Parx Big Stax XXXII

Big Stax 300
Day: 2
Event Info

Parx Big Stax XXXII

Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Entries
2,257
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
22,570,000
Total Chips
67,710,000
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
453
Players Left
40

Calabrese Ousts Opponent

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Robert Calabrese open shoved from button, and a shorter-stacked opponent called in the big blind.

Big Blind: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Robert Calabrese: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Board: {3-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

Calabrese had the big blind crushed going to the board, and the case {9-Clubs} on the turn sealed the elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Calabrese us
Robert Calabrese
147,000 65,000

Dippolito Doubles Through Corvino

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Anthony Dippolito opened to 12,000 from the hijack, William Corvino three-bet shoved from the big blind, and Dippolito, who was covered, called off for his 101,500 total stack.

Anthony Dippolito: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
William Corvino: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Board: {5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}

The {10-Diamonds} on the turn clinched the double for Dippolito, who's back over the 200k mark after losing chips early in Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
William Corvino us
William Corvino
310,000 -47,000
Anthony Dippolito us
Anthony Dippolito
213,000 -19,500

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/2,500

Ante: 5,000

Small Pot for Smith

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

Victor Ramdin opened to 10,500 from early position, and Jacquelyn Smith called in the big blind.

Smith checked, and Ramdin continued for 7,000 on the {8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{a-Hearts} flop. Smith made the call.

Both players then checked through the {10-Hearts} river, and Smith took down the pot with {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
450,000 79,500
Jacquelyn Smith us
Jacquelyn Smith
400,000 286,000

Tags: Victor RamdinJacquelyn Smith

Smith, Santoro Chop it Up

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

Luigi Santoro opened to 11,000 from the hijack, and Jacquelyn Smith called from the small blind.

The flop came {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Smith checked, Santoro bet 8,000, and Smith check-raised to 20,000, with Santoro calling.

Smith bet 20,000 on the {9-Hearts} turn, and Santoro called. Both players checked the {3-Spades} river, and Smith's {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} chopped with Santoro's {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Jacquelyn Smith us
Jacquelyn Smith
400,000
Luigi Santoro us
Luigi Santoro
150,000 -69,000

Tags: Jacquelyn SmithLuigi Santoro

Late Registration Over; Prize Pool Announced

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

The late registration period for the Parx Big Stax 300 has ended.

A total of 2,257 entries were registered for the tournament, creating a prize pool of $643,245.

The pool will pay 233 places, with all players that make it to the money earning at least a min-cash of $708.

First place will pay $110,346. Check out the entire payout structure here.

Ramdin In the Hunt

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

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.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000