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| Maggie Morris (Valley Forge, PA) Big Stax 300 Winner - $95,000 *** |
*** Denotes Chop
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 1st Place - Morris ($95,000)
*** Denotes Chop
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 2nd Place - Luciano ($75,000)
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| Rocco Luciano (Philadelphia, PA) 2nd Place - $75,000 *** |
*** Denotes Chop
Started the day 2nd to last in chips, ended day with a 3 way chop for 74k
#startedfromthebottom #parxbigstax
— Rocco Luciano (@Rockylooch) February 25, 2014
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 3rd Place - Gola ($50,000)
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| Joe Gola (Philadelphia, PA) 3rd Place ($50,000) *** |
*** Denotes Chop
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 4th Place - McKeehen ($20,641)
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| Joseph McKeehen (North Wales, PA) 4th Place - $20,641 |
When Joe McKeehen enters are tournament, he's one of the favorites to go deep. When Mr. McKeehen goes deep, he then becomes one of the favorites to win. When Joe is ahead…he usually wins, and when Joe is behind…he usually wins. This was before Joe ran into Maggie Morris, and watched as his K 10 < A 10 on the 2 5 8 K A.
McKeehen would enter foreign territory as he grabbed the lead on the turn, only to watch an ace spike the river and send him home in fourth place. Players would begin to start talking chop once Joe was eliminated.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 5th Place - Rebuck ($15,877)
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| Mark Rebuck (Carlisle, PA) 5th Place - $15,877 |
In what would turn out to be one of the most important pots of the tournament, two of the larger stacks (Rebuck/Morris) would collide. Both players seemed primed to reach at least three handed play, but on the runout of 6 6 K A J, we would see a cooler for Rebuck. His KK < AA of Morris, giving her a commanding chip lead, and propelling her to what would be a huge finish.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 6th Place - Kiotis ($11,643)
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| Mike Kiotis (Thornton, PA) 6th Place - $11,643 |
Mike Kiotis shoved his remaining eight big blinds with AJ and would be eliminated when Mark Rebuck woke up with AQ.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 7th Place - DePew ($8,891)
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| Zack DePew (Shohola, PA) 7th Place - $8,891 |
Many of the pots that we were seeing weren't going to flops, but Zack DePew and Maggie Morris saw one of Q♣ 9♣ x. The chips got in with Zack at risk, both holding flush draws (Depew: 10♣ 7♣ < Maggie K♣ J♣). DePew would depart the table in seventh place, and Morris would continue her upswing.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): Morris Doubles
Level 30 (Blinds 100,000/200,000/25,000)
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 8,000,000
Maggie Morris finds a double through Joe Gola, as her KK > J10 of "The Jeweler,", and she now sits with just over 11,000,000.
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 8,000,000
Maggie Morris finds a double through Joe Gola, as her KK > J10 of "The Jeweler,", and she now sits with just over 11,000,000.
Big Stax 300 (Day 1): 8th Place - Shasho ($6,721)
Level 30 (Blinds 100,000/200,000/25,000)
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 8,000,000
For those players that didn't bring heaps into the final table, it's been a pattern of the short stacks continually dwindling until the spot to shove. Mike Shasho's spot was a flip with KQ against the 99 of Rocco Luciano. Rocco's pocket nines would hold, and he would chip up to 9,600,000.
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 8,000,000
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| Mike Shasho (Ramsey, NJ) 8th Place - $6,721 |
For those players that didn't bring heaps into the final table, it's been a pattern of the short stacks continually dwindling until the spot to shove. Mike Shasho's spot was a flip with KQ against the 99 of Rocco Luciano. Rocco's pocket nines would hold, and he would chip up to 9,600,000.
Rocco Luciano - 9,600,000
Mike Shasho - Eliminated in 8th place ($6,721)
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): Level Going Up
Level 30 is going to begin shortly, with the blinds going up to 100,000/200,000/25,000 (chip average of 7,000,000). The blind to average ratio is beginning to lower slightly, but the tournament is still super deep.
We are watching a lot of pots being taken down pre, and not many at all ending in a showdown.
We are watching a lot of pots being taken down pre, and not many at all ending in a showdown.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 9th Place - Valdez ($5,187)
Level 29 (Blinds 75,000/150,000/25,000)
Players Remaining: 8
Chip Average: 7,000,000
After the departure of Ray Ross, Juan Valdez would be left as the short stack at the table. He got his remaining 2,300,000 in against Joe McKeehen:
Players Remaining: 8
Chip Average: 7,000,000
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| Juan Valdez (Philadelphia, PA) 9th Place - $5,187 |
After the departure of Ray Ross, Juan Valdez would be left as the short stack at the table. He got his remaining 2,300,000 in against Joe McKeehen:
Juan: A 10 McKeehen: J J
Flop: A J A
Turn: K
River: x
The ace right in the window seemed very promising for Juan, but the rest of the run out would be pretty brutal for him. Valdez was one of the top stacks in the room from Day 2 on, but his run would end here at his first even Big Stax final table.
Joe McKeehen - 6,600,000
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 10th Place - Ross ($4,657)
Level 29 (Blinds 75,000/150,000/25,000)
Players Remaining: 9
Chip Average: 6,400,000
Ray Ross was one of two short stacks at this ten-handed table (the other being Mike Kiotis), and he shoved his remaining 18 bigs into the middle. He was called by Joe Gola and the action would fold around. It would be the AQ < TT for Ray Ross, but this is his second series in a row with a Big Stax final table to his belt, and we are sure to see moving forward this series.
Players Remaining: 9
Chip Average: 6,400,000
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| Ray Ross (Maple Glen, PA) 10th Place - $4,657 |
Ray Ross was one of two short stacks at this ten-handed table (the other being Mike Kiotis), and he shoved his remaining 18 bigs into the middle. He was called by Joe Gola and the action would fold around. It would be the AQ < TT for Ray Ross, but this is his second series in a row with a Big Stax final table to his belt, and we are sure to see moving forward this series.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): Unofficial Final Table/Chip Counts
Players are about to go on break, and will be returning to blinds of 75,000/150,000/25,000. Here is the ten-handed lineup with counts:
- Mark Rebuck - 9,200,000
- Juan Valdez - 2,300,000
- Zack DePew - 5,700,000
- Maggie Morris - 8,000,000
- Ray Ross - 2,600,000
- Mike Shasho - 3,200,000
- Joe Gola - 10,100,000
- Rocco Luciano - 8,000,000
- Joe McKeehen - 5,900,000
- Mike Kiotis - 2,200,000
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): 11th Place - Ely ($4,657)
Level 28 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)
Players Remaining: 10
Chip Average: 5,600,000
Ely was the shortest stack remaining and shoved for less than 20 bigs. He got called by Maggie Morris, and was in bad shape, as his A2 < KK. Maggie has gone from the shortest stack in the tournament, to one of the chip leader with close to 8,000,000.
Players Remaining: 10
Chip Average: 5,600,000
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| Ted Ely (Brooklyn, NY) 11th Place - $4,657 |
Ely was the shortest stack remaining and shoved for less than 20 bigs. He got called by Maggie Morris, and was in bad shape, as his A2 < KK. Maggie has gone from the shortest stack in the tournament, to one of the chip leader with close to 8,000,000.
Players are going on break shortly, and we will bring you the final table seating assignments and chip counts.
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): Morris Doubles Through Valdez
Level 28 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)
Players Remaining: 11
Chip Average: 5,000,000
Maggie Morris recoups the chips lost in the earlier pot with McKeehen, as she get it's in on the flop against Juan Valdez for a 6,000,000 pot:
Maggie Morris - 6,000,000
Juan Valdez - 2,000,000
Players Remaining: 11
Chip Average: 5,000,000
Maggie Morris recoups the chips lost in the earlier pot with McKeehen, as she get it's in on the flop against Juan Valdez for a 6,000,000 pot:
Flop: 10♣ 7♥ 4♥
Valdez: A♥ 10♥ Morris: 4 4
Turn: J♦
River: A♠
Maggie Morris - 6,000,000
Juan Valdez - 2,000,000
Big Stax 300 (Day 3): McKeehen v. Morris
Level 28 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)
Players Remaining: 11
Chip Average: 5,000,000
After Maggie Morris flats Joe McKeehen's four-bet pre, we go to a flop with a pot already over 2,000,000. The board runs out 3 8 K, and Mckeehen checks to Morris, who then goes all-in (covering Joe's stack). Joe thinks briefly and makes the call with QQ, and it surprisingly in the lead against Morris's 77. Joe takes down the pot on the turn when he spikes a queen and chips up to over 7,000,000. Morris is left with just under 2,000,0000 and is the short stack of the players remaining.
Players Remaining: 11
Chip Average: 5,000,000
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| McKeehen v. Morris |
After Maggie Morris flats Joe McKeehen's four-bet pre, we go to a flop with a pot already over 2,000,000. The board runs out 3 8 K, and Mckeehen checks to Morris, who then goes all-in (covering Joe's stack). Joe thinks briefly and makes the call with QQ, and it surprisingly in the lead against Morris's 77. Joe takes down the pot on the turn when he spikes a queen and chips up to over 7,000,000. Morris is left with just under 2,000,0000 and is the short stack of the players remaining.
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