Big Stax 500 Day 2 | Parx Big Stax XXXI

10-06-2019 11:41 UTC-4

Dever Triples Up with Full House; Chadhivae Claims Side Pot

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Catherine Dever open-jammed for 16,500 on the button and Srikar Chadhivae came over the top for 27,500 from the small blind. Action was on Michael Goldberg who called from the big blind.

Catherine Dever:
Srikar Chadhivae:
Michael Goldberg:

Chadhivae was ahead with his made hand of eights but Dever had two overcards and got a very nice flop [kdkjjh].

The turn secured the triple up for Dever and the river completed the board giving Chadhivae the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Goldberg	240,000	-12,500
Catherine Dever	50,000	50,000
Srikar Chadhivae	17,000	-22,500

Tags: Srikar Chadhivae Michael Goldberg Catherine Dever

10-06-2019 11:31 UTC-4

Giunta Makes Good Laydown; Lin Shows Set

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jamie Giunta opened for 12,000 from late position and was called by Yijun Lin on the button, along with Jack Martin from the big blind to see a flop.

Action was checked to Giunta who continued for 20,000 and Yijun Lin jammed for 46,500.

Martin folded and Giunta asked for a count. After getting a confirmed amount, Giunta mucked her hand and Lin tabled letting her know she made the right decision.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Giunta	180,000	-32,000
Jack Martin	148,000	-12,000
Yijun Lin	92,500	29,000

Tags: Yijun Lin Jamie Giunta

10-06-2019 11:19 UTC-4

Malczan Doubles Through Holowchuk

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

There was all in action preflop between Thomas Holowchuk from the small blind and John Malczan from the big blind.

John Malczan:
Thomas Holowchuk:

Malczan woke up with a big blind special and capitalized it into a double after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Holowchuk	373,000	73,000
John Malczan	214,000	107,000

Tags: Thomas Holowchuk John Malczan

10-06-2019 11:12 UTC-4

Brock Doubles Starting Stack First Hand

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kyle Brock open-jammed for 40,000 on the button and Sandeep Mathai came over the top getting isolation.

Kyle Brock:
Sandeep Mathai:

Brock was ahead and nothing changed after the flop.

The turn came the pairing Brock, but it also gave Mathai he broadway draw.

The river fell paint but it was the and Bock took a seigh of relief while grabbing the early double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandeep Mathai	80,500	-40,000
Kyle Brock	80,000

Tags: Sandeep Mathai Kyle Brock

10-06-2019 11:01 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal

Anthony Thompson

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the Big Stax XXXI 500.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-06-2019 08:56 UTC-4

Welcome to Day 2 of the Big Stax XXXI 500 at Parx Casino

Anthony Thompson

Day 2 of the Big Stax XXXI 500 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 426 total entries which, combined with the other three starting flights, combined for a total of 907 entries coming from 558 unique players.

Today will see 165 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.

Top 10 After Day 1 Flights

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Jonathan Diolosa	United States	854,500
2	Wen Zhang	United States	664,500
3	Sridhar Natarajan	United States	575,000
4	Aubrey Williams	United States	506,500
5	Sameer Batra	United States	502,500
6	Patrick Ibrahim/Lance Funston	United States	488,500
7	Thomas Holowchuk	United States	474,500
8	Michael Dichiaro	United States	447,500
9	Steven Ortiz	United States	428,500
10	Danny Pabon	United States	414,500

With 165 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 John Forsyth (392,000), Joe Palma (350,500), Ryan Eriquezzo (342,000), James Lillis (246,000) and Victor Ramdin (206,000).

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.

Big Stax 500 Day 2 Structure

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

Day 2 kicks off today at 11 a.m. local time in the main casino poker room. Keep it here as PokerNews will be on the tournament floor bringing you all of the live-action from Day 2 of the Big Stax XXXI 500.

10-06-2019 08:45 UTC-4

Day 2 Seating Assignments

Anthony Thompson

Table	Seat	Player	Count
1	1	Empty
1	2	Sungwook Hong	204,000
1	3	Nicholas Bilotti	410,500
1	4	Patrick Ibrahim	488,500
1	5	Kevin Johnson	388,500
1	6	Shaotong Chang	74,500
1	7	Daniel Sewnig	300,000
1	8	Michael Kemeter	402,000
1	9	Empty

2	1	Empty
2	2	Steven Ortiz	428,500
2	3	John Morales	250,000
2	4	Chris Cho	283,000
2	5	Lance Funston	488,500
2	6	Richard Auteri	128,500
2	7	Metin Adam	260,500
2	8	Jeffrey Gross	140,500
2	9	Empty

3	1	Empty
3	2	Robert Bolte	129,000
3	3	Vineet Pahuja	357,000
3	4	John Scrimenti	305,000
3	5	Stephen Rozanski	174,500
3	6	Eugene Lafollette	79,000
3	7	Shankar Pillai	347,000
3	8	Nathaniel Lindquist	272,000
3	9	Empty

4	1	Empty
4	2	David Koshar	268,000
4	3	Wenhao Ying	114,000
4	4	Timothy Pipe	107,500
4	5	Victor Ramdin	206,000
4	6	Michael Bonita	136,500
4	7	Edan Sucov	174,000
4	8	Tony Najjar	291,000
4	9	Empty

5	1	Empty
5	2	Srikar Chadhivae	39,500
5	3	Michael Goldberg	252,500
5	4	Robert Sichelstiel	117,500
5	5	Kenneth Keppol	235,000
5	6	John Mcguinness	398,000
5	7	Naveen Chettipally	249,000
5	8	Gregory Nerenberg	189,500
5	9	Empty

7	1	Empty
7	2	Jamie Giunta	212,000
7	3	David Poe	188,000
7	4	Matthew Cerbone	93,000
7	5	Yijun Lin	63,500
7	6	Matthew Walko	210,000
7	7	Jack Martin	160,000
7	8	Nir Naim	121,500
7	9	Empty

8	1	Empty
8	2	Sandeep Mathai	120,500
8	3	Ryan Eriquezzo	342,000
8	4	Matthew Kurtz	220,500
8	5	Shane Little	44,000
8	6	Richard Kerman	113,500
8	7	Timothy Flank	211,500
8	8	Patrick Tynion Jr	179,500
8	9	Empty

9	1	Empty
9	2	Phillip Phan	43,000
9	3	Harish Gadre	319,000
9	4	Jack Lee	102,500
9	5	Samuel Biery	289,000
9	6	Michael Lagnese	48,000
9	7	Nathan Cheadle	59,500
9	8	Marc Lesitsky	151,000
9	9	Empty

10	1	Empty
10	2	Louis Giampa	79,000
10	3	Marc Rago	143,000
10	4	John Forsyth	392,000
10	5	David Uvaydov	108,000
10	6	Ci Zhou	166,000
10	7	Akash Patel	63,500
10	8	Anthony Anastasi	168,500
10	9	Empty

11	1	Empty
11	2	Ryan Forbeck	159,000
11	3	Diane Lepera	227,000
11	4	Peter Mendelsohn	111,500
11	5	Robert Link	191,500
11	6	Friman Villalona	275,500
11	7	Tenzin Chakdor	107,000
11	8	Ryan Mcknight	131,500
11	9	Empty

12	1	Empty
12	2	Peter Zarriello	54,500
12	3	Vincent Oliver	334,000
12	4	Alexander Bernard	372,500
12	5	John Alesi	188,000
12	6	Guoliang Chen	267,000
12	7	Michael Linster	255,000
12	8	Mark Amabile	312,000
12	9	Empty

13	1	Empty
13	2	Jonas Wexler	208,500
13	3	Michael Dalessandro	43,500
13	4	Alex Jim	58,000
13	5	Michael Marder	121,500
13	6	Purvesh Kale	117,500
13	7	Dominick Sannino	180,000
13	8	Justin Mills	194,000
13	9	Dennis Zollo	357,500

14	1	Empty
14	2	Sameer Batra	502,500
14	3	Thomas Holowchuk	474,500
14	4	John Malczan	107,000
14	5	Steven Mccullough	85,000
14	6	Aaron Galavotti	40,000
14	7	Shuntak Yeung	175,500
14	8	Joseph Agron Jr	348,500
14	9	Marilyn Matthews	223,000

15	1	Empty
15	2	Joseph Palma	350,500
15	3	Wen Zhang	644,500
15	4	Robert Trojan	203,000
15	5	Michael Latour	298,500
15	6	Ethan Dolan	214,500
15	7	Yingxin Chen	159,000
15	8	Charles Kassin	141,000
15	9	Lina Donskaya	218,000

16	1	Empty
16	2	Chad Rosow	102,500
16	3	Kenny Huynh	136,000
16	4	James Lillis	246,000
16	5	James Sharpe	199,000
16	6	David Lin	392,500
16	7	Jonathan Diolosa	854,500
16	8	Matthew Refice	189,000
16	9	Marvin Siegel	134,500

17	1	Empty
17	2	Moshe Zarum	388,500
17	3	Samuel Taylor	405,000
17	4	Anatoly Zharnitsky	165,000
17	5	Kevin Lutz	188,000
17	6	Kory Shope	86,500
17	7	Anthony Chin	168,000
17	8	Igor Skochilo	111,000
17	9	Robert Wood	142,000

18	1	Empty
18	2	Travis Decker	246,000
18	3	Paul Lambrakis	177,500
18	4	Michael Mcnicholas	129,500
18	5	Sridhar Natarajan	575,500
18	6	Michael Dichiaro	447,500
18	7	Robert Brobyn	197,000
18	8	Jonathan Fader	265,000
18	9	Jie Fu	60,000

19	1	Empty
19	2	Louis Menges	208,000
19	3	Rafal Kordys	208,000
19	4	Daniel Pabon	414,500
19	5	Matthew Logos	242,000
19	6	Sean Kurland	203,000
19	7	Josias Dossantos	135,000
19	8	Andriy Yaremiy	290,000
19	9	Carlo Guervil Jr	136,500

20	1	Empty
20	2	William Miller	206,500
20	3	Travis Hartshorn	178,000
20	4	Abraham Gordon	168,000
20	5	John Tavss	156,000
20	6	Frank Funaro Jr	210,500
20	7	Joseph Rieg	53,000
20	8	Mitchell Brown	205,000
20	9	Anna Antimony	86,000

21	1	Empty
21	2	Scott Fitz-Gerald	209,500
21	3	Yinglun Xu	267,500
21	4	Rahul Bhave	361,500
21	5	Aubrey Williams	506,500
21	6	David Mcconachie	279,000
21	7	Michael Kuczewski	225,500
21	8	Francis Petrillo	62,500
21	9	Andrey Malinin	258,500

22	1	Empty
22	2	Liang Liu	317,500
22	3	Lloyd Breuer	63,500
22	4	Anthony Garofalo	144,500
22	5	Wenhao Huang	236,500
22	6	Ronan Teixeira	334,500
22	7	Vincent Teutonico	271,500
22	8	Warren Chin	159,500
22	9	Sean Byars	104,000

23	1	Empty
23	2	Richard Ogitis	123,000
23	3	James Mcgovern	212,500
23	4	Tam Nguyen	221,000
23	5	Besnik Dudi	265,000
23	6	Russell Rothstein	172,500
23	7	Douglas Mackinnon	223,000
23	8	Vyacheslav Molokovich	309,000
23	9	Michael C Assante	192,000

Big Stax 500

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