James Bambrick open-jammed under the gun for 54,500 and was called by Johnny Lau from the big blind.
Johnny Lau: 
James Bambrick: 
Bambrick woke up with a top-five hand at the perfect time and doubled up after the board ran out 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
184,000 | -54,500 |
|
110,000 | 55,500 |
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Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Big Stax XXXI 300.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Day 2 of the Big Stax XXXI 300 is set to kick-off at 11 a.m. local time today here at the Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Yesterday's final starting flight attracted 556 total entries which, combined with the other three starting flights, combined for a total of 1383 entries coming from 819 unique players.
Today will see 187 from that total return but that number will still grow as registration is still open for the first hour of play or in other words, at the end of level 16. There were 1,359 entries to end the final flight from lats year with Day 2 attracting an extra 43 entries bringing the grand total of 1402, which generated a $399,570 prizepool. With the numbers already higher this year heading into Day 2, players can expect that number to be increased.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eriquezzo | United States | 835,500 |
| 2 | Po Ying | United States | 835,000 |
| 3 | Eliano Mesquita | United States | 783,000 |
| 4 | Marv Seigel | United States | 779,500 |
| 5 | Andrew Wu | United States | 590,000 |
| 6 | Nathaniel Lindquist | United States | 571,000 |
| 7 | James Flippo | United States | 558,000 |
| 8 | Eric Lawton | United States | 552,500 |
| 9 | Tony Meza | United States | 480,000 |
| 10 | Patrick McComans | United States | 475,500 |
With 187 players finding a bag for Day 2, there are is still a lot of poker to be played with plenty of other players outside the top ten. Other players that that found a bag and advanced to Day 2 include Gregory Fishberg (336,500), Judy Bielan (329,000), Dan DaConti (242,500), defending champ James Lillis (184,500) and 2017 back-to-back champion Joe Palma (171,000).
Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. with play starting at level 16 where blinds will be 2,500/5,000/5,000. Day 2 levels will increase to 60-mins with breaks occurring after every two levels with a 75- minute dinner break coming at the end of level 21. Registration and re-entry will be open until the beginning level 17. Redraws will occur when 27, 18 and 10 players remain, with Day 2 ending when either level 25 is completed or the final table is reached.
| Level | Length | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 60 minutes | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 17 | 60 minutes | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 18 | 60 minutes | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 19 | 60 minutes | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 20 | 60 minutes | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 21 | 60 minutes | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 22 | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 23 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 24 | 60 minutes | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 25 | 60 minutes | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
The tournament will be in Parx East (3rd floor) for Day 2 with the final day will take place in the poker room in the main casino.
Stay tuned here as PokerNews will be on the tournament floor bringing you all of the live-action from Day 2 of the Big Stax XXXI 300.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Empty | |
| 1 | 2 | Ryan Mccarroll | 102,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Shaotong Chang | 218,500 |
| 1 | 4 | Vyacheslav Molokovich | 278,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Sang Ho Yi | 102,500 |
| 1 | 6 | Lenin Muthulingam | 140,500 |
| 1 | 7 | Alida Veliu | 327,500 |
| 1 | 8 | Vincent Kustera | 168,500 |
| 1 | 9 | Empty | |
| 2 | 1 | Empty | |
| 2 | 2 | Patrick Mc Comas | 475,500 |
| 2 | 3 | Robert Holland | 67,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Marvin Siegel | 779,500 |
| 2 | 5 | Dustin Tragethon | 116,500 |
| 2 | 6 | Sameer Batra | 91,500 |
| 2 | 7 | Richard Sipple | 224,500 |
| 2 | 8 | Guoliang Chen | 306,500 |
| 2 | 9 | Empty | |
| 3 | 1 | Empty | |
| 3 | 2 | Alba Veliu | 366,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ramona Paladino | 75,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Matthew Walko | 292,500 |
| 3 | 5 | Michael Watkins | 119,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Gary Bowker | 119,500 |
| 3 | 7 | John Alesi | 285,500 |
| 3 | 8 | Carlos Matos | 231,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Empty | |
| 4 | 1 | Empty | |
| 4 | 2 | Jason Kao | 321,500 |
| 4 | 3 | George Xenos | 443,500 |
| 4 | 4 | Nicholas Skyllas | 343,500 |
| 4 | 5 | John Malczan | 173,000 |
| 4 | 6 | James Lillis | 184,500 |
| 4 | 7 | Hop Lay | 301,500 |
| 4 | 8 | Corel Theuma | 204,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Empty | |
| 5 | 1 | Empty | |
| 5 | 2 | Michael Guzzardi | 117,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Michael Anderson | 110,500 |
| 5 | 4 | Zhikai Gao | 289,500 |
| 5 | 5 | Pavel Myndrov | 167,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Nicholas Bilotti | 110,500 |
| 5 | 7 | Scott Hillier | 457,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Gregory Henkel | 133,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Empty | |
| 6 | 1 | Empty | |
| 6 | 2 | Patrick Ibrahim | 203,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Sumeet Wayachal | 164,500 |
| 6 | 4 | Svetlana [Removed:301] | 105,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Nathaniel Lindquist | 571,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Andrey Malinin | 270,000 |
| 6 | 7 | David Meschel | 304,500 |
| 6 | 8 | Bin Weng | 338,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Empty | |
| 17 | 1 | Empty | |
| 17 | 2 | Rajesh Desai | 204,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Angel Lopez | 261,500 |
| 17 | 4 | Anthony Tonzelli | 405,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Daniel Sweeney | 96,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Jamie Giunta | 192,500 |
| 17 | 7 | Brendan Navarra | 194,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Harry Mccloskey | 149,000 |
| 17 | 9 | Charles Johnson Jr | 438,000 |
| 18 | 1 | Empty | |
| 18 | 2 | Tony Chiarlanza | 125,500 |
| 18 | 3 | Viral Ojha | 104,000 |
| 18 | 4 | Prasanth Gopalakrishnan | 151,000 |
| 18 | 5 | James Flippo | 585,000 |
| 18 | 6 | Dennis Mccann | 283,000 |
| 18 | 7 | Tyreem Williams | 75,500 |
| 18 | 8 | Eugene Pink | 64,000 |
| 18 | 9 | Empty | |
| 19 | 1 | Empty | |
| 19 | 2 | Theodore Lui | 62,500 |
| 19 | 3 | David Raddi | 211,000 |
| 19 | 4 | Bindeshku Amin | 272,000 |
| 19 | 5 | Thao Ly Tran | 217,500 |
| 19 | 6 | Srinivasu Yenimireddy | 138,000 |
| 19 | 7 | Hal Neeman | 221,000 |
| 19 | 8 | Tiffany Lee | 57,000 |
| 19 | 9 | Empty | |
| 20 | 1 | Empty | |
| 20 | 2 | Anthony Anastasi | 87,500 |
| 20 | 3 | Judith Bielan | 329,000 |
| 20 | 4 | Naveen Chettipally | 255,500 |
| 20 | 5 | Andrew Porter | 280,000 |
| 20 | 6 | Sean Byars | 411,000 |
| 20 | 7 | Kenneth Keppol | 88,000 |
| 20 | 8 | Renata Colache | 215,500 |
| 20 | 9 | Empty | |
| 21 | 1 | Empty | |
| 21 | 2 | Glenn Shapiro | 234,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Douglas Shirk | 107,000 |
| 21 | 4 | Anthony Garofalo | 307,000 |
| 21 | 5 | Eric Lawton | 552,500 |
| 21 | 6 | Brian Caplan | 158,500 |
| 21 | 7 | Dwayne Allen | 261,000 |
| 21 | 8 | Philip Chin | 102,500 |
| 21 | 9 | Empty | |
| 22 | 1 | Empty | |
| 22 | 2 | Brian Williams | 87,000 |
| 22 | 3 | Alias Mourtadh | 531,500 |
| 22 | 4 | Paul Spitzberg | 94,500 |
| 22 | 5 | Matthew Bolch | 151,500 |
| 22 | 6 | Steve Rada | 45,000 |
| 22 | 7 | Carlos Zambrano | 176,500 |
| 22 | 8 | Salvatore Busacca | 206,000 |
| 22 | 9 | Empty | |
| 23 | 1 | Empty | |
| 23 | 2 | Ryan Eriquezzo | 835,500 |
| 23 | 3 | James Gray | 114,000 |
| 23 | 4 | Daniel Pabon | 358,000 |
| 23 | 5 | Andrew Wu | 590,000 |
| 23 | 6 | Annand Mahindra Victor Ramdin | 80,000 |
| 23 | 7 | Michael Dalessandro | 350,500 |
| 23 | 8 | Larry Ribaudo | 182,500 |
| 23 | 9 | Empty | |
| 24 | 1 | Empty | |
| 24 | 2 | Kenny Huynh | 473,000 |
| 24 | 3 | Douglas Mackinnon | 90,500 |
| 24 | 4 | Russell Youngken | 125,000 |
| 24 | 5 | Robert Fetzko | 118,500 |
| 24 | 6 | Kyle Brock | 90,500 |
| 24 | 7 | Margaret Bartelle | 327,000 |
| 24 | 8 | Lloyd Breuer | 270,000 |
| 24 | 9 | Anthony Pagan | 252,500 |
| 25 | 1 | Empty | |
| 25 | 2 | Daniel Mcauliffe | 111,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Qing Guo | 247,000 |
| 25 | 4 | Charles Kassin | 197,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Phillip Phan | 75,500 |
| 25 | 6 | Jose Pereira | 403,500 |
| 25 | 7 | Gregory Fishberg | 336,500 |
| 25 | 8 | Everton Taylor | 127,500 |
| 25 | 9 | Jiraj Hampton | 153,500 |
| 34 | 1 | Empty | |
| 34 | 2 | Stephen Faulkner | 150,500 |
| 34 | 3 | Ryan Hagerty | 472,000 |
| 34 | 4 | Steven Petitte | 230,000 |
| 34 | 5 | Eric R Mccarty | 97,500 |
| 34 | 6 | Ngoc-Loan Duong | 277,000 |
| 34 | 7 | Sean Bishop | 299,500 |
| 34 | 8 | Srikar Chadhivae | 424,000 |
| 34 | 9 | Charles Bryant | 88,000 |
| 35 | 1 | Empty | |
| 35 | 2 | Tray Barnard | 121,000 |
| 35 | 3 | Michael Zani | 229,500 |
| 35 | 4 | Justin Mills | 293,000 |
| 35 | 5 | Brian Wee | 111,000 |
| 35 | 6 | Vikas Sharma | 111,500 |
| 35 | 7 | Jayaram Kovoor-Chathoth | 141,500 |
| 35 | 8 | Ramaswamy Pyloore | 200,500 |
| 35 | 9 | Radu Panfil | 182,500 |
| 36 | 1 | Empty | |
| 36 | 2 | Anthony Askey | 127,000 |
| 36 | 3 | Edmond Petrella | 203,500 |
| 36 | 4 | Paul Diak | 357,500 |
| 36 | 5 | Prashanth Nataraj | 241,000 |
| 36 | 6 | Johnny Lau | 238,500 |
| 36 | 7 | James Bambrick | 54,500 |
| 36 | 8 | Jamie Vargas | 220,500 |
| 36 | 9 | Empty | |
| 37 | 1 | Empty | |
| 37 | 2 | Jay Feingold | 168,000 |
| 37 | 3 | Michael Antimisiaris | 188,000 |
| 37 | 4 | Joseph Palma | 171,000 |
| 37 | 5 | Yijun Lin | 363,000 |
| 37 | 6 | John Forsyth | 115,000 |
| 37 | 7 | Thomas Ellis | 157,000 |
| 37 | 8 | Erwin Fonacier | 162,500 |
| 37 | 9 | Empty | |
| 38 | 1 | Empty | |
| 38 | 2 | Daniel Daconti | 242,500 |
| 38 | 3 | Christoph Boice | 83,000 |
| 38 | 4 | Robert Brobyn | 233,000 |
| 38 | 5 | Nicholas Angello | 218,000 |
| 38 | 6 | David Lin | 110,000 |
| 38 | 7 | Matthew Zola | 167,000 |
| 38 | 8 | Michael Bonita | 280,500 |
| 38 | 9 | Empty | |
| 39 | 1 | Empty | |
| 39 | 2 | John Rodrigues | 248,500 |
| 39 | 3 | Robert Gisondi | 120,500 |
| 39 | 4 | Eliano Mesquita | 783,500 |
| 39 | 5 | Bryan Neira | 151,500 |
| 39 | 6 | Brian Roelke | 223,500 |
| 39 | 7 | Joe Gil | 105,000 |
| 39 | 8 | Steven Rodriguez | 81,000 |
| 39 | 9 | Empty | |
| 40 | 1 | Empty | |
| 40 | 2 | Jamil Abreu | 109,500 |
| 40 | 3 | Frank Adams | 292,500 |
| 40 | 4 | Joseph Agron Jr | 228,500 |
| 40 | 5 | Mark Dashner | 304,000 |
| 40 | 6 | Ryan Forbeck | 146,000 |
| 40 | 7 | Mijael Meza-Rivera | 480,000 |
| 40 | 8 | Fernando Lima | 70,000 |
| 40 | 9 | Empty | |
| 41 | 1 | Empty | |
| 41 | 2 | Daniel Faucette | 104,000 |
| 41 | 3 | Patrick Jordan | 170,000 |
| 41 | 4 | Joseph Labarbara | 109,500 |
| 41 | 5 | Joseph Garguilo | 384,000 |
| 41 | 6 | James Brady | 261,500 |
| 41 | 7 | Daniel Sweeney Jr | 135,000 |
| 41 | 8 | Sean Donovan | 271,000 |
| 41 | 9 | Empty | |
| 42 | 1 | Empty | |
| 42 | 2 | Ci Zhou | 147,500 |
| 42 | 3 | Xingang Wang | 236,500 |
| 42 | 4 | Yevgeny [Removed:301] | 66,000 |
| 42 | 5 | Michael Marks | 99,000 |
| 42 | 6 | Gary Quach | 261,000 |
| 42 | 7 | Maksim Serebrinskiy | 172,500 |
| 42 | 8 | Tam Nguyen | 130,500 |
| 42 | 9 | Empty | |
| 43 | 1 | Empty | |
| 43 | 2 | Po Ying | 835,000 |
| 43 | 3 | Dennis Loftus | 178,500 |
| 43 | 4 | Luigi Santoro | 157,500 |
| 43 | 5 | Rickey Lee | 290,000 |
| 43 | 6 | Vladimir Peck | 84,000 |
| 43 | 7 | Richard Auteri | 203,000 |
| 43 | 8 | Shane Edwards | 56,000 |
| 43 | 9 | Empty | |
| 44 | 1 | Empty | |
| 44 | 2 | Anthony Squitieri | 103,000 |
| 44 | 3 | Christopher Bonn | 85,000 |
| 44 | 4 | Benjamin Fansler | 46,000 |
| 44 | 5 | Gregory Loewen | 52,500 |
| 44 | 6 | Edwin Lau | 75,500 |
| 44 | 7 | Michael Morgan | 137,000 |
| 44 | 8 | Jake Poliner | 387,500 |
| 44 | 9 | Empty |
Big Stax 300
Day 2 Started