Big Stax 300 Day 2 | Parx Big Stax XXXII

02-09-2020 11:43 UTC-4

Day 2 of the Parx Big Stax 300 Begins at Noon

GeoffFisk

The opening day flights are done, and the Parx Big Stax 300 moves forward with Day 2, beginning at noon today.

The survivors of Day 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d come back today as a combined field, with play beginning at Level 15 and the blinds at 2000/4000/4000. Players will play through one-hour levels, stopping at the end of Level 25, or when the nine-handed final table has been reached, whichever comes first.

The field will go on breaks after every two levels, with a dinner break scheduled after Level 20. Late registration in this unlimited re-entry event is still available through the beginning of Level 16.

Coming into Day 2, the original field of 2,177 entries is down to 373 players. Leading the way on the chip leaderboard is Mikhail Patish (696,500), the Day 1d chip leader. Follwing Patish on the leaderboard are Sharath Sreeramoju (572,000), Day 1a chip leader Sameer Batra (541,000), Eric Valerio (539,500), and Joseph Galazzo (536,000).

Those players are the biggest stacks coming back to Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania today. The tournament is scheduled to play through Day 3 Monday, when the remaining players from Day 2 come back to play down to a champion.

Others in contention include Frank Nera (497,500), and Day 1b chip leader Tam Nguyen (462,000). Victor Ramdin (370,500), a two-time champion in the Parx Big Stax 300, is also still in the hunt and begins the day with more than enough chips to be in position for a deep run.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Parx Big Stax 300 hits the home stretch today.

02-09-2020 14:38 UTC-4

Ramdin In the Hunt

GeoffFisk

Level 16 : 2,500/2,500, 5,000 ante

Victor Ramdin, a two-time winner of this event, is the field on Day 2 with one of the bigger stacks in the room early on in Day 2.

Ramdin is one of the most prolific players in the history of poker tournaments at Parx Casino, and took down the Parx Big Stax 300 in February 2019 for $87,327.

That win was just the first of two Big Stax 300 wins for Ramdin in 2019, as he repeated the feat in the September 2019 edition of this event, which netted him $48,777.

02-09-2020 16:12 UTC-4

Shifter Goes Big on the River

GeoffFisk

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With a massive 225,000 pot in the middle on the river of a board, Sean Byars checked from the big blind, and Rod Shifter thought it over for a few moments, then moved all in for 260,000 from early position.

The shove from Shifter sent Byars deep into the tank. After several minutes of contemplation, Byars folded, and Shifter showed pocket sevens.

A discussion ensued about whether those sevens were the best hand, with Byars keeping that information to himself.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roderick Shifter	485,000	141,000
Sean Byars	302,000	128,000

Tags: Roderick Shifter Sean Byars

02-09-2020 17:12 UTC-4

Tonzelli Goes From 30k to 685k in Three Hours

GeoffFisk

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

It's been a big Day 2 so far for Anthony Tonzelli, who was a late registrant that just joined the field at the beginning of Day 2.

Tonzelli sat down with a the 30,000 starting stack and the blinds at 2000/4000/4000, and he's turned that 7.5 big blind stack into nearly 700k in less than four levels.

Tonzelli is no stranger to success in tournament poker, with more than $227,000 in career earnings. He's already added to that total with today'a money finish, and could be poised to make a deep run despite the late, short-stacked start.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Tonzelli	685,000	145,000

02-09-2020 18:33 UTC-4

Harary Nears a Million

GeoffFisk

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

An early-position player opened to 23,000, Albert Harary called from middle position, and the hijack and big blind also called.

Action checked to the early-position player on the flop, he bet 35,000, and only Harary called.

Both players checked the turn.

Facing an 85,000 bet on the river, Harary made the call, and showed . The pair of eights was good, with the opponent tabling .

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Harary	980,000	230,000

Tags: Albert Harary

02-09-2020 19:32 UTC-4

Williams, Patish in a Deep Stack Battle

GeoffFisk

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Frank Williams open raised in early position, Mikhail Patish three-bet to 80,000 from the small blind, and Williams four-bet to 250,000. Patish contemplated for a few moments, then called.

The flop came , Patish checked, Williams bet 250,000, and Patish elected to fold. Both players are over the one-million chip mark in the aftermath.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Williams (NY)	1,300,000	740,000
Mikhail Patish	1,100,000	-120,000

02-09-2020 21:33 UTC-4

Mills KOs Urvantsev

GeoffFisk

Level 21 : 8,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Maxim Urvantsev opened to 40,000 from early position, and Justin Mills, on the small blind and with a short stack in the big blind, three-bet all in, having both Urvantsev and the big blind well covered.

Urvantsev made the call for his 260,000 total stack.

Maxim Urvantsev:
Justin Mills:

Board:

Mills was behind preflop but found the on the turn, and the pair of sevens held up through the river, sending Urvantsev to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Mills	1,300,000	100,000
Maxim Urvantsev	Busted

Tags: Justin Mills

02-09-2020 22:40 UTC-4

Cianco Over Two Million

GeoffFisk

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

An early-position player and Daniel Ciancio, on the cutoff, got all of the chips in prelfop, with the early-position player's 350,000 stack well covered.

Early Position:
Daniel Ciancio:

Board:

Ciancio appears to be the chip leader in the aftermath of the hand, with a set of jacks coming in on the flop and no miracles coming on the runout for the player with pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Ciancio	2,220,000	1,150,000

02-10-2020 03:27 UTC-4

Dan Sweeney Leads the Field Through Day 2 of the Parx Big Stax 300

GeoffFisk

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The Parx Big Stax 300 has hit the home stretch, with 40 players remaining from the original field of 2,257 entires.

Sunday's Day 2 flight saw a total of 453 entries trim down to the final five tables after 11 hours of play. The night ended with Dan Sweeney (4,570,000) baggng the chip lead, riding a late surge to end Day 2 with a commanding chip stack from Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

Other top stacks included Albert Harary (3,350,000), Joe Galazzo (3,305,000), and David Larson (3,110,000).

The field played through 11 one-hour levels Sunday, and play will resume at Level 26 for Monday's Day 3 finale, which will restart with the blinds at 25000/50000/50000.

After five days of play in the Parx East building, the final day of the tournament will move over to the the Parx Casino poker room. Play will resume at noon, with 60-minute levels played until the final table is reahced. Once the tournament is down to the final nine, 90-minute levels will be played.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Big Stax 300 plays down to a champion Monday.