On Day 1b of PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® €5,300 Main Event, Italian player Gianluca Speranza finished with a narrow lead atop a tightly bunched group of players as 222 of 481 runners made it through the day. Speranza's stack of 201,500 means Day 1a leader Jeff Hakim still paces the field by a wide margin.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluca Speranza | Italy | 201,500 |
| 2 | Michael Kolkowicz | France | 197,300 |
| 3 | Makram Saber | Lebanon | 192,000 |
| 4 | Xavier Rouayroux | France | 192,000 |
| 5 | David Urban | Slovakia | 188,700 |
| 6 | Raffaele Sorrentino | Italy | 175,200 |
| 7 | Remi Castaignon | France | 160,000 |
| 8 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 152,000 |
| 9 | Vasyl Zabrodskyy | Ukraine | 146,400 |
| 10 | Aleksei Istomin | Russia | 144,600 |
Meanwhile, one of poker biggest superstars of a few years also put in a good performance.