Big Stax 300
Day 1c Completed
Parx Big Stax XXXI
Big Stax 300
Day: 1c
Yijun Lin Wins Late to Take Top Spot as 45 Advance to Day 2
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
363,000 | 363,000 |
|
350,500 | 100,500 |
|
327,000 | -13,000 |
|
306,500 | 16,500 |
|
|
304,500 | 138,500 |
|
299,500 | 299,500 |
|
293,000 | -7,000 |
|
290,000 | 70,000 |
|
289,500 | -65,500 |
|
285,500 | 285,500 |
|
|
283,000 | 283,000 |
|
280,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
278,000 | 278,000 |
|
261,500 | 60,500 |
|
247,000 | 247,000 |
|
238,500 | 238,500 |
|
233,000 | 233,000 |
|
228,500 | 228,500 |
|
215,000 | -145,000 |
|
197,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
194,000 | |
|
184,500 | -45,500 |
|
|
182,500 | 182,500 |
|
178,500 | -51,500 |
|
173,000 | -27,000 |
Play Has Ended for the Day
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
End of day chip counts and recap will follow.
End of Night Photos
Final 3 Hands
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament director has just announced the last three hands of the night.
More Updated Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
240,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
230,000 | 122,000 |
|
|
201,000 | 59,500 |
|
|
200,000 | 40,000 |
|
180,000 | 159,000 |
|
98,000 | -37,000 |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
72,500 | -17,500 |
|
|
70,000 | -90,000 |
|
70,000 | 3,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
340,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
300,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
290,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
260,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
230,000 | -11,000 |
|
|
220,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
210,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
200,000 | -80,000 |
|
200,000 | -21,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Lin Puts Lee to the Test
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
221,000 | -24,000 |
|
|
166,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
67,000 | -38,000 |
|
|
21,000 | -199,000 |