Big Stax 300
Day 1c Completed
Big Stax 300
Day 1c Completed
The third starting flight of the Big Stax XXXI 300 is in the books after another15 levels of play and at the end of the night, only 45 players found a bag from the 284 total entries.
A turn of events happened in one of the very last hands of the night as Renata Colace , who was chip leader with over 300,000 majority of the day and looked to be the clear chip leader, lost a monster hand to give Yijun Lin the top spot. Lin was nice enough to share the details of the hand with PokerNews as to how he ended the night as the chip leader.
Colace opened for 14,000 and was called by Lin and one other player. The flop fell and Colace lead out for 20,500 and Lin flatted. The other player raised to 51,000 and Colace moved all in and was called by opponents. Colace heald , Lin and the other opponent had . the turn paired the board with the and the river gave Lin the chip lead while Colace dropped to (215,00).
Second in chips was Michael Dalessandro (350,500) who had a rollercoaster of a day but somehow managed to grind all the way back up to the top of the leaderboard.
Margaret Bartelle (327,000), Guoliang Chen (306,500) and David Meschel (304,500) round out the top five stacks.
Other players to advance include Sean Bishop (299,500), Zhikai Gao (289,500), James Brady (261,500), and defending champ James Lillis (184,500).
One last starting flight remains, with Day 1d starting Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
Come back to PokerNews for updates throughout the rest of the Big Stax XXXI 300 tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yijun Lin
|
363,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
||
Michael Dalessandro |
350,500
100,500
|
100,500 |
Margaret Bartelle |
327,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Guoliang Chen |
306,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
David Meschel
|
304,500
138,500
|
138,500 |
Sean Bishop |
299,500
299,500
|
299,500 |
Justin Mills |
293,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Rick Lee |
290,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Zhikai Gao |
289,500
-65,500
|
-65,500 |
John Alesi |
285,500
285,500
|
285,500 |
Dennis Mccann |
283,000
283,000
|
283,000 |
Andrew Porter |
280,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
Vyacheslav Molokovich |
278,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
James Brady |
261,500
60,500
|
60,500 |
Qing Guo |
247,000
247,000
|
247,000 |
Johnny Lau |
238,500
238,500
|
238,500 |
Robert Brobyn |
233,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
Joseph Agron Jr |
228,500
228,500
|
228,500 |
Renata Colache |
215,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
Charles Kassin |
197,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Brendan Navarra | 194,000 | |
James Lillis |
184,500
-45,500
|
-45,500 |
Radu Panfil |
182,500
182,500
|
182,500 |
Dennis Loftus |
178,500
-51,500
|
-51,500 |
John Malczan |
173,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
End of day chip counts and recap will follow.
The tournament director has just announced the last three hands of the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Dalessandro |
250,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Dilmurod Kholboev
|
240,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Dennis Loftus |
230,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
James Brady |
201,000
59,500
|
59,500 |
Charles Kassin |
200,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
John McGuinness |
180,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
Vikas Sharma |
98,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
Russell Youngken | 80,000 | |
Gene Pink
|
72,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
Tony Chiarlanza
|
70,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Tiffany Lee |
70,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Renata Colache |
360,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Margaret Bartelle |
340,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Justin Mills |
300,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Guoliang Chen |
290,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
Johnny L
|
260,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
James Lillis |
230,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Rick Lee |
220,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Andrew Porter |
210,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
John Malczan |
200,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Yijun Lin |
200,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
After a Yijun Lin and David Meschel limp, Tiffany Lee raised to 12,000 from the small blind. John McGuinness folded from the big blind while Lin called from under the gun, along with Meschel on the button.
The flop fell and Lee lead out for 15,000 getting called by Lin while Meschel mucked his hand.
Lee checked the turn and quickly mucked her hand after Lin moved all in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yijun Lin |
221,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
David Meschel
|
166,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Tiffany Lee |
67,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
John McGuinness |
21,000
-199,000
|
-199,000 |