Welcome to Day 1a of the Parx Big Stax XXXII 1100 Championship

For the past few weeks, Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania has played host to the Parx Big Stax XXXII.

The series has crowned a slew of side event winners, while PokerNews has captured action from the Big Stax 300 and Big Stax 500 events. The former tournament drew 2,257 total entries for a $643,245 prize pool and saw Dan Sweeney win it for $95,744 after a three-way deal. Meanwhile, Joel Deutsch topped a 1,496-entry field to win the latter tournament for a hefty $126,995.

Today, PokerNews will live report the Parx Big Stax 1100, which begins at 11 a.m. Players will start with 50,000 in chips with unlimited reentry and late registration available all the way up until the beginning of Level 17, which is the second level of play on Day 2 (scheduled for Sunday, February 23).

Day 1a is the first of two starting flights with 1b slated to follow at the same time on Saturday. The survivors from both will return as a combined field for Day 2 on Sunday, with the tournament playing down to a winner on Monday's Day 3. Levels 1-15 are 45 minutes long and will increase to 60 minutes for Levels 16-21. After that, all levels jump to 90 minutes allowing for plenty of play.

The field will play through 15 45-minute levels today, starting with blinds at 100/100. The blinds will be up to 2,000/4,000/4,000 by Level 15, the final level of play for Day 1.

Players will take 15-minute breaks after every third level, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 9 around 6:30 p.m. local time.

The October 2019 edition of the Big Stax 1100 drew 370 entries, for a total prize pool of $394,790.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Big Stax 1100 gets underway.