Parx Big Stax XXXI

Big Stax 500
Day: 1b
Event Info

Parx Big Stax XXXI

Event Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$440,325
Entries
927
Players Left
927
Average Chip Stack
40,000
Total Chips
37,080,000
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
232
Players Left
45

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Siegel Check-Shoves Chen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Marv Siegel
Marv Siegel

Yingxin Chen opened for 3,200 from early position and Michael Anderson called on the button, along with Marv Siegel from the big blind.

The {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} was checked to Chen who continued for 3,600 and Anderson tossed his hand into the muck while Siegel instantly jammed.

Chen took a quick look at the clock then mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Yingxin Chen us
Yingxin Chen
155,000 36,100
Michael Anderson us
Michael Anderson
87,400 17,200
Marv Siegel us
Marv Siegel
42,300 8,700

Tags: Yingxin ChenMichael AndersonMarv Siegel

Kurtz Jams the River

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Matthew Kurtz
Matthew Kurtz

Matthew Kurtz opened for 3,000 from late position and was called by Jake Neff on the button, along with the big blind player.

The {2-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop was checked to Kurtz who fired out 5,500. Neff called while the big blind player folded and the dealer burned and turned the {4-Clubs}.

Both players checked and the dealer dropped the {j-Clubs} on the river.

Kurtz thought for a moment then moved all in getting a quick fold from Neff.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Kurtz us
Matthew Kurtz
110,000 8,800
Jake Neff us
Jake Neff
69,300 34,600

Tags: Matthew KurtzJake Neff

More Updated Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Yanofski us
Daniel Yanofski
200,000 85,000
Scott Fitz-Gerald us
Scott Fitz-Gerald
187,500 106,500
Ilya Vasserman us
Ilya Vasserman
169,800 110,600
Yijun Lin us
Yijun Lin
155,700 115,700
Yingxin Chen us
Yingxin Chen
118,900 31,500
Marilyn Matthews us
Marilyn Matthews
118,400 -1,900
Matthew Kurtz us
Matthew Kurtz
101,200 61,200
Charles Smith us
Charles Smith
91,400 1,900
Raul Fernandez us
Raul Fernandez
88,700 6,300
Mark Nienow us
Mark Nienow
87,500 52,500
Michael Miller us
Michael Miller
85,400 20,400
Michael Goldberg us
Michael Goldberg
82,400 8,200
Viral Ojha us
Viral Ojha
77,400 32,400
Michael Dalessandro us
Michael Dalessandro
75,400 10,200
Andrey Malinin us
Andrey Malinin
72,400 10,100
Jeremy Flieder us
Jeremy Flieder
71,600 -15,800
Michael Anderson us
Michael Anderson
70,200 25,200
Daniel Ciancio us
Daniel Ciancio
69,800 29,800
Joe Palma us
Joe Palma
61,200 26,200
John Malczan us
John Malczan
55,700 -36,600
James Bambrick us
James Bambrick
55,400 13,100
Steven Pares us
Steven Pares
47,800 -900
James Brady us
James Brady
42,300 2,300
Marv Siegel us
Marv Siegel
33,600 -6,400
Judy Bielan us
Judy Bielan
32,100 -5,500

Some Updated Chip Counts After Break

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kenny Huynh us
Kenny Huynh
WSOP 1X Winner
234,500 99,500
Aubrey Williams us
Aubrey Williams
160,000 -20,000
Tam Nguyen us
Tam Nguyen
117,800 -17,200
Shuntak Yeung us
Shuntak Yeung
107,400 -47,600
Michael McNicholas us
Michael McNicholas
102,400 22,400
Jonathan Diolosa us
Jonathan Diolosa
89,600 6,000
Cory Buyanovits us
Cory Buyanovits
75,200 3,800
Joseph Agron Jr us
Joseph Agron Jr
55,000
Daniel Sewnig us
Daniel Sewnig
45,100 18,600
Srikar Chadhivae us
Srikar Chadhivae
42,300 -10,100
Jake Neff us
Jake Neff
34,700 -67,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Sangannagari Runs Nines Into Cleven's Queens

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andrey Malinin opened for 3,500 from the hijack and Peter Cleven three-bet to 7,500 on the button. Sridhar Sangannagari called from the small blind along with Malinin to see a {5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades} flop.

Action was checked to Cleven who bet 13,000 and Sangannagari jammed for roughly 40,000 getting a fold from Malinin while Cleven called.

Peter Cleven: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Sridhar Sangannagari: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

Sangannagari held a made hand but it was inferior to Clevens and he didn't find any help from the {6-Clubs} turn nor the {5-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Cleven us
Peter Cleven
187,400 50,400
Andrey Malinin us
Andrey Malinin
62,300 22,300
Sridhar Sangannagari us
Sridhar Sangannagari
Busted

Tags: Sridhar SangannagariAndrey MalininPeter Cleven

Neff's Quads Send Opponent Packing

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a {k-Clubs}{4-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{8-Hearts}, the small blind player lead out for 10,000 into a 20,000 pot and action was Jake Neff who moved all in fom late position.

"Did you river me?" asked Neff's opponent.

"I like my hand, but I don't think I rivered you," Neff replied.

After some deliberation, Neff's opponent called holding less chips only to see Neff table {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} to send him packing with quads.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Neff us
Jake Neff
101,700

Tags: Jake Neff

McNicholas Rivers Two-Pair to Double Through Kurtz

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Matthew Kurtz opened on the button and three-bet to 10,500 from the small blind. Action folded back around to Kurtz who called to see a {6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} flop.

McNicholas lead out for 11,000 getting a call from and both players checked to {2-Diamonds} turn to the {q-Spades} river.

McNicholas moved all in for 23,900 and Kurtz said, "Well if you have ace-queen I guess you deserve it," as he tossed in a chip for the call.

McNicholas didn't have the hand Kurtz thought he had, but he did river two-pair with {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} to scoop the double as Kurtz tossed {a-Spades}{k-} into the muck disgusted.

Player Chips Progress
Michael McNicholas us
Michael McNicholas
80,000 47,500
Matthew Kurtz us
Matthew Kurtz
40,000 -28,900

Tags: Matthew KurtzMichael McNicholas