Sameer Batra Bags Big on Day 1a of the Parx Big Stax 3000
The opening-day flight of the Parx Big Stax 300 is complete! A field of 429 entries turned out for Day 1a, with that field trimming down to 71 players by night's end.
Some of the biggest stacks in the room at the end of Day 1a included Sameer Batra, who appeared to be in the chip lead at end of night with a 541,000 stack.
Other top chip stacks at the end of Day 1a included Mark Napier (417,000), George Alberto (371,500), Mike Kemeter (345,000) and Bryan Miller (329,000).
The field began with 30,000 starting chips and played through 14 45-minute levels at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The Day 1a survivors will now await the results of Day 1b, 1c and 1d, with the survivors of those four flights coming back as a combined field for Day 2, scheduled for Sunday.
Other players in the hunt include Sumeet Wayachal (305,000), Chris Lee (298,500), and Jin Lee (294,500).
This unlimited re-entry tournament is still open for registration through the beginning of Level 16, which is the second level of play scheduled for Day 2.
Day 1b begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow, as the Parx Big Stax 300 continues!
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as this event plays on.
flop, Miller bet 13,000, the big blind check-raised to 55,000, and Miller three-bet shoved for 182,000.
hit the board. The big blind could only watch on in disbelief as the 
river completed the hand, and the nearly 400k pot went to Miller.
flop, and an early-position player bet 5,000. Marko Pantelic Napier called in middle position, and the other two players folded.
river.
turn, and 40,000 on the 
river, getting called both times. Irwin turned over the nuts at showdown, with his opponent mucking as Irwin showed 
for the straight.
flop, and 10,000 on the 
turn.
river, Antunes went all in, and Mehad quickly called. Antunes was on the wrong end of a cooler, with her 
no good. Her turned flush wasn't enough to beat Mehad's flopped full house with 
, and Antunes headed for the exit.
was the winner, and the pot pushed him over the 200,000 chip mark as the dinner break approaches.
on the board. Lee bet 20,000 from early position, Silva called from middle positio, and the third player folded. 
on a queen-high board against an opponent's 
, the player in the small blind had 
in front of him, but it was inferior to Shady's 
turn, and Bonn snap called.
improved the small blind to aces and kings, but it wasn't the card he wanted to see, as it brought in a broadway straight for Bonn, ending the small blind's tournament run.
