Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Back From Break

The remaining 18 players are about to be done with their break, and they return to Level 23 with blinds of 12,000/24,000/4,000.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): 19th-21st Places ($1,986)

The following players cashed for $1,986:

19. Joseph Egan (Philadelphia, PA)
20. Matt Macaroni (Hamilton Square, NJ)
21. Stephanie Hubbard (Hazlet, NJ)

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Final Two Tables

After the elimination of Jospeh Egan, we are now down to 18 players, and here is the lineup:

Table 62:
  1. Renata Colache - 515,000
  2. Yao Wu - 720,000
  3. Andrew Zhu - 1,100,000
  4. Ben Coren - 1,200,000
  5. Tim Faro - 1,900,000
  6. Frank Conti - 1,610,000
  7. Prabhu Satish - 980,000
  8. Ed Lee - 900,000
  9. Jason Paster - 410,000
Table 63:
  1. Ragavan Thiagarajah - 1,100,000
  2. Matt Shafman - 810,000
  3. Marshall White - 395,000
  4. Mike Sadler - 1,300,000
  5. James Anderson - 1,115,000
  6. Britt Reid - 800,000
  7. Craig Stern - 380,000
  8. Gordon Eng - 396,000
  9. Alex Queen - 2,500,000

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Queen Is King

Level 22 - Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000

Alexander Queen (Chip Leader)

Alex Queen (Bethlehem, PA) is currently the only player over 2,000,000 after taking down one of the pots of the night from Andrew Zhu.

Play is now stopped while the remaining 18 player redraw new seat assignments.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Matt Mac Out

Level 22 - Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000

Matt Macaroni (Hamilton Square, NJ) had been grinding the short stack basically the entire day, and just picked the wrong spot to try and double up.  His Q J was dominated by A Q, and he would be sent home in 20th place ($1,986).  After the next elimination we will have another redraw, and we will then bring you assignments and chip counts.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Departure Tweets

Level 22 - Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000


Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Crazy Plays

Level 22 - Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000

At Table 65 sit both Frank Conti and Ragavan Thiagarajah, both with about 1,500,000.  Conti has opened the pot, and watch as Ragavan three bet to 200,000.  Frank's next action was declaring himself all-in, and Ragavan went into the tank.  Conti's total count was just over 1,500,000, and this would be by far the largest pot of the night if Ragavan was to make the call.  He ended up folding, and Conti showed K Q (off), drawing some interesting reactions from the rest of the table.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Back From Break

21 players just returned from break with the blinds in Level 22 at 10,000/20,000/3,000.

Big Stax $550 6-Max: Payouts

Big Stax Series $550 6-Max NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Entries: 89

Players Remaining: 24

Prize Pool: $43,165

Payouts:

  1. $13,812
  2. $9,065
  3. $5,396
  4. $3,885
  5. $3,237
  6. $2,590
  7. $2,158
  8. $1,727
  9. $1,295

Big Stax $550 6-Max: Dinner Break...Huge Bluff

Players are now on a (75) minute dinner break, but the last hand before the break drew a crowd.  On a board of:

A♠ K♣ 10♣ 4 3♠

Asher Conniff's opponent checked (after check-calling the flop and turn), and Conniff put his last 70,000 in the middle.  His opponent tanked...and it was for a while (easily 5-6 minutes).  He eventually folded, and everyone crowded around the table was looking for Asher to show.  He wasn't going to until we agreed to put it right on the blog.  Conniff tabled 8 2 (off) and gave the crowd something to talk about.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): 24th-26th Places

The following players cashed for $1,770:

22. Jospeh Simmons (Philadelphia, PA)
23. Joshua Hay (New York, NY)
24. Diane Grippo (Holbrook, NY)

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Big Stax

Level 21 - Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000

Two of the biggest stacks of the tournament are seated at Table 64, both Ragavan Thiagarajah (1,500,000) and Frank Conti (1,200,000) are running over the table since dinner.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): 25th-27th Places

The following players have cashed for $1,554:

25. Larry Kolk (Levittown, PA)
26. Keith Dealngelis (Conshohocken, PA)
27. Robert Kately (Cateret, NJ)

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Stuck At 27

Level 21 - Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000

The remaining 27 players are back, and we are yet to lose one.  That should come as no surprise with this structure, with the blinds at 8,000/16,000, the chips average is just over 40 big blinds.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Stuck At 27, Dinner Break

Level 20 - Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000

There are still 27 players remaining, with dinner break in (15) minutes.  Our live coverage of the event with continue once dinner break is over.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Table Redraw

Level 20 - Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000

Here are the new seating assignments for the remaining 27 players:

Table 62:

  1. Robert Kately
  2. James Anderson
  3. Andrew Zhu
  4. Jason Paster
  5. Alex Queen
  6. Renata Colache
  7. Joe Simmons
  8. Larry Kolk
  9. Gordon Eng
Table 63:
  1. Stephanie Hubbard
  2. Tim Faro
  3. Ed Lee
  4. Ben Coren
  5. Matt Macaroni
  6. Joe Egan
  7. Marshall White
  8. Matt Shaffman
  9. Mike Sadler
Table 64:
  1. Yao Hu
  2. Josh Hay
  3. Craig Stein
  4. Britt Reid
  5. Frank Conti
  6. Diane Grippo
  7. Proabhu Satish
  8. Keith Deangelis
  9. Ragavan Thiagarajah

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): 28th-36th Places ($1,317)

The following players cashed for $1,317:

28. Jeffrey Spence (King of Prussia, PA)
29. Stephen Beckwith (Bloomfield, NJ)
30. Michael Goldberg (Newtown, PA)
31. Jeffrey Gottesman (Huntingdon Valley, PA)
32. David Datashvilli (Forest Hills, NY)
33. Ilya Ekshut (Upper Holland, PA)
34. Paul Scatturro (Old Bridge, NJ)
35. Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA)
36. Adel Shakerian (Falls Church, VA)

Players are now redrawing as we have reached the final 27.

Big Stax 6-Max: In The Field

We had a chance to walk over and see the $550 6-Max field, and it's a tough one:

Paul Spitzberg
Jordan Diamond
Kevin Grabel
John DiBella
Michael Marder
Matt Brady
Jeff Wicker
Asher Conniff
Peter Ippolito
Joel Frank
Jim Governa
Joseph Commisso
Jack Duong
Matt Glantz
Robert Hwang
Mohammed Farrah

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Break Tweets

Players are playing Level 20 with blinds at 6,000/12,000/2,000.  During the break we caught some Tweets posted:


Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Another Eclipses Million, Break Time

Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000

Players will be going on another (10) minute break after this level, and will then return to play one more level before dinner.  We see via Twitter that one more player broke the million chip mark, while he also gives us a little chip average update:


Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Martin Takes Bad Beat

Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000

Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA) had three-bet Renata Colache's opening raise to 75,000, and when the action folded around, Rentata made the call:

Flop: 9♣ 9 5♠

Colache would check to Nancy, who would then bet 100,000.  Renata went into the tank, but eventually went all-in (Nancy had a little over 110,000 behind).  Martin made the call and the cards were tabled:

Martin: K♠ K♣             Colache: 7♣ 7

Turn: 6♣

River: 7

Colache gained some more outs on the turn, but spiked one of the two last sevens in the deck.  Martin goes out in 35th ($1,317), while Renata chips up to over 700,000.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): 37th-45th Places ($1,122)

The following players cashed for $1,122:

37. Jonas Wexler (South Hampton, PA)
38. Justin Liberto (Baltimore, MD)
39. Marvin Siegel (Monroe Township, NJ)
40. Joseph Agron Jr. (Langhorne, PA)
41. Tomer Kravitz (Princeton, NJ)
42. Ross Gottleib (North Brunswick, NJ)
43. David Gonia (White Bear Lake, MN)
44. Derrick Huang (New York, NY)
45. Feming Chan (West Windsor, NJ)

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Chip Rundown

Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000

Here are some updated chip counts:

Alexander Queen - 950,000
Ragavan Thiagarajah - 900,000
Mike Sandler - 860,000
Matt Shafman - 840,000
Marshall White - 780,000
Stephanie Hubbard - 700,000

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): A Milli....

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000

We have one of our first players over 1,000,000:


Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Post Bubble Break

Players will be going on a (10) minute break at the end of this level.  When they return the blinds will increase to 5,000/10,000/1,000 in Level 19.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Bubble Bath

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000




Jason Rivkin (Eatontown, NJ) was two away from the money in the Big Stax 300, and has now just stone bubbled this event.  He got his chips in good with J J against A Q, and kept the lead through the flop and turn.  Unfortunately for Rivkin a queen spiked the river, and he would once again feel the anguish of bubbling an event in this series.

The remaining 45 players are all guaranteed $1,122, and we should see a handful of bustouts now, as the other short stacks have faded the bubble.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): What's All The Hubbard About?

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000

We are down to 47 players now as Stephanie Hubbard knocks out local pro Joe Palma (Bensalem, PA).  All the chips got in on the turn, on a board of J 10 5 K, with Palma holding K 10 (suited) and Hubbard K K.  Joe was drawing dead when the hands were tabled, and Hubbard would chip up to over 800,000.

As this post was being written, one more player was busted, and we are now hand-for-hand.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Almost Hand For Hand

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000

There are now 48 players remaining, which means we will be on the money bubble, and playing hand for hand shortly.  Once the bubble is burst we will bring you all the details, as well as the first group of cashes as they come.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Break Time Tweets

Remember that when you are posting something on Twitter to #parxbigstax:


Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Color Break

Players are going on a (10) minute break to color off the pink (500) chips, and when they return to Level 18, the blinds will be 4,000/8,000/1,000.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): One Way To Do It

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000

We walked over to Table 67 just as Stephanie Hubbard had called a three-bet all-in from an opponent, and the cards were tabled (all-in amount was roughly 65,000):

Hubbard: 5♣ 5             Player X: A A♠

Flop: Q♣ 8 10

Turn: 3

River: A

That's one way to crack aces, as Hubbard began calling for diamonds on the flop.  She wins the pot as her opponent walks away dejected, chipping up to 450,000 (50 players now remain).

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Even Closer, Martin Doubles

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000

54 players now remain (only 9 from the money), and it's time now for players to pick up some key hands.  Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA) just got a full double as her AA beats Jason Rivkin (Eatontown, NJ), giving her a healthier stack of 240,000.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Money Bubble Creeping

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000

With 60 players now remaining, we are only 14 eliminations away from the money.  Some players to recently exit the clubhouse room:

Melissa Burr
Matt Glantz

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Early Exits

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000

Right before registration closed last night, both Kyle Bowker and Allie Prescott bought into the event, hoping to run up the 40,000 starting stack.  They happened to be seated directly next to each other after the table draw, and both ended up showing up late.  They missed their blinds and were even shorter when they finally sat down.  Both have been knocked out in the opening stages of Day 2, so the plan didn't seemingly work out as thought.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Getting Warmed Up

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000


Only 5 women made it to Day 2, three of which are seated directly next to each other (Left to Right): Nancy Martin, Melissa Burr, Stephanie Hubbard


Gotta feel bad for the other players at Table 68, as Jonas Wexler and Ragavan Thiagarajah sit next to each other.  They came into the day first and third in chips.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Level Up

Level 17 is about to begin with blinds going up to 3,000/6,000/1,000.  The chip average among the remaining 75 players is 237,000.

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Cards In The Air

Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000/500

Cards are about to be in the air as all of the players are settled in the main poker room for Day 2.  It's a race to make the money, while the shorties will try and make a stand right away, and others trying to prime themselves for a deep run.

Big Stax 500: Payouts

Big Stax 500 ($500 + 50 NL Hold'em Re-Entry) $150,000 Guarantee

Total Entries: 445

Prize Pool: $215,825

Payouts:


  1. $51,796
  2. $32,374
  3. $19,726
  4. $14,072
  5. $10,834
  6. $8,525
  7. $6,993
  8. $5,504
  9. $4,165
10-12. $3,129
13-15. $2,590
16-18. $2,266
19-21. $1,986
22-24. $1,770
25-27. $1,554
28-36. $1,317
37-45. $1,122

Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Crunching The Numbers



Total Entries: 445

Players Remaining: 80

Up Top: $57,196

Min-Cash: $1,122

Places Paid: 45

Top 3 Stacks:

Ragavan Thiagarajah  Marlton NJ 898,000
Andrew Zhu South Plainfield NJ 795,500
Jonas  Wexler Southhampton PA 588,000

Blinds Coming Back: 16:29 remaining in Level 16 (2,500/5,000/500)

Big Stax 500: Day 2 Seating Assignments

Gordon  Eng Cliffside Park NJ 268,000 62 1
Ibra Ibraimovic Brooklyn NY 496,000 62 2
Feming Chan New Jersey 88,500 62 3
David Gonia St. Paul MN 482,500 62 4
Mikhail Kazakevich Richboro PA 108,000 62 5
Joshua  Hay New York NY 382,500 62 6
Alexander Queen Bethlehem Pa 169,000 62 7
Joe  Digrado Langhorne PA 170,000 62 8
Jason Pastor Yardly PA 213,500 62 9
Jeffrey Spence King of Prussia PA 333,000 63 1
Michael  Goldberg Newtown PA 188,500 63 2
Michael Shasho Ramsey NJ 91,000 63 3
Tom Pschar Ringoes NJ 52,500 63 4
Justin Liberto Baltimore MD 351,500 63 5
Matt  Maccaroni Hamilton Square NJ 131,000 63 6
Diane Grippo Holbrook NY 151,000 63 7
Michael  Borovetz Pittsburgh PA 167,000 63 8
Joesph  Agron Langhorne PA 70,000 63 9
Benjamin Coren Lansdale PA 440,500 64 1
Michael  Boehme Willinboro NJ 54,000 64 2
Bob Noble Philadelphia PA 176,500 64 3
Gene Mazza Elizabeth NJ 40,500 64 4
Paul Scaturro Old Bridge NJ 113,500 64 5
Frank "ICEMAN" Conti Staten Island NY 403,000 64 6
Tim Faro Glen Burnk MD 124,000 64 7
Marshall White Boone NC 179,500 64 8
Derrick Huang New York NY 351,000 64 9
Yao Wu New York NY 325,500 65 1
Robert Aaronson Brooklyn NY 158,000 65 2
Tomer Kravitz Princeton NJ 80,000 65 3
Matthew Shafman West Orange NJ 322,000 65 4
Joe  Simmons Philadelphia PA 242,500 65 5
Po Fuk  Ying Seattle WA 62,500 65 6
Ray  Ross Maple Glen PA 466,500 65 7
Keith DeAngelis Conshohocken PA 210,500 65 8
Britt Reid Robbinsville NJ 228,500 65 9
Jason Rivkin Eatontown NJ 252,500 66 1
Mike  Sandler New York NY 332,500 66 2
Ross  Gottlieb North Brunswick NJ 285,500 66 3
Ed  Walsh Langhorne PA 285,000 66 4
Brian Shaffer Manalapan NJ 75,500 66 5
Nancy  Martin Washington Crossing  152,000 66 6
Melissa  Burr Brigantine NJ 161,000 66 7
Stephanie  Hubbard Hazlet NJ 373,500 66 8
James Anderson Pittsburgh PA 201,500 66 9
Robert  Link Jenkintown PA 88,500 67 1
Kyle  Bowker Walton NY 40,000 67 2
Allie Prescott Memphis TN 40,000 67 3
Joe  Egan Philadelphia PA 104,500 67 4
Matt  Glantz Lafayette Hill PA 40,000 67 5
David  Datashvili Forest Hills NY 142,000 67 6
Craig  Stern Louiseville KY 166,500 67 7
Joseph  Palma Bensalem PA 185,000 67 8
Andrew Zhu South Plainfield NJ 795,500 67 9
Ilya  Ekshut Upper Holland PA 129,000 68 1
Robert Kately Carteret NJ 349,000 68 2
Peter Ippolito East Meadow NY 292,500 68 3
Nikola Curanovic Bronx NY 265,000 68 4
Paul Shedaker Croydon PA 100,000 68 5
Jonas  Wexler Southhampton PA 588,000 68 6
Ragavan Thiagarajah  Marlton NJ 898,000 68 7
Mike "Little Man" Sica North Brunswick NJ 248,000 68 8
Adel Shakerian Falls Church VA 68,500 68 9
Kevin Lutz Bellmawr NJ 152,500 69 1
Max Amjadi Marmora NJ 143,000 69 2
Mike Ratcliff Martinsville NJ 45,500 69 3
Michael  AltBaum Williamstown NJ 104,500 69 4
John  Green Yardley PA 39,000 69 5
Renata  Colache Clayton NJ 338,500 69 6
Marvin  Siegel Monroe NJ 160,000 69 7
Stephen  Beckwith Bloomfield NJ 465,500 69 8
Ed  Lee New York NY 229,500 69 9
Greg Paryani Ponte Verde FL 34,500 70 1
Jeff Gottesman Huntington Valley PA 88,000 70 2
Larry  Kolk Levittown PA 466,500 70 3
Prabhu Satish Sommerville NJ 219,500 70 4
Howard Burton New York NY 278,500 70 5
        70 6
Alek Givotovsky New York NY 323,500 70 7
Cullen Hofmann Baltimore MD 193,000 70 8
Robert  Lewis College Park MD 92,500 70 9

Big Stax 500 (Day 1C): End Of Day 1C Chip Counts

Here are the end of Day 1C chip counts (39 players remain from the 198 Day 1C entries):


Ibra Ibraimovic Brooklyn NY 496,000
David Gonia St. Paul MN 482,500
Ray  Ross Maple Glen PA 466,500
Joshua  Hay New York NY 382,500
Justin Liberto Baltimore MD 351,500
Derrick Huang New York NY 351,000
Jeffrey Spence King of Prussia PA 333,000
Mike  Sandler New York NY 332,500
Ed  Walsh Langhorne PA 285,000
Howard Burton New York NY 278,500
Gordon  Eng Cliffside Park NJ 268,000
Jason Rivkin Eatontown NJ 252,500
Mike "Little Man" Sica North Brunswick NJ 248,000
Ed  Lee New York NY 229,500
Britt Reid Robbinsville NJ 228,500
Keith DeAngelis Conshohocken PA 210,500
James Anderson Pittsburgh PA 201,500
Cullen Hofmann Baltimore MD 193,000
Michael  Goldberg Newtown PA 188,500
Joseph  Palma Bensalem PA 185,000
Marshall White Boone NC 179,500
Joe  Digrado Langhorne PA 170,000
Michael  Borovetz Pittsburgh PA 167,000
Craig  Stern Louiseville KY 166,500
Melissa  Burr Brigantine NJ 161,000
Max Amjadi Marmora NJ 143,000
Matt  Maccaroni Hamilton Square NJ 131,000
Ilya  Ekshut Upper Holland PA 129,000
Tim Faro Glen Burnk MD 124,000
Paul Scaturro Old Bridge NJ 113,500
Paul Shedaker Croydon PA 100,000
Feming Chan New Jersey 88,500
Tomer Kravitz Princeton NJ 80,000
Adel Shakerian Falls Church VA 68,500
Michael  Boehme Willinboro NJ 54,000
Matt  Glantz Lafayette Hill PA 40,000
Kyle  Bowker Walton NY 40,000
Allie Prescott Memphis TN 40,000
Greg Paryani Ponte Verde FL 34,500

Big Stax 500 (Day 1C): End Of Night

Ibra Ibraimoeic

Players are bagging their chips after finishing the final five hands.  It looks like our chip leader for Day 1C will be Ibra Ibramoeic with just under 500,000.

We will be posting the chip counts, as well as the table/seating assignments for Day 2, which will begin tomorrow at 12:00pm.

Big Stax 500 (Day 1C): Where's The Leader

Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000/500

Here are some of the bigger stacks as we go to end the night:

Ibra Ibraimeic - 460,000
Justin Liberto - 415,000
Jason Rivkin - 300,000

Big Stax 500 (Day 1C): Last Level Of The Night

Level 16 has just begun, with the blinds increasing to 2,500/5,000/500.  Players will play until there is 19:26 left on the clock, and then draw for how many will be left.

Big Stax 500 (Day 1C): Taking A Glantz

Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000/500

Matt Glantz took the path less chosen, as he decided to enter about 20 minutes ago.  He sat down with a little over 7 big blinds, but has made the most with his chance so far.  He now sits with about 125,000 in front of him, and has set himself up nicely to run it up over the next hour.

Big Stax 500 (Day 1C): Level 15

Players are in Level 15 with blinds at 2,000/4,000/500.  40 players currently remain, and will play this level, and a little over half of Level 16 before bagging.