Parx Big Stax XXXI

Big Stax 300
Day: 2
Event Info

Parx Big Stax XXXI

Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$402,705
Entries
1,413
Players Left
1,413
Average Chip Stack
30,000
Total Chips
42,390,000
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
217
Players Left
22

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Dalessandro Continues Hot Streak, Hooks Opponent for Elimination

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Michael Dalessandro
Michael Dalessandro

There was all in action preflop between Michael Dalessandro from the cutoff and the small blind player.

Opponent: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Michael Dalessandro: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

It was another classic race for Dalessandro, but this time he held the made hand and it held up as the board dropped {q-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades} as he scored another elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Dalessandro us
Michael Dalessandro
1,100,000
300,000
300,000

Tags: Michael Dalessandro

Ying Runs His Kings Into Bambrick's Aces; Loses Chip Lead

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Po Ying
Po Ying

After a series of three and four-bets, James Bambrick was all in preflop for 660,000 and was called by Po Ying

Po Ying: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
James Bambrick: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}

Bambrick got the weapons of mass destruction at the perfect time to grab a double up from the chip leader as the board ran out {5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Po Ying us
Po Ying
1,400,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
James Bambrick us
James Bambrick
1,300,000
1,190,000
1,190,000

Tags: Po YingJames Bambrick

Lau Turns Aggression Against Weng

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Johnny Lau
Johnny Lau

Bin Weng opened for 36,000 on the button and Johnny Lau defended his big blind.

The flop fell {4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Lau check-called Weng's 34,000 bet to see the {3-Clubs} turn.

Lau check-called Weng's 104,000 bet and took down the pot with a 250,000 bet after the {j-Spades} fell on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lau us
Johnny Lau
1,300,000
630,000
630,000
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
480,000
-300,000
-300,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Bin WengJohnny Lau

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Dalessandro Cracking Kings and Stacking Chips

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Michael Dalessandro
Michael Dalessandro

Michael Dalessandro opened from early position and the button player jammed. Action folded back around to Dalessandro who called.

Opponent: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Michael Dalessandro: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The flop fell {7-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{q-Spades} pairing Dalessandro's queen but he still needed help to win the hand.

Dalessandro found some with the {a-Spades} turn, but it also gave his opponent the flush draw heading to the river.

Luckily for Dalessandro, the river was a blank with {4-Diamonds} to send his opponent out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Dalessandro us
Michael Dalessandro
800,000
400,000
400,000

Tags: Michael Dalessandro

More Updated Chip Counts

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Margaret Bartelle us
Margaret Bartelle
1,000,000
Erwin Fonacier us
Erwin Fonacier
1,000,000
837,500
837,500
Sean Byars us
Sean Byars
900,000
489,000
489,000
Daniel Pabon us
Daniel Pabon
800,000
280,000
280,000
Maksim Serebrinskiy us
Maksim Serebrinskiy
800,000
-80,000
-80,000
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
780,000
300,000
300,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 2X Winner
Sumeet Wayachal us
Sumeet Wayachal
780,000
615,500
615,500
Andrew Porter us
Andrew Porter
780,000
515,000
515,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sean Bishop us
Sean Bishop
750,000
450,500
450,500
Alba Veliu us
Alba Veliu
680,000
60,000
60,000
Charles Kassin us
Charles Kassin
680,000
330,000
330,000
Johnny Lau us
Johnny Lau
670,000
320,000
320,000
Steven Petitte us
Steven Petitte
660,000
430,000
430,000
Brian Caplan us
Brian Caplan
450,000
291,500
291,500
John Forsyth us
John Forsyth
400,000
285,000
285,000
Dwayne Allen us
Dwayne Allen
360,000
40,000
40,000
Eric Lawton us
Eric Lawton
350,000
-100,000
-100,000
Joseph Garguilo us
Joseph Garguilo
300,000
-84,000
-84,000
Charles Bryant us
Charles Bryant
260,000
172,000
172,000
Michael Bonita us
Michael Bonita
220,000
-80,000
-80,000

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Po Ying us
Po Ying
2,400,000
600,000
600,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
1,800,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
Marv Siegel us
Marv Siegel
1,400,000
620,500
620,500
Eliano Mesquita us
Eliano Mesquita
1,200,000
-100,000
-100,000
Andrew Wu us
Andrew Wu
1,100,000
510,000
510,000
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
650,000
-550,000
-550,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Michael Dalessandro us
Michael Dalessandro
400,000
49,500
49,500
Rajesh Desai us
Rajesh Desai
380,000
145,000
145,000
Bryan Neira us
Bryan Neira
320,000
168,500
168,500
Thomas Ellis us
Thomas Ellis
220,000
110,000
110,000
John Malczan us
John Malczan
120,000
-53,000
-53,000