Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): Twitter Verse

Level 2 - Blinds 75/150

Arrive fashionably late for #ParxBigStax now time for some poker! Even on level 2 I start with 200 BBs so awesome!

— Dan Sewnig (@RedsoxNets5) May 9, 2013

32.3k at level 2. Really good table so far but 3 empty seats to be filled. #ParxBigStax

— Chris Kusha (@TooBusyWINNING) May 9, 2013

Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): Blinds Up

Level 2 has just started, with the blinds going up to 75/150.  The room is quickly filling up, as another sizable Day 1 is expected this afternoon.

Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): Early Risers Taking Their Seats

Level 1 - Blinds 50/100

It's early (for poker players), but many familiar faces have already taken their seats in the clubhouse room.  Jason Rivkin (Eatontown, NJ) is the defending champ when it comes to this event, taking home $73,161 and the trophy, after beating Bryan Hayes heads up.  It was a marathon heads up match, ending just past 9:00am, after 17 hours of play.  Rivkin has seemingly taken that momentum from the win and ran with it, making five more final tables in the next two months (and winning the $450 H.O.R.S.E. at the Borgata Spring Open).

Also in the field:

Amanda Musumeci
Larry Kolk
Paul Spitzberg
Joe Reddick
Joe Spillane
Nancy Martin
Brian Lemke

Big Stax 300 (Day 1B): Underway Shortly

The second installment of Day 1's begins in only a few minutes.  Once players take their seats and the cards are in the air, we will bring you the notables in the field.

Big Stax 300: End Of Day 1A Chip Counts

Parx Big Stax 300 - End Of Day 1A Chip Counts

Name	Last Name	Hometown
PoFuk	Ying	Washington NJ	575,000
Akib	Ali	North Brunswick NJ	525,500
Norman	Rogers	Philadelphia PA	511,000
Joseph	Agron	Langhorne PA	433,000
Asher	Conniff	Brooklyn ZOO	405,000
Michael	Garaufis	Bayside NJ	355,000
Jonas	Wexler	South Hampton PA	329,000
Mike	Wert II	Coal Township PA	319,500
Mike	Cervone	Merrick PA	307,000
Stephen	Beckwith	Bloomfield NJ	279,500
Nicholas	Partenope	Colonia NJ	252,000
Miguel	Borrero	Jersey City NJ	233,000
Graham	Cleverley	Ridgewood NJ	232,000
Jon	Lagua	Marlboro NJ	216,500
Stephanie	Hubbard	Hazlet NJ	196,500
Ross	Gottlieb	North Brunswick NJ	196,000
Alex	Rocha	New York NY	193,000
Marvin	Siegel	Monroe Twp NJ	187,000
Mohamad	Saadeghvaziri	Basking Ridge NJ	184,500
Tim	Dalessandro	Boothwyn PA	183,500
Kyle	Bowker	Walton NY	175,000
Michael	Candido	Flourtown PA	173,500
Nick	Melo	Brooklyn NY	173,500
Kevin	Lutz	Bellmawr NJ	171,500
Woo Yang	Lin	Morristown NJ	169,500
Joel	Van Bemmelen	Bryn Mawr PA	163,000
Vincent	Teutonico	Staten Island NY	156,500
DeeAngelo	Seng	Sicklerville NJ	154,500
Erich	Ackermann	Moorestown NJ	154,000
Sirous	Jamshidi	Broomall PA	150,000
Miami John	Cernuto	Las Vegas NV	139,000
Jack	Duong	South Plainfield NJ	126,500
Jin	Li	Furlong PA	120,000
Jeremy	Peters	Somerset NJ	113,000
Joel	Frank	Princeton NJ	112,000
Qing	Guo	Edison NJ	111,000
Zak	Zahner	Erie PA	98,000
Tim	Eisenhut	Flemington NJ	92,000
Daniel	Assiran	Ardmore PA	84,000
David Loy	Song	Newburgh NY	84,000
Sumeet	Wayachal	Morrisville NJ	78,000
Antonios	Magcaras	Hamilton NJ	62,500
Andrew	Gonzalez	Bronx NY	58,000

Big Stax 300: Final Hands Of The Night

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

With (10) minutes remaining in the final level, the tournament floor has stopped the clock, and player will play three more hands before bagging.

Once the chips are bagged, and the numbers are verified, we will post the end of Day 1A chip counts.

Big Stax 300: Table Of Doom

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

Pofuk Ying (Highland Park, NJ) has a difficult task ahead of him, as he sat down at Table 62 up against the likes of Bowker, Siegal, and Wexler (all with stacks over 250,000).  Ying came to the table with just around 120,000, but has navigated his way through the tables and now sits with close to 400,000.  Ying has eight lifetime cashes for just under $70,000, but those all came at the Borgata.  Ying will look to cash for the first time outside of that casino in a recorded tournament.

Big Stax 300: Last Level Of The Night

Blinds are increasing to 2,500/5,000/500 in Level 16, and this will be the last 45 minutes before players bag their chips and end the night.

Big Stax 300: Leo's Last Act

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

Leonardo Palermo open shoved his last 77,000 UTG+2, and watched as it folded around the table.  The action folded to the small blind (Stephanie Hubbard) who snap called, and the hands would be tabled:

Palermo: 9♠ 9♥          Hubbard: A♠ A♦

Flop: 9♥ 2♠ 7♠

Turn: K♠

River: 5♠

Palermo comes from behind, but watches as the tables turn on the river giving Hubbard the hand.  Stephanie had played short for most of the day, but has patiently built her stack to over 200,000.

Aces almost got cracked again aipf vs 99.. 9 right on the window but wait.. I river a flush.. 240k now :) #ParxBigStax
— Stephanie Hubbard (@StephHub31) May 9, 2013

Big Stax 300: Room Quieting Down

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

Only six tables now remain in the clubhouse room (with 54 players), and it's pretty tranquil compared to earlier in the day.  Conniff still sits as the chip leader among the group with over 420,000.  Our earlier chip leader Ross Gottleib has trended slightly downward since coming back from break, but sits very healthy (370,000).