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.