Raman, Morgan Bag Big on Day 1c of the Parx Big Stax 500
The Day 1 flights are complete in theParx Big Stax 500. With Day 1a, 1b and 1c finished, the surviving players from all three flights will now come back as a combined player pool and return for Day 2. Day 2 will restart Sunday at noon from Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
Day 1c drew by far the biggest field of the three Day 1 flights, with more than 800 entries registering. The field trimmed down to less than 216 players by night's end.
At the top of the Day 1c chip leaderboard are names like Geno Raman (580,500), Brian Morgan (568,500) and Ryan Eriquezzo (531,000).
Also bagging from the Day 1c field were Joel Deutsch (514,000), Big Stax 300 championDan Sweeney (468,500) and Frank "Iceman" Conti (451,000).
The field played through 14 45-minute levels Saturday, with the blinds at 1500/3000/3000 at the end of play.
Play will resume at Level 15 Saturday, with the blinds up to 2000/4000/4000. The structure will switch to 60-minute levels for Day 2, and through the rest of the tournament until the final table. The final table will proceed through 90-minute levels when reached.
Day 2 is scheduled for 11 one-hour levels, or will wrap when nine players remain, whichever comes first. All remaining players will then come back and play down to a champion on Day 3, scheduled for Monday.
Stay with the PokerNews live blog as the Big Stax 500 hits the home stretch.