Fishberg Poised for Another Deep Run at Parx
Day 1a has wrapped at Parx Big Stax 1100 in the Philadelphia area, and a very familiar name surged to the top of the counts to end the day.
It's Greg Fishberg in pole position after the first 15 levels of play of the Big Stax marquee event. He managed to bag a monstrous 719,000. That's good for a very wide lead as 31 of 140 entries made it through. He's the only player to even clear the 500,000 barrier.
That run came thanks to a furious finish, as Fishberg was sitting around 200,000 during the last couple of levels before he busted several players to close things out.
Few players have had more success than Fishberg over the years at Parx, as he ranks in the top three in both number of cashes and money won, according to the The Hendon Mob. With 16 final tables to his credit, he has nonetheless yet to claim a trophy in the $1,100 or $1,500 Main Events.
Other big stacks included long-time leader Robert Brobyn (482,000), Josias Santos (418,000) and Dan Daconti (412,500). Santos went from nearly out the door, needing three outs to avoid being down to a few big blinds, to bagging heaps when his ace-queen cracked kings.
Some of the others making it through included former champ Jimmy Poper, Victor Ramdin, and multiple WSOPC ring winner Peter Ippolito.
Players who fell short still have plenty of time to find a bag. There remains a long Day 1b ahead with more unlimited reentry, and late registration remains open until early in Day 2.
To find out whether anyone can match Fishberg's lofty heights, come back to PokerNews on Saturday to continue tracking the action.
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