Big Stax 500 Day 1c | Parx Big Stax XXXI

10-05-2019 07:12 UTC-4

Welcome to the Final Starting Flight of the Big Stax XXXI 500 at Parx Casino

Anthony Thompson

The final starting flight of the Big Stax XXXI 500 is set to kick off at 10 a.m. local time today at the Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Yesterday saw a total of 232 entries come out for the second starting flight and at the end of the night, 45 players found a bag for Day 2.

The two starting flights have combined for 481 total entries with 90 players advancings to Day 2.

Bagging the top five stacks at end of Day 1b were Jonathan Diolosa (854,500), Sridhar Natarajan (575,500), Aubrey Williams (506,500). Samuel Taylor (405,000), and David Lin (392,500).

Other players to advance include Joe Palma (350,500), Ryan Eriquezzo, (342,000), Daniel Sewnig (300,000), Marilyn Matthews (223,000), and Tam Nguyen (221,000).

Parx Big Stax XXXI 500 Outlook

The tournament will start players with 40,000 in chips and cards will be in the air at 10 a.m. for Day 1d. Just like the first two starting flights, today will play through fifteen 45-minute levels. The surviving players will combine for Day 2 action on Sunday, October 6th at 11 a.m. with the final table set to play out on Monday, October 7th with a start time of noon.

15-minute breaks will occur after levels 3, 6, and12, with a dinner break at 5:30 p.m. It is an unlimited re-entry and best-stack-forward event. Late registration and re-entry will be available until Level 17 begins.

Starting Flights Structure

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante
1	45 minutes	100	100	0
2	45 minutes	100	100	100
3	45 minutes	100	200	200
4	45 minutes	200	300	300
5	45 minutes	200	400	400
6	45 minutes	300	500	500
7	45 minutes	300	600	600
8	45 minutes	400	800	800
9	45 minutes	500	1,000	1,000
10	45 minutes	600	1,200	1,200
11	45 minutes	800	1,600	1,600
12	45 minutes	1,000	2,000	2,000
13	45 minutes	1,500	2,500	2,500
14	45 minutes	1,500	3,000	3,000
15	45 minutes	2,000	4,000	4,000

The tournament will be held in Parx East (3rd floor) with Day 2 and the final day taking place in the poker room in the main casino.

PokerNews will be providing the live updates for all of the Big Stax XXXI Series so stay tuned here to catch all of the action.

10-05-2019 12:47 UTC-4

Byars Makes Good River Call

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

There was heads-up action between Sean Byars from the cutoff and Ethan Dolan from the big blind.

The board read and Dolan lead out for 14,000 into a 15,000 pot.

Byars didn't like to see the running cards but tossed in the chips and took down the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Byars	55,000 15,000	15,000
Ethan Dolan	25,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Ethan Dolan Sean Byars

10-05-2019 12:58 UTC-4

Elliott Takes Early Exit

Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

On a flop, David Elliott was all in for his last 1,700 from the cutoff and was called by Zhenjie Hou on the button, along with Surakij Saengtawesin from the big blind.

The turn along with the river was checked down and Saengtawesin tabled to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Surakij Saengtawesin	57,400 17,400	17,400
Zhenjie Hou	33,200
David Elliott	Busted

Tags: David Elliott Surakij Saengtawesin Zhenjie Hou

10-05-2019 13:53 UTC-4

Gibson Makes Great Call to Eliminate Opponent

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Donglai Wang opened under the gun for 1,000 and found two callers before Jeffrey Gibson three-bet to 3,500 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Wang who called, along with Stephen Faulkner, while Naveen Chettipally mucked his hand.

The flop fell and Wang lead out for 8,000 getting a fold from Faulkner while Gibson called to see the board pair on the turn with the .

Wang continued for 14,000 and was quickly called by Gibson as the dealer completed the board with the .

Wang had one last bullet in him, this time for 21,400 putting himself all-in.

Gibson called and seen Wang table complete air with as he scooped the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Gibson	104,700 64,700	64,700
Stephen Faulkner	36,800
Naveen Chettipally	35,000
Donglai Wang	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Gibson Stephen Faulkner Naveen Chettipally Donglai Wang

10-05-2019 15:36 UTC-4

Veliu Chases Flush; Doubles Goldberg

Anthony Thompson

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Michael Goldberg opened for 2,000 from early position and found three callers to see flop.

Aissa Khirani checked his option from the big blind to Goldberg who jammed for 15,200. Alida Veliu called sitting directly to his left while the cutoff player folded along with Khirani.

Alida Veliu:
Michael Goldberg:

Veliu was hoping to flush out Goldberg but couldn't catch as the turn and river completed the board to give Goldberg the much needed double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aissa Khirani	42,600
Michael Goldberg	41,000 41,000	41,000
Alida Veliu	28,500 -51,300	-51,300

Tags: Michael Goldberg Alida Veliu Aissa Khirani

10-05-2019 17:17 UTC-4

Digiovanna Stays Aggressive to Scoop Pot

Anthony Thompson

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

There were four players that saw a flop and action was checked around to the turn.

The small blind player check-folded after L Digiovanna fired out 8,400 into a 15,000 pot from the big blind while Gerard Kane and Alexander Pak called from early position.

The river completed the board and Digiovanna jammed for 28,100.

Kane thought for a minute or so then tossed his hand into the muck and Pak quickly followed to give Digiovanna the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Kane	135,000 95,000	95,000
Alexander Pak	80,000 40,000	40,000
L Digiovanna	50,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Alexander Pak Gerard Kane L Digiovanna

10-05-2019 19:12 UTC-4

Radom Flops Full House; Eliminates Fonacier Holding Trips

Anthony Thompson

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

There was there way action after a flop and Renata Colache lead out for 10,000 into an 11,000 pot from the small blind.

Action was on Erwin Fonacier who raised all in from the big blind and Russ Radom jammed over the top from the hijack. Colache tought for a few moments then tossed her hand into the muck.

Russ Radom:
Erwin Fonacier:

Fonacier was drawing to the case three but neither the turn nor the river were it and he exited the tournament field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russ Radom	102,500 62,500	62,500
Renata Colache	55,000 7,900	7,900
Erwin Fonacier	Busted

Tags: Erwin Fonacier Renata Colache Russ Radom

10-05-2019 19:21 UTC-4

Dever Wakes Up with Cowboys; Doubles Through Giliberti

Anthony Thompson

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

Anthony Giliberti opened from early position and Shaun Pugh three-bet to 12,000 from the cutoff. Action was on Catherine Dever who four-bet all in for 26,600 from the big blind and Giliberti jammed over the top. After getting a confirmed 60,200 on Giliberti's stack, Pugh tossed his hand into the muck.

Catherine Dever:
Anthony Giliberti:

Dever had Giliberti crushed and nothing changed as the board ran out to give her the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Pugh	80,000 -50,000	-50,000
Catherine Dever	65,200 41,100	41,100
Anthony Giliberti	33,600 -76,400	-76,400

Tags: Catherine Dever Anthony Giliberti Shaun Pugh

10-05-2019 19:59 UTC-4

Park Runs His Queens Into Biery's Aces

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Samuel Biery opened for 4,000 from late position and John McGuiness called on the button. Action was on Daniel Park who three-bet to 23,000 from the small blind. The big blind player folded and Biery four-bet all in getting a fold from McGuiness while Park called.

Daniel Park:
Samuel Biery:

Park woke up with another premium hand in the blinds but couldn't come out on top as the run out forced to re-buy once more.