Day 1b of the Parx Big Stax 500 is a Wrap
The second of three Day 1 flights is complete at the Parx Big Stax 500. A total of 225 entries came through Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, as this $500+40 buy-in event is in full swing.
A total of 53 players made it through to the end of the night, and those players will join the 108 survivors of Day 1a and advance to Day 2. All players who have bagged on Day 1a and Day 1b will now await the results of Saturday's Day 1c flight.
The survivors of Day 1a, Day 1b and Day 1c will come back as a combined field for Day 2, scheduled for Sunday.
Bagging big on Day 1b were players such as Rickey Lee (403,000), Robert Bulte (335,000), and George Chen (317,500).
Also advancing to Day 2 were James Sparacio (297,000), William Corvino (276,500) and Mohammed Saadeghvaziri (234,000).
The field played through 14 45-minute levels on Day 1b, with the blinds at 1500/3000/3000 by nights end. The Day 1c field will do the same Saturday, as the Big Stax 500 continues to play toward its conclusion.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Big Stax 500 rolls on!
on the board, Saadeghvaziri went all in from the big blind for 50,800, sending his hijack opponent deep into the tank.
for trip threes.
on the board, the big blind checked to Anna Antimony in middle position. Antimony bet 8,000, and the big blind called.
, the big bind checked again, and Antimony bet 35,000, more than enough to put the big blind all in with a call. The big blind tanked for a couple of minutes, then folded, preserving his remaining 24,500 stack.
, Jason Maxwell checked from under the gun, and his opponent on the hijack went all in, pushing his last 21,500 into the pot.
. Maxwell tabled 
, and his top set was good.
board. Oh held 
