold the river to a shove by Kalyan Cheekuri he was left with 13.3 million, but then doubled up Curtis Singleton with ace-king over pocket fives. Singleton flopped a set and held for the win. That left Lake with under a million, and the rest went to Cheekuri on his way to the cage.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	3/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Calvin Lake opened the button to 700k and Kalyan Cheekuri called from the small blind. Lake fired 800k on the A♣10♣K♥ flop and got the call to the 3♦ turn. Lake bet 2.5 million and Cheekuri called.

The river was 2♥ and Lake slide out 4.7 million. Cheekuri came over the top with a shove that would have been most of Lakes stack and he elected to muck his hand. The pot left Cheekuri with 35.8 million while Lake has 13.3 million and Curtis Singleton is on 12.325 million.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	3/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to three left after Korey Dadgar hit the rail for 4th place tonight. I missed the action while I was in Sundance checking on the opening flight to the Main Event.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	4/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to four left after Johnny Yu couldn’t win a flip with jack-ten of hearts over pocket fives for Kalyan Cheekuri. Yu turned open-ended but bricked the river for the pocket fives to hold.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	5/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 5 now in the Monster after Hongwei Liu hit the rail in 6th place tonight. There are about 10 minutes to play in Level 31 and the average stack is around 50 big blinds.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	6/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

It’s been a pretty good start to 2025 for Michael Malm after a stellar 2024. Malm won the API Player of the Year last year by a mile, and it looks like he’s well on his way to another title this year. He binked a ring in the Two-Day $1k on Tuesday, and now has another final table to start the year.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	7/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

They are down to 7 left in the Monster Stack now with about 25 minutes to play in Level 31. Kuan-Yu Tsai was the most recent exit from the game, but I missed the action while I was out of the room for a second.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	8/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

I picked up the action on the flop reading 10♠7♣Q♥ and Curtis Singleton checked to Hongwei Liu who fired 1 million. Calvin Lake called before SIngleton’s cards hit the muck.

Both players checked the 4♥ turn and Liu slid out 900k on the A♣ river. Lake took a few seconds to think before pumping it up to 2.9 million. Liu called but mucked when Lake showed ace-ten of clubs for two pair and the win.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	8/1536
Prizes:	$506,880

Just before the dinner break, Michael Malm shoved the cutoff and was called by button Johnny Yu. Yu was at risk but had the best hand with ace-king over ace-queen. The runout was 10♠2♠A♥J♥Q♠ to send Yu to Broadway for the win. The hand put Yu over 5 million and dropped Malm to 475k. See the full stacks for the final 8 below

T-S	Player	Chips
39 – 1	Hongwei Liu	8,000,000
39 – 2	Tsai Kuan Yu	2,375,000
39 – 3	Calvin Lake	17,500,000
39 – 4	Michael Malm	475,000
39 – 5	Johnny Yu	5,900,000
39 – 7	Korey Dadgar	5,200,000
39 – 8	Kalyan Cheekuri	16,975,000
39 – 9	Curtis Singleton	5,200,000