Break Time
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Parx Big Stax XXXII
Big Stax 500
Day: 1c
Kessler Takes Five-Way Pot
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Rajesh Desai opened to 1,000 under the gun, and got four callers.
All five players checked the 
flop. Both blinds checked the 
turn, Desai checked, Andrew Kessler bet 1,000 from early position, Sameer Batra folded on the direct left, and both blinds folded. Desai made the call.
Desai check-folded to Kessler's 3,200 bet on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
28,000 |
Gralnick Makes it Two in a Row
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
David Gralnick opened to 1,500 in early position, and got four callers.
The five players went to the 
flop, four players checked and the hijack folded out of turn.
Action checked to Gralnick on the turn, Gralnick bet 1,600, and only the button called.
Gralnick bet 2,300 on the 
river, an got a call. Gralnick tabled 
, and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000 | 10,000 |
Gralnick Gets Set Paid Off
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
With more than 20,000 in the pot on the river, and the board showing 
, David Gralnick put out a river bet for 9,600.
Gralnick's opponent decided on a quick call, but mucked when Gralnick turned over 
for a full boat.
Gralnick is on a bit of a roll as Level 6 plays on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Big Stax 300 Champ Sweeney in the Field
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Dan Sweeney is in the hunt on Day 1c, fresh off his win earlier this week in the Parx Big Stax 300.
Sweeney took home $95,744 for his first-place finish in the Big Stax 300, and is looking to add to an already successful run in the Big Stax XXXII festival.
Sweeney's father, Dan Sweeney Sr., is also in the field on Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 |
A Few More Familiar Faces
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
49,000 | |
|
|
36,000 | |
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
Albano Flops Straight Flush
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Sharath Sreeramoju open raised from the cutoff, and Frank Albano called in the small blind.
The flop came 
, and all of the chips eventually went in from both players, with Sreeramoju having Albano covered.
Frank Albano: 
Sharath Sreeramoju: 
Sreeramoju saw that he was drawing dead to the wheel straight flush of Albano, and the turn and river sealed the deal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000 | |
|
40,000 |
Day 1c Photos
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400