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Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Parx Big Stax XXXII
Big Stax 1100
Day: 1a
Event Info
Parx Big Stax XXXII
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$671,143
Total Entries
629
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
217
Players Left
55
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Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Action folded around to defending champ Grigoriy Shvarts in the small blind and he simply moved all in to put Michael Marder to the test in the big blind. Marder opted to call off for his last 11,000 or so and the hands were turned up.
Grigoriy Shvarts: 
Michael Marder: 
"Why did you have to have that hand?" Marder asked.
The 
flop gave Marder an up-and-down straight draw, but a king would be no good as Shvarts would make Broadway. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Marder and he headed to the registration desk to reenter the tournament.
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Earlier this month, the Parx Big Stax XXXII hosted the Parx Big Stax 300, a tournament that drew 2,257 total entries for a $643,245 prize pool.
It looked like it was Dan Sweeney's to win since the final levels of Day 2, and indeed he did close out for a $95,744 top prize after striking a three-way deal.
Sweeney started the final day with the chip lead and stayed atop the leaderboard for nearly the entire day en route to taking home the championship at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The final three players - Sweeney, Anthony Chin and Christopher Laieta - came to terms on a three-way deal that ended with Sweeney being declared the winner.
"I tried to not go too crazy, not to be too much of a chip bully when I had an advantage."
Sweeney took home $95,744 per the deal, with both Chin and Larieta earning $65,000. Sweeney had 52 million of the 67 million chips in play when the table went three-handed.
"I felt like I was going to win," Sweeney said. "I felt like I was at the top of my game."
"I tried to not go too crazy, not to be too much of a chip bully when I had an advantage. I picked my spots correctly, I think. I made a few mistakes, but that's ok."
For Sweeney, who grew up in the Bensalem area, the Big Stax 300 victory was a hometown win.
Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Sweeney | United States | $95,744* |
| 2 | Christopher Laieta | United States | $65,000* |
| 3 | Anthony Chin | United States | $65,000* |
| 4 | Mark Napier | United States | $33,449 |
| 5 | Bryan Miller | United States | $24,894 |
| 6 | Gregory Fishberg | United States | $18,718 |
| 7 | Joseph Galazzo | United States | $14,409 |
| 8 | Po Ying | United States | $10,999 |
| 9 | Ryan Jackson | United States | $8,684 |
*Denotes three-way deal.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Matt Matros has more than $2.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings to his name and three World Series of Poker gold bracelet wins.
While a trio of bracelets is impressive in and of itself, what made Matros' victories even more special was the fact that he captured them in three consecutive years from 2010-12.
His first win came at the 2010 WSOP when he won Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em for $189,870, and then followed it up by winning the 2011 WSOP Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Limit/NLH Hold’em for $303,501. Finally, his last bracelet came when he took down the 2012 WSOP Event #16: $1,500 NLH 6-Handed for $454,835.
Despite all those big wins, none of them are his biggest. That actually came in 2004 when he finished fourth in the $25,000 WPT Championship for $706,903
Matros, who received a Bachelor of Science from Yale and a Master's degree from Sarah Lawrence College, is also the author of The Making of a Poker Player.
He's in action here at Parx and looking to add a Big Stax title to his long list of accomplishments.
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
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 |
For more on Shvarts win, check out our Parx Big Stax XXXI 1100 recap here.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Adam Levitan raised to 1,100 from the cutoff and John Malczan defended his big blind to see a flop of 
.
Malczan check-called a bet of 1,300 and then action went check-check on the 
turn.
That action repeated on the 
river and Levitan showed the 
. It was no good though as Malczan had a pair with his 
.
