Defending Champ Grigoriy Shvarts in the House

Last October, the Parx Big Stax XXXI 1100 Championship saw Grigoriy Shvarts, who is in action here on Day 1a, top a 370-entry field to win the tournament for $82,549.

With three players left in that tournament, it looked like it could be a while before the tournament ended given the slow, deep-stacked structure. Shvarts had other ideas though, and his final two opponents walked right into traps, bluffing off all of their chips to him in huge pots when he had monster hands. The win was Shvarts' fourth in the five-figure range and ended some recent final table frustration for him.

"It feels really good, finally," said an elated and a little relieved Shvarts. "It's been a lot of bad beats, stuff like that. Finally came my way."

Here's a look at the results from the last Big Stax 1100 event:

Official Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Grigoriy Shvarts	New York, New York	$82,549
2	AJ Jamil	Glen Cove, New York	$57,793
3	Thomas Parkes	Alburtis, Pennsylvania	$37,154
4	Hal Rotholz	New York, New York	$24,402
5	Rafael Yaraliyev	Brooklyn, New York	$18,792
6	Peter Ippolito	East Meadow, New York	$15,547
7	Rafal Kordys	New Hyde Park, New York	$13,028
8	David Whitnah	Jersey City, New Jersey	$10,651