1C Entries: 941 (1,819 total)
And some of the men playing today at Parx (l-r):
(top) Dan Sweeney, Wayne Griffin, Robert Melo & Eric Siegel
(bottom) Matt Glantz, Jonathan Kramer, Ray Ross & Mike Dentale
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Men's Warehouse
Level 14 (Blinds 1,500/3,00/400 ante)
1C Entries: 941 (1,819 total)
And some of the men playing today at Parx (l-r):
1C Entries: 941 (1,819 total)
And some of the men playing today at Parx (l-r):
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Ladies Night at Parx
Level 14 (Blinds 1,500/3,00/400 ante)
1C Entries: 934 (1,812 total)
A look at some of the women playing in today's event (left to right).
1C Entries: 934 (1,812 total)
A look at some of the women playing in today's event (left to right).
(top) Christine Brewer, Anne M., Renata Colache & Veronica Rivera
(bottom) Anna Antimony, Allison Schultz, Leanne Rosenblatt & Anna Khait
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Twitter Love
Level 13 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante)
1C Entries: 922 (1,800 total)
1C Entries: 922 (1,800 total)
@Mikunbelievable @parxpokerroom best cash room in northeast also. Great dealers/staff who are actually poker players too
— Jeff Papola (@jeffpapola) February 23, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): 1,800 Entries & Counting
Level 13 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante)
1C Entries: 922 (1,800 total)
Jeff Wicker (Philadelphia, PA) is the 1,800th entry in the event.
"I wanted to see a nice round number," says Wicker who's hoping this entry will be his lucky ticket.
Players are on a 15 minute break and surprisingly nobody has entered in the last 10 minutes.
1C Entries: 922 (1,800 total)
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| Tournament Clock One Second Before Break |
Jeff Wicker (Philadelphia, PA) is the 1,800th entry in the event.
"I wanted to see a nice round number," says Wicker who's hoping this entry will be his lucky ticket.
Players are on a 15 minute break and surprisingly nobody has entered in the last 10 minutes.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): $500,000 Prize Pool, $110,000+ Up Top
Level 12 (Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante)
1C Entries: 903 (1,781 total)
It's been a feeding frenzy at Parx for the opening event of the Big Stax V as there's literally been
a player a minute entering for the last two hours.
"I wasn't going to do it," says Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY), "but Marder talked me into it."
That's Mike Marder (Sewell, NJ) who's already bagged 211k and explained the value of the enormous prize pool.
"He said it doesn't matter how many times you've bought in," says Marguerite who swore after four entries she wouldn't play again, "you just have to bag chips for tomorrow with 90 minute levels."
The big carrots are the $500,000 prize pool and first place totaling more than $110,000 (198 places paid).
And as the field is set to top 1,800 entries, Andrew, one of the hustling tournament officials, laughs, "anyone want to guess again," as the prediction for total entries continues to grow. Players have up until 12 pm Sunday to register in the event.
1C Entries: 903 (1,781 total)
It's been a feeding frenzy at Parx for the opening event of the Big Stax V as there's literally been
a player a minute entering for the last two hours.
"I wasn't going to do it," says Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY), "but Marder talked me into it."
That's Mike Marder (Sewell, NJ) who's already bagged 211k and explained the value of the enormous prize pool.
"He said it doesn't matter how many times you've bought in," says Marguerite who swore after four entries she wouldn't play again, "you just have to bag chips for tomorrow with 90 minute levels."
The big carrots are the $500,000 prize pool and first place totaling more than $110,000 (198 places paid).
And as the field is set to top 1,800 entries, Andrew, one of the hustling tournament officials, laughs, "anyone want to guess again," as the prediction for total entries continues to grow. Players have up until 12 pm Sunday to register in the event.
@parxpokerroom is there a prize for most entries in this $330? #asking4afriend
— Kevin McColgan (@Bukowski101) February 23, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Big Stax Big Stacks
Level 11 (Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante)
1C Entries: 873 (1,755 total)
The chip leaders are now in the high 200s and 300k range.
Ray Ross (Maple Glen, PA) is the leader with 315k and says he's had big stacks in both earlier flights including 400k in Day 1B.
Another top five stack belongs to Robert Santora (Bensalem, PA) who is at 275k and has been chipping up all day.
Big Stacks
Ray Wright 315k
Tony "G" 290k
Robert Santora 275k
Ian Johnson 225k
Shing Har 210k
Kelly Armentrout 210k
Nalin "Prez" Gadhia 205k
1C Entries: 873 (1,755 total)
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| Robert Santora |
The chip leaders are now in the high 200s and 300k range.
Ray Ross (Maple Glen, PA) is the leader with 315k and says he's had big stacks in both earlier flights including 400k in Day 1B.
Another top five stack belongs to Robert Santora (Bensalem, PA) who is at 275k and has been chipping up all day.
Big Stacks
Ray Wright 315k
Tony "G" 290k
Robert Santora 275k
Ian Johnson 225k
Shing Har 210k
Kelly Armentrout 210k
Nalin "Prez" Gadhia 205k
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Big Hands Before Dinner
Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante)
1C Entries: 851 (1,733 total)
Two hands before the dinner break worth noting included a bad beat and a three-way all in where pocket Aces hold for a huge pot.
Joe Gossweiler (Roseland, NJ) and his opponent are all in on a flop of J♠ 10♠ 7x:
Gossweiler: 9♠ 8♠ (straight, OE straight flush draw)
Opponent: Tx Tx (set of Tens)
Turn: Tx (opponent quad Tens)
River: 7♠
Gossweiler rivers a straight flush against Quad Tens to get a double-up for a 150k chip pot. His opponent was left with 12k and Gossweiler eventually knocked him out.
Across the Clubhouse there's a three-way all in with Jonathan Paul (Easton, PA) holding pocket rockets.
Paul: AA
Player 2: QQ
Player 3: A9
The board runs out 9-5-4-3-A and Gossweiler's set of Aces wins a 245k pot as all three players had healthy stacks.
1C Entries: 851 (1,733 total)
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| Gossweiler Gets River Help |
Joe Gossweiler (Roseland, NJ) and his opponent are all in on a flop of J♠ 10♠ 7x:
Gossweiler: 9♠ 8♠ (straight, OE straight flush draw)
Opponent: Tx Tx (set of Tens)
Turn: Tx (opponent quad Tens)
River: 7♠
Gossweiler rivers a straight flush against Quad Tens to get a double-up for a 150k chip pot. His opponent was left with 12k and Gossweiler eventually knocked him out.
Across the Clubhouse there's a three-way all in with Jonathan Paul (Easton, PA) holding pocket rockets.
Paul: AA
Player 2: QQ
Player 3: A9
The board runs out 9-5-4-3-A and Gossweiler's set of Aces wins a 245k pot as all three players had healthy stacks.
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| Paul Picks Up Huge Pot with Aces |
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): 1,700 & Counting!
Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante)
1C Entries: 843 (1,725 total)
1C Entries: 843 (1,725 total)
Event 1 of #ParxBigStaxV is gonna get over 1700 entries wat a job by @parxpokerroom their staff n @MattGlantz in organizing this series
— Kevin lutz (@kevinlutz11) February 22, 2014
First hand from dinner. AA utg flop 753ss. I bet fl dr ships 36k and hits. 48k. @parxpokerroom
— Pierre Deissler (@PierreDeissler) February 23, 2014
@parxpokerroom 27.5 on dinner break. Just had JJ while singing "see you later" to the beat of "Part Time lover". @ShurillaGorilla
— Robert Rizzi (@RAronowitzJr) February 22, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Before & After
Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante)
1C Entries: 829 (1,711 total)
22 players have joined (or re-joined) the field since the start of dinner break. One player who did not
is Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY) who has played and busted four times.
"No more," she says, "this is how I feel," as she puts a finger gun to her head.
And she's happy to share her before and after pictures.
1C Entries: 829 (1,711 total)
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| Marguerite Before....... |
22 players have joined (or re-joined) the field since the start of dinner break. One player who did not
is Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY) who has played and busted four times.
"No more," she says, "this is how I feel," as she puts a finger gun to her head.
And she's happy to share her before and after pictures.
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| ....After |
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Dinner Break
Dinner Break (Next Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante)
Play Resumes: ~7:40 pm
1C Entries: 810 (1692 total)
Players are on a 75 minute dinner break. The Clubhouse has been cleared and tournament staff is doing a chip inventory.
We'll get you chip leaders when play resumes.
Play Resumes: ~7:40 pm
1C Entries: 810 (1692 total)
Players are on a 75 minute dinner break. The Clubhouse has been cleared and tournament staff is doing a chip inventory.
We'll get you chip leaders when play resumes.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Straight Quadruple
Level 8 (Blinds 400/800/100 ante)
1C Entries: 743 (1625 total)
We hear a lot of commotion in the Clubhouse and when we get to the table we hear Eric McCarty say, "I have a straight," and in fact he does as he knocks out three players.
McCarty says he was the last to call three all-ins with Q♣ J♣ and is against TT, JJ & A♣ 8♣.
The board shows K-9-3-T-A and as the player with pocket Tens momentarily celebrates his set on the turn, it gives McCarty the straight.
All four players have between 10k and 15k with McCarty getting more than a quadruple-up.
"I figured I only have 15k, I either re-enter (if he lost) or quadruple-up," say McCarty who summarizes the hand on Twitter.
1C Entries: 743 (1625 total)
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| McCarty Miracle |
We hear a lot of commotion in the Clubhouse and when we get to the table we hear Eric McCarty say, "I have a straight," and in fact he does as he knocks out three players.
McCarty says he was the last to call three all-ins with Q♣ J♣ and is against TT, JJ & A♣ 8♣.
The board shows K-9-3-T-A and as the player with pocket Tens momentarily celebrates his set on the turn, it gives McCarty the straight.
All four players have between 10k and 15k with McCarty getting more than a quadruple-up.
"I figured I only have 15k, I either re-enter (if he lost) or quadruple-up," say McCarty who summarizes the hand on Twitter.
Super lucky turned a straight in a 4way all in short stacks. Went from 15k to 65k. #rungood @parxpokerroom
— Eric McCarty (@SynergyRoof) February 22, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): AK Loving Parx and AA
Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100 ante)
1C Entries: 659 (1,541 total)
Anna Khait (Brooklyn, NY) is an up and coming player we've seen playing up and down the East Coast. This is her first time at Parx and says, "I love it here," and is spreading the love.
Anna, Pierre and Peter sharing their thoughts via Twitter.
1C Entries: 659 (1,541 total)
Anna Khait (Brooklyn, NY) is an up and coming player we've seen playing up and down the East Coast. This is her first time at Parx and says, "I love it here," and is spreading the love.
Anna, Pierre and Peter sharing their thoughts via Twitter.
Loving this poker room! @parxpokerroom I'm at 40k, 300/600. #LFG
— Anna Khait (@Annakhait) February 22, 2014
Doubled up with AA, I'm at 70k @parxpokerroom
— Anna Khait (@Annakhait) February 22, 2014
Down to 9.3k. @parxpokerroom full dbl. 20k and a dream
— Pierre Deissler (@PierreDeissler) February 22, 2014
@parxpokerroom down to $18.5K need a dblup.
— Peter Tkachuk (@TeamUkraine13) February 22, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Chippy McStacks
Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100 ante)
1C Entries: 659 (1,541 total)
The clear chip leader is William Morel (Richmond Hill, NY) who's at 240k (400 bb).
Morel is in the Poker Room, while the leader in the Clubhouse is Jesse Mercado (Brooklyn, NY) with 140k. Mercado's run-good includes him taking down a pot on the river with pocket Aces against his opponents pocket 4s.
Players with more than 100k (167 bb) are well ahead of the pace.
1C Entries: 659 (1,541 total)
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| William Morel |
The clear chip leader is William Morel (Richmond Hill, NY) who's at 240k (400 bb).
Morel is in the Poker Room, while the leader in the Clubhouse is Jesse Mercado (Brooklyn, NY) with 140k. Mercado's run-good includes him taking down a pot on the river with pocket Aces against his opponents pocket 4s.
Players with more than 100k (167 bb) are well ahead of the pace.
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| Jesse Mercado |
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Green Machine
Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100 ante)
1C Entries: 659 (1,541 total)
Players are just back from a 15 minute color-up as the green (25) chips have been removed from play.
Stacks are starting to grow and less green makes it easier to find the chip leaders.
Anybody with more than 100k is in great shape and we'll track them down during this level.
1C Entries: 659 (1,541 total)
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| Ping is the Green Chip Leader |
Players are just back from a 15 minute color-up as the green (25) chips have been removed from play.
Stacks are starting to grow and less green makes it easier to find the chip leaders.
Anybody with more than 100k is in great shape and we'll track them down during this level.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Twitter Chatter
Level 6 (Blinds 250/500/50 ante)
1C Entries: 619 (1,501 total)
1C Entries: 619 (1,501 total)
@ROYALODOYLE I'm sick over not being there. Great event.
— MicrostakesHero (@MicrostakesHero) February 22, 2014
@parxpokerroom how many barrels is the charm, a question mentioned often today haha
— David Harmon (@DavidSteam) February 22, 2014
If ur @parxpokerroom, and showing ur @USOlympic pride, come see me for one of these! #WhileSuppliesLast #Table51 pic.twitter.com/qoIeRDRH4u
— Marguerite Spagnuolo (@mmmmarguerite) February 22, 2014
Round 2 @parxpokerroom BIGSTAXXXX
— Peter Tkachuk (@TeamUkraine13) February 22, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Big Screens at Big Stax
Level 5 (Blinds 100/200/25 ante)
1C Entries: 561 (1,443 total)
In addition to the 61 tables (tournaments & cash) in the Poker Room, the Clubhouse expands the number to 85 total tables during any Big Stax series.
And with 41 big screens in the Clubhouse alone, it's an awesome place to watch the game while
check-raising the turn with the nuts.
Currently on the screens:
St. John's vs Villanova (men's college hoops)
Notre Dame vs Virginia (men's college hoops)
Olympics
Golf
Soccer
Auto Racing
But even these selections isn't enough for WSOP bracelet holder Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) who
has his laptop set up to watch men's college lacrosse over the internet.
"I wish this game was on for everyone to see," says Lemke, who has one eye on the cards and
one on the Maryland vs Syracuse. Lemke's stepson Niko Amato is Maryland's starting goaltender
and Lemke's grateful that he can watch the game.
The Terrapins (#7) are currently leading top ranked Syracuse 15-5. "They're playing great," says Lemke who is up to 42k.
Lemke couldn't travel to the Carrier Dome because of a prior family obligation, but staying home gives him a chance to play at Parx.
1C Entries: 561 (1,443 total)
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| Clubhouse |
In addition to the 61 tables (tournaments & cash) in the Poker Room, the Clubhouse expands the number to 85 total tables during any Big Stax series.
And with 41 big screens in the Clubhouse alone, it's an awesome place to watch the game while
check-raising the turn with the nuts.
Currently on the screens:
St. John's vs Villanova (men's college hoops)
Notre Dame vs Virginia (men's college hoops)
Olympics
Golf
Soccer
Auto Racing
But even these selections isn't enough for WSOP bracelet holder Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) who
has his laptop set up to watch men's college lacrosse over the internet.
"I wish this game was on for everyone to see," says Lemke, who has one eye on the cards and
one on the Maryland vs Syracuse. Lemke's stepson Niko Amato is Maryland's starting goaltender
and Lemke's grateful that he can watch the game.
The Terrapins (#7) are currently leading top ranked Syracuse 15-5. "They're playing great," says Lemke who is up to 42k.
Lemke couldn't travel to the Carrier Dome because of a prior family obligation, but staying home gives him a chance to play at Parx.
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| Tableside Viewing for Lemke with Son Niko on Screen |
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Parx Sets New Mark
Level 4 (Blinds 150/300/50 ante)
1C Entries: 493 (1,375 total)
Just before the day's first break, players helped set a Parx tournament record with 1,375 entries. The previous best was 1,364 in this series a year ago, February, 2013.
"We're appreciative of the turn out and things keeps getting bigger and better," says Bill Entenman, Parx Director of Poker Operations. "Not just now, but we're also excited about May."
Players can circle the early part of May on their calendars as tournament officials finalize the plans for the next Big Stax series.
Today Entenman, Tournament Director Dave Grubb and the entire Parx poker team have seamlessly gotten every player into the field with little or no wait time.
Not only do we see local players like Joe "Worm" Palma (Bensalem, PA), Brian Wright (Langhorne, via Bradley Beach, NJ) and Ray Ross (Maple Glen, PA) in the tournament, but players are coming from all over Pennsylvania and beyond.
A couple of first timers include Rosendo Guerrero (Hazelton, PA), who made the 1 hour, 40 minute trip to Parx. "This is awesome," he says about the structure and value. "I'm a new player and starting to travel (to play)."
Another Parx newbie is Tom Kovats (Fairfax, VA) who normally plays his poker in West Virginia but says, "they don't have tournaments this big," adding, "I had to check it out."
Registration for this event is open through Flight C and players can register until just before the start of Day 2, noon Sunday.
1C Entries: 493 (1,375 total)
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| Guerrero & Kovats |
Just before the day's first break, players helped set a Parx tournament record with 1,375 entries. The previous best was 1,364 in this series a year ago, February, 2013.
"We're appreciative of the turn out and things keeps getting bigger and better," says Bill Entenman, Parx Director of Poker Operations. "Not just now, but we're also excited about May."
Players can circle the early part of May on their calendars as tournament officials finalize the plans for the next Big Stax series.
Today Entenman, Tournament Director Dave Grubb and the entire Parx poker team have seamlessly gotten every player into the field with little or no wait time.
Not only do we see local players like Joe "Worm" Palma (Bensalem, PA), Brian Wright (Langhorne, via Bradley Beach, NJ) and Ray Ross (Maple Glen, PA) in the tournament, but players are coming from all over Pennsylvania and beyond.
A couple of first timers include Rosendo Guerrero (Hazelton, PA), who made the 1 hour, 40 minute trip to Parx. "This is awesome," he says about the structure and value. "I'm a new player and starting to travel (to play)."
Another Parx newbie is Tom Kovats (Fairfax, VA) who normally plays his poker in West Virginia but says, "they don't have tournaments this big," adding, "I had to check it out."
Registration for this event is open through Flight C and players can register until just before the start of Day 2, noon Sunday.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Sets: the Good, Bad & Ugly
Level 3 (Blinds 100/200/25 ante)
1C Entries: 436 (1,318 total)
After crossing the 1,300 entry mark, we hear several stories that involve sets.
Ray Taylor (Virginia Beach, VA) is quick to tell us about two hands were he flopped a set, and one that turned into quads. Taylor picks up chips on both hands and is up to 70k
Meanwhile a woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, laments how she flopped a set of fives and has her opponent in bad shape with AA. But an ugly Ace (for her) on the turn gives the player a better set and she's off to re-enter.
1C Entries: 436 (1,318 total)
After crossing the 1,300 entry mark, we hear several stories that involve sets.
Ray Taylor (Virginia Beach, VA) is quick to tell us about two hands were he flopped a set, and one that turned into quads. Taylor picks up chips on both hands and is up to 70k
Meanwhile a woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, laments how she flopped a set of fives and has her opponent in bad shape with AA. But an ugly Ace (for her) on the turn gives the player a better set and she's off to re-enter.
Big Stax 300: Flights A & B Combined Chip Counts
Flight: Remaining Players/Entries
A: 72/458
B: 68/415
C: TBD
Total: 139*/873
Average Stack: 188k (37 bb)
Day 2 Blinds: 2.5k/5k/500 ante
A: 72/458
B: 68/415
C: TBD
Total: 139*/873
Average Stack: 188k (37 bb)
Day 2 Blinds: 2.5k/5k/500 ante
| Position | Name | Place | Chip Count | ||
| 1 | Mike "Big Dog" | Cervone | Merrick NY | 546,000 | |
| 2 | Mike | Sandler | New York NY | 536,000 | |
| 3 | Robert | Duong | Philadelphia PA | 530,500 | |
| 4 | Sam | Oh | New York NY | 506,500 | |
| 5 | Anthony | Anastasi | Glen Mills PA | 493,500 | |
| 6 | Brian | Dougherty | Philadelphia PA | 489,500 | |
| 7 | Joseph | Liberta | Berlin NJ | 464,000 | |
| 8 | Wai | Chan | Palisades Park NJ | 423,500 | |
| 9 | Joel | Gola | Philadelphia PA | 395,000 | |
| 10 | Igor | Rabinovich | Richboro PA | 351,500 | |
| 11 | Edward | Alonso | Farmingdale NY | 347,500 | |
| 12 | Ido | Ashkenazi | New York NY | 315,500 | |
| 13 | Timothy | Klein | Plumsted NJ | 309,000 | |
| 14 | Joe | Argon | Langhorne PA | 307,500 | |
| 15 | Matthew | Zambanini | Wilmington DE | 307,500 | |
| 16 | Blake | Benson | Brooklyn NY | 306,500 | |
| 17 | Loc Hoang | Nguyen | Falls Church VA | 305,500 | |
| 18 | Chris | Csik | Absecon NJ | 305,000 | |
| 19 | Ryan | Eriquezzo | Danbury CT | 302,500 | |
| 20 | Tim | Eisenhut | Flemington NJ | 299,500 | |
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Packed House
Level 2 (Blinds 75/150)
1C Entries: 376 (1,258 total)
Not only is the Clubhouse packed to the gills with 24 full tables, but there are19 more are in the Poker Room.
All eyes are on the 1,364 entries for this event last year in Big Stax IV, which may be met before the day's first break.
Cries of "seat open" are quickly followed by "rebuy," which should be re-entry, but semantics aside we've got a lot of players at Parx Casino.
1C Entries: 376 (1,258 total)
Not only is the Clubhouse packed to the gills with 24 full tables, but there are19 more are in the Poker Room.
All eyes are on the 1,364 entries for this event last year in Big Stax IV, which may be met before the day's first break.
Cries of "seat open" are quickly followed by "rebuy," which should be re-entry, but semantics aside we've got a lot of players at Parx Casino.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1C): Easy as A, B, C
Level 1 (Blinds 50/100)
1A & 1B Total Entries: 873
The third and final flight in the opening event of the Big Stax V series is underway.
Lots of familiar faces are in the Clubhouse which is sure to be an overflow day with some players setting up shop in the Poker Room.
For the third straight day players begin with 30k in chips and levels are 45 minutes long. There's unlimited re-entries and registration is open until the first deal of Sunday's Day 2 noon start.
There's already more than $250,000 in the prize pool and with more than 900 total entries already, we'll expect to see a fairly easy run at last year's 1,364 total in this event at Big Stax IV.
1A & 1B Total Entries: 873
The third and final flight in the opening event of the Big Stax V series is underway.
Lots of familiar faces are in the Clubhouse which is sure to be an overflow day with some players setting up shop in the Poker Room.
For the third straight day players begin with 30k in chips and levels are 45 minutes long. There's unlimited re-entries and registration is open until the first deal of Sunday's Day 2 noon start.
There's already more than $250,000 in the prize pool and with more than 900 total entries already, we'll expect to see a fairly easy run at last year's 1,364 total in this event at Big Stax IV.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): Chip Counts (Full List)
1B Entries: 415 (873 total)
68 players remaining, 183k avg (37 bb)
Name-City-Chip Count*
Flights A & B combined chip counts will be posted by noon
68 players remaining, 183k avg (37 bb)
Name-City-Chip Count*
| Mike "Big Dog" | Cervone | Merrick NY | 546,000 |
| Mike | Sandler | New York NY | 539,000 |
| Sam | Oh | New York NY | 506,500 |
| Anthony | Anastasi | Glen Mills PA | 493,500 |
| Brian | Dougherty | Philadelphia PA | 489,500 |
| Igor | Rabinovich | Richboro PA | 351,500 |
| Timothy | Klein | Plumsted NJ | 309,000 |
| Matthew | Zambanini | Wilmington DE | 307,500 |
| Chris | Csik | Absecon NJ | 305,000 |
| Ryan | Eriquezzo | Danbury CT | 302,500 |
| Vernon | Bludson | Brooklyn NY | 291,000 |
| Juan | Valdez | Philadelphia PA | 289,500 |
| Joe | Ritchie | Philadelphia PA | 284,500 |
| She | Wong | New York NY | 284,000 |
| Chris | Laieta | Bensalem PA | 255,000 |
| Pete | D'Angelo | Delran NJ | 254,500 |
| Kevin | Lutz | Bellmawr NJ | 234,000 |
| Daryl | Black | Voorhees NJ | 216,000 |
| Laurence | Wolf | Annapolis MD | 213,500 |
| Michael | Marder | Sewell NJ | 210,500 |
| Alex | Roiz | Huntingdon Valley PA | 203,500 |
| Kyle | Gentik | Hainesport NJ | 201,500 |
| Maggie | Morris | Valley Forge PA | 200,500 |
| Thai | Ha | Factoryville PA | 197,000 |
| Adam | Legrecca | Hillsborough NJ | 196,500 |
| Eric | Warming | Hockessin DE | 178,000 |
| Giang | Tran | Philadelphia PA | 177,500 |
| Trevor | Deeter | Langhorne PA | 177,500 |
| Joeseph | McKeehen | North Wales PA | 177,000 |
| Paul | Remis | Media PA | 170,500 |
| Jeffrey | Spence | King of Prussia PA | 167,500 |
| Cary | Poulos | Festerville PA | 166,500 |
| Abraham | Faroni | Philadelphia PA | 157,500 |
| Chris | Horter | Bensalem PA | 157,000 |
| Dylan | Ihnat | Doylestown PA | 156,000 |
| Hua | Wei | Edison NJ | 151,500 |
| Paul | Colwell | Mountain Lakes NJ | 147,500 |
| Alec | Lafontant | Huntingdon Valley PA | 146,000 |
| Marcello | Calabrese | Warrington PA | 142,500 |
| Morgan | Litwih | Brookfield CT | 141,500 |
| John | Kroetz | Philadelphia PA | 135,000 |
| Jeanette | Sims | Alexandria VA | 134,500 |
| Anthony | Criniti | Southampton PA | 133,000 |
| Brian | Williams | New Hope PA | 132,000 |
| Theodore | LeMoine | New Milford NJ | 120,000 |
| Jeremy | Hendricks | Bloomsburg PA | 119,500 |
| Keith | Chin | Voorhees NJ | 113,500 |
| David | Klinger | Robbinsville NJ | 109,000 |
| Mike | Napoli | Philadelphia PA | 102,500 |
| Michael | Harrison | New Hope PA | 102,500 |
| James | Connolly | New Fairfield CT | 96,000 |
| Andrew | Weinstein | Basking Ridge NJ | 92,500 |
| Antonio | Walker | Willingboro NJ | 86,000 |
| Likovic | Muhamed | New York NY | 82,500 |
| Scott | Love | Philadelphia PA | 81,500 |
| Mike | Quatrochi | Philadelphia PA | 80,500 |
| Mark | Perry | Cheshire CT | 78,500 |
| Timothy | Little | Cheverly MD | 78,000 |
| Judith | Bielon | Bayonne NJ | 68,000 |
| Bo | Toft | Yardly Pa | 60,500 |
| Michael | Sheldon | Dresher PA | 59,500 |
| Jim | Alexander | Huntingdon Valley PA | 58,500 |
| Jacob | Millstein | New York NY | 53,500 |
| Tim | Bryan | Atlanta GA | 44,000 |
| Lisa | Pickell | Brick NJ | 36,000 |
| Kori | Hunter | Columbia MD | 34,500 |
| Steven | Thornton | Springfield PA | 34,500 |
| Vince | Strausser | Chalfont PA | 32,000 |
Flights A & B combined chip counts will be posted by noon
Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): 68 Bag & Tag, Magic Mikes Lead
Day 2 Blinds: 2.5k/5k/500 ante
1B Entries: 415 (873 total)
68 players remaining, 183k avg (37 bb)
Mike Sandler (New York, NY) took advantage of the multi bag-and-tag format of the Big Stax series kickoff event and got a significant upgrade. After finishing with 94k (19 bb) on Day 1A, Sandler bagged 539k on Day 1B and is currently second overall heading into Sunday's Day 2.
Sandler finished behind Mike "Big Dog" Cervone (Merrick, NY) who is the overall leader with 546k (109 bb). Both Cervone and Sandler are ahead of Robert Duong (Philadelphia PA) who was the Day 1A chip leader with 531k.
Players who bag more than once in the three starting flights only carry their largest stack into Day 2.
Flight C kicks off in the Clubhouse 11 am, Saturday.
Day 1B Chip Leaders*
Mike "Big Dog" Cervone 546,000
Mike Sandler 536,000
Sam Oh 506,500
Anthony Anastias 493,500
Brian Dougherty 489,500
*A full list of chip counts will be posted by 3 am
1B Entries: 415 (873 total)
68 players remaining, 183k avg (37 bb)
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| Mike Cervone Chip Leader |
Mike Sandler (New York, NY) took advantage of the multi bag-and-tag format of the Big Stax series kickoff event and got a significant upgrade. After finishing with 94k (19 bb) on Day 1A, Sandler bagged 539k on Day 1B and is currently second overall heading into Sunday's Day 2.
Sandler finished behind Mike "Big Dog" Cervone (Merrick, NY) who is the overall leader with 546k (109 bb). Both Cervone and Sandler are ahead of Robert Duong (Philadelphia PA) who was the Day 1A chip leader with 531k.
Players who bag more than once in the three starting flights only carry their largest stack into Day 2.
Flight C kicks off in the Clubhouse 11 am, Saturday.
Day 1B Chip Leaders*
Mike "Big Dog" Cervone 546,000
Mike Sandler 536,000
Sam Oh 506,500
Anthony Anastias 493,500
Brian Dougherty 489,500
*A full list of chip counts will be posted by 3 am
Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): Parx 500
Level 15 (Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante)
1B Entries: 417 (875 total)
75 players remaining, 167k avg (42 bb)
A couple of players have more than 500k, including Sam Oh (New York, NY) who's the newest emerging big stack.
Players are back from the color-up break and will play this last 45 minutes before bagging and tagging.
Big Stacks
Mike Sandler 579k
Sam Oh 525k
Mike Cervone 491k
Brian Dougherty 485k
Anthony Anastasi 422k
1B Entries: 417 (875 total)
75 players remaining, 167k avg (42 bb)
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| Sam Oh So Good |
A couple of players have more than 500k, including Sam Oh (New York, NY) who's the newest emerging big stack.
Players are back from the color-up break and will play this last 45 minutes before bagging and tagging.
Big Stacks
Mike Sandler 579k
Sam Oh 525k
Mike Cervone 491k
Brian Dougherty 485k
Anthony Anastasi 422k
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