Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Parx Big Stax XXXI
Big Stax 300
Day: 1b
Filter
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There was three-way action on a board reading 
. Action was checked to Yuri Rybak who moved all in for 41,000 on the button and he was called by the hijack player along with Alias Mourtadh from the cutoff.
The 
river was checked to Mourtadh who fired out 70,000 and was called.
Mourtadh tabled 
for the flopped wheel and that was good enough to scoop the monster pot at the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Play has ended for the evening. End of day chip counts and recap will follow.
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
779,500
249,500
|
249,500 |
|
585,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
531,500
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
384,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
338,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
||
|
261,500
261,500
|
261,500 |
|
261,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
252,500
252,500
|
252,500 |
|
241,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
230,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
224,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
220,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
206,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
|
204,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
203,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
200,500
200,500
|
200,500 |
|
|
192,500
192,500
|
192,500 |
|
172,500
87,500
|
87,500 |
|
164,500
81,500
|
81,500 |
|
|
153,500
153,500
|
153,500 |
|
|
140,500
140,500
|
140,500 |
|
133,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
130,500
130,500
|
130,500 |
|
127,500
52,500
|
52,500 |
|
|
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Another twelve hours and 15 levels are in the books for the second starting flight of the Big Stax XXXI 300, as 32 players advance to Sunday’s Day 2 out of a total 235 entries.
The two starting flights have combined for 543 total entries with 66 players advancings to Day 2 with Marv Siegel (779,500) leading the Day 1b players. Siegel quietly built a stack all day until his tower of chips couldn't go unnoticed.
The same can't be said for James Flippo (585,00), nor Alias Mourtadh (531,00). Flippo stayed along the top majority of the day, but Mourtadh catapulted to the top with a few big hands to end the fight. The first came when he sniffed out John Forsyth's bluff and doubled up holding pocket aces. The next huge hand happened during one of the very final hands of the night after flopping a wheel to earn himself a top three chip stack.
Another player who consistently built a stack was Joseph Garguilo (384,000) was another player who continuously built his stack throughout the entirety of play and ended fourth in chips. Rounding out the fifth-largest stack to end the night was Bin Weng (338,000).
Other players to advance include Dwayne Allen (261,000), Prashanth Nataraj, (241,000), Rajesh Desai (204,000), Maksim Serebrinskiy (172,000), and Sumeet Wayachal (164,500).
There are two more starting flights with Day 1c starting Friday at 11 a.m. and Day 1d beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
Come back to PokerNews for updates throughout the rest of the Big Stax XXXI 300 tournament.
Big Stax 300
Day 1b Completed
