Big Stax 1100
Day 1b Started
Parx Big Stax XXXII
Big Stax 1100
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Parx Big Stax XXXII
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$671,143
Entries
629
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
376
Players Left
82
Welcome to Day 1b 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 continue live coverage with Day 1b of 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).
On Friday's Day 1a flight, 217 entrants took to the felt, and by the end of the night just 55 players remained with Steven Snyder and his stack of 431,500 leading the way. Others to bag big stacks were Greg Fishberg (407,500), Joseph Wertz (406,500), Justin Huff (406,5000, and George Chen (400,500).
Joining them for Sunday’s Day 2 will be Ryan McKnight (326,000), Michael Marder (231,500), Victor Ramdin (224,000), Joey “Mush” Galazzo (219,500), and DFS expert and cofounder of Establish the Run Adam Levitan (101,000), and Daniel Weinman (96,000).
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.
Stay tuned as cards will be in the air in about an hour!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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A Look Back at the Parx Big Stax XXXII 300 Event
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 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.
Welcome to the Party
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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A Diamond in the Rough
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
If there’s a good tournament to be had in the Pennsylvania or New Jersey area, there’s a good chance Lyle Diamond is going to be there.
Diamond, who is in action here on Day 1b after failing to make it through Friday’s flight, has $135,345 in live tournament earnings dating back to 2008. Surprisingly, he’s never had a five-figure score during that time. In fact, his career-best cash is $9,708 for finishing 12th in the 2014 Borgata Poker Open $400 Deep Stack event.
As far as Parx is concerned, he did finisher runner-up in a $230 NLH tournament here back in December 2016, good for $5,900. He’s also got a slew of cashes in the Parx recurring tournaments over the past five years.
If all goes well for Diamond here in the Parx Big Stax 11100, he may very well get that big breakout score he’s been looking for.
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
"FossilMan" Back in Action
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Some Shots from the Day 1b Field
