Sunday, October 13, 2013

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Dentale Busts

It was clear that Mike Dentale busted after the sound of a fist hitting the table was heard throughout the room.  Dentale was all-in on the river with K K, and was disgusted to see that Vimy had J J and had rivered a set.

Ha continues his good run with that hand, and pads his lead with close to 4,000,000.  It was a great run from Dentale who had a chance to make his third main trophy event final table.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Final Break

Players are taking their final break of the night, and will return to lay Level 22 before bagging for Day 3.  We will post updated chip counts after the break:

Blinds coming back: 10,000/20,000/3,000
Players Remaining: 29
Chip Average: 908,000

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Hubbard Holding the Torch

Level 21 - Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000 (Players Left: 30)

With the elimination of Patti Haggerty, it leaves only Stephanie Hubbard as the lone female in the field. Hubbard has well below chip average, but was in dire shape earlier before doubling up to what she has now (350,000).

Vimy Ha is the chip leader currently with just over 3,000,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): So Busts

Level 21 - Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000 (Players Remaining: 31)

Jennifer So (Galloway, NJ) was one of three ladies remaining in the event, but was the shortest stack in the room.  She pushed all-in for under 100,000 after Paul Spitzberg opened the pot, and he called her saying he was giving her a "courtesy double up."  Not so much though when he flopped two pair with K Q on a A K Q board against So's 8 8.

So would be eliminated in 32nd place, taking home $3,607 for her finish.  That leaves only Patti Haggerty and Stephanie Hubbard as the lone females remaining.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Photo Updates

Level 21 - Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000 (Players Remaining: 32)

Laurence Wolf (1,700,000)

Vimy Ha (2,300,000)

Paul Spitzberg (2,300,000)

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Glantz Chips Up


Level 21 - Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000 (Players Remaining: 34)

Matt Glantz was raised by Jared Jaffee on a 7♣ 8♠ 9♠ 10 board to 127,000 (Glantz had bet 60,000).  After the 5 hit the turn Glantz would once again check, and it was to Jaffee to decide if he was going to fire once more into this pot worth over 400,000.  Jared would end up checking back and Glantz would show A J for the straight, with Jaffee mucking afterwards.

Glantz is now up to 1,600,000, with Jared dipping below 600,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Break Time

Players will be going on a (10) minute break at the end of this level (in five minutes).  When they return to Level 21 the blinds will be going up to 8,000/16,000/2,000 (750,000 chip average).

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Millionaires Club


Level 20 - Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000 (Players Remaining: 36)

The field has slowly dwindled down after the rush of players to min cash.  Once the remaining field reaches 27 players there will be a full redraw, and just a reminder that tonight's play will finish at the conclusion of Level 22 (or final table).  Of the 36 remaining there are only nine players above 1,000,000 in chips (one chose to be anonymous):

Paul Spitzberg - 2,000,000
Vimy Ha - 1,800,000
James Sansone - 1,700,000
A. Nonymous - 1,600,000
Matt Glantz - 1,500,000
Aristides Santana - 1,300,000
Laurence Wolf - 1,300,000
Joe Gola - 1,000,000
Wes Wyville - 1,000,000

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): 37th-45th Places ($2,607)

The following players have cashed for $2,607:

37. Christopher DeGrande (Glen Mills, PA)
38. Alan Kraut (Doylestown, PA)
39. Yao Wu (New York, NY)
40. Seetal Patel (Monmouth Junction, NJ)
41. Steve Thornton (Springfield, NJ)
42. Lisa Pickell (Brick, NJ)
43. Pierre Deissler (Mt. Laurel, NJ)
44. Alexander Zaverukha (Newtown, PA)
45. Chetna Joshi (Bensalem, PA)

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): 46th-54th Places ($2,351)

The following players have cashed for $2,351:

46. Chetna Joshi (Bensalem, PA)
47. Marcin Podbielski (Bellerose, NY)
48. Marvin Seigel (Monroe Township, NJ)
49. Anthony Arnieri (Lumberton, NJ)
50. Chris Orme (Ashland, MA)
51. Mike Azzarro (Yonkers, NY)
52. Peter Ippolito (East Meadow, NY)
53. Yannis Vitsentzos (New York, NY)
54. Steven Khu (Philly, PA)
55. Evan Lash (Bayside, NY)

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Post Dinner Chip Counts


Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 56)

Here are some updated counts as the players get settled back in:

Justin Levy - 1,650,000
James Sansone - 1,600,000
Aristides Santana - 1,500,000
Wes Wyville - 1,300,000
Matt Glantz - 970,000
Noam Fliegelman - 950,000

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Back From Dinner


Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 56)

Players have returned from break, and everyone remaining will be leaving with their share of the prize pool.  We will bring you the cashes through every pay jump.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Bubble Has Burst!!!


Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 56)

The bubble has finally burst, as Mike Dentale send a short stack home after flopping a king with K Q against pocket jacks.  

Players are now on a (75) minute dinner break.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Still On The Bubble


Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 56)


We are still on the bubble, and have been for almost an hour now.  We just had a huge pot where James Sansone (Fayetville, NY) chipped up to over 1,400,000.  Sansone flopped a set of queens and all the chips got in against the nut flush draw.  Sansone's opponent would make the flush on the turn, but James would river the full house, and scoop the monster pot.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Dentale Tanks....And Tanks....And Tanks...


Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 56)

While hand for hand the clock is run off 2:00 for every hand, to keep from any players stalling to make the money.  That means that everyone has to wait until the hand is over to resume the next hand.  

Mike Sandler was all-in for his remaining 175,000 on a board of A J 7 6, and it was Mike Dentale's action.  Dentale tanked for about 8-10 minutes before finally deciding to fold.  We are on the next hand (Dentale had showed A K before folding).

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Hand For Hand

Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 55)

Players are now hand for hand.  We will keep you updated on the bubble bursting.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Brewer Busts

Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 56)


Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Bubble Time

Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 57)

We are basically on the money bubble, with 57 players remaining (and 54 getting paid).  When we reach 55 players the field will be playing hand for hand, and we will play that way until the bubble has burst.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Twitter Updates

During the break we caught up with some players who posted updates via Twitter:




Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Break Time

Player are going on a (10) minute break and will return to play Level 19, with the blinds going up to 5,000/10,000/1,000.  There are still 61 players remaining, and those still left after this level will then go on a (75) minute dinner break.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Money Bubble Looming

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 61)

We are only six eliminations from the money, and the shorties are doing whatever they can to hold on.  Two of those players short stacked are Jared Jaffee and Pierre Deissler, who are sitting with stacks around the ten big blind mark.  Another player to hit the 1,000,000 chip mark is Wes Wyvill (Alexandria, VA), who sits tot he right of Mike Dentale.  Dentale is the only player in the field that remains who can go three for three in Big Stax main trophy event final tables.  Dentale has a win in the Big Stax III for over $100,000 and a 4th place finish in Big Stax I for $54,000.

Dave Inselberg is one of the unfortunate players to just miss the money:



Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Chip Updates

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 69)

There are some players building healthy stacks, while shorties are celebrating big all-in wins as we get closer to the money.  Here are some counts from the field:

Aristides Santana - 1,300,000
Evan Koshav - 800,000
Paul Spitzberg - 700,000
Laurence Wolf - 600,000
Shankar Pillai - 575,000
Matt Glantz - 560,000
Mohammed Farrah - 500,000

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Spitzberg Chipping Up

Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 70)

Paul Spitzberg (Tenafly, NJ)


We are getting close to the money, and it's a great time to be building towards a deep run.  Paul Spitzberg (Tenafly, NJ) has turned his starting Day 2 stack of 219,000 to over 700,000.  Spitzberg has over $600,000 in career earnings, including a 2013 WSOP final table cash worth over $133,000.  Paul is looking for his first cash here at Parx, and wanted to say hello to his family following on the blog.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Break Time

Players are going on their second break of the day, and will return to blinds of 4,000/8,000/1,000.  The field will come back with 74 players, and a chip average of 356,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Steady Trend Up

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 80)

Santana Scooping Pots


Aristides Santana has taken Day 2 by storm, and in just over a level and a half has turned his 300,000 stack to start the day into over 1,200,000.  We watched as he won the big pot earlier from Jason Heaney, and he's basically just ran with it from there.

Big Stax 300 winners (from the chop) Alfredo Sosa and Steven Sarmiento are both still alive.  Sarmiento was down to his 50,000 all-in, and has taken down a few pots since to build to over 240,000.  Sosa is sitting with an above average stack of 450,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Consolation Prize?

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 82)

Melissa Burr (Brigantine, NJ) came into the day with an above average chip stack, but could not find any traction right from the get go.  She is the first of the ladies to be eliminated from Day 2 play, and gives her thoughts on Twitter:


Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Twitter Updates

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 85)

Here are some Twitter updates from the field:



Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Ladies Update

Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000 (Players Remaining: 102)

There are eight ladies remaining of the 102 that are left, and here are their up to the minute chip counts:

Chetna Joshi - 590,000
Lisa Pickell - 520,000
Patti Haggerty - 
Stephanie Hubbard - 310,000
Jennifer So - 300,000
Christine Brewer - 260,000
Melissa Burr - 170,000
Allison Schultz - 160,000


Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): First Break

Players are going on their first break of the day (10 minutes), and they will return to blinds of 3,000/6,000/1,000.  The chip average coming back from break will be 260,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Huge Pot

Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 (Players Remaining: 111)

We walked over to a sizable pot at Table 76, after Aristides Santana (Yonkers, NY) three bet Jason Heaney's open.  The flop came out 10♠ 6 7 and Heaney called Santana's 80,000 flop bet.  After the J♣ on the turn, Santana check raised Heaney all-in for a total of 200,000 (Heaney's turn bet was about 125,000).  Heaney would make the call and the hands would be tabled:


Santana: K K          Heaney: 4 5

River: 10

Santana would exhale as Jason missed all of his outs to win, and Aristides would chip up to over 750,000, making him one of the chip leaders in the room.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Leading The Way

Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 (Players Remaining: 118)

The leaders in the room right now are currently the player who bagged the most chips on Day 1A (Jared Jaffee), and the player who bagged the most chip on Day 1C (Shankar Pillai):

Jared Jaffee (730,000)

Shankar Pillai (815,000)

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Lost So Far

Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 (Players Remaining: 120)

We have already lost 12 players since action started 20 minutes ago, as the shorties are trying to pick their best spots to chip up.  Some of those we lost include:

Alex Rocha
Greg Whiting

Big Stax 1000: Payouts

Big Stax 1000: $1,000 + 80 ($250,000 Guarantee)
October 10-14, 2013

Total Entries: 527
Prize Pool: $511,190

Payouts:

  1. $120,136
  2. $73,100
  3. $42,327
  4. $31,438
  5. $24,282
  6. $19,323
  7. $15,949
  8. $12,524
  9. $9,559
10-12. $7,003
13-15. $5,879
16-18. $5,163
19-21. $4,550
22-24. $3,936
25-27. $3,578
28-36. $3,067
37-45. $2,607
46-54. $2,351

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Play Underway

Level 16 - 2,500/5,000/500 (Total Entries: 527)

Play is underway (90 minute levels), and we will have the payouts for you shortly, as some players registered this morning.  The room has lost a few of the shorties already, one of which was Norman Michalek (Westfield, NJ):



Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): By The Numbers

Big Stax 1000 ($250,000 Guarantee)

Total Entries (As Of 11:00am): 519

Players Remaining: 125
Blinds Returning: 2,500/5,000/500
Chip Average: 205,000

Top 3 Stacks:

Shankar Pillai - 764,500
Christopher Capone - 729,000
Wayne Kaufmann - 504,500

Shortest 3 Stacks:

Leanne Rosenblatt - 32,500
Norman Michalek - 37,500
Dan Daconti - 39,500

Big Stax 1000 (Day 2): Day 2 Chip Counts & Table Draw

First Name Last Name Hometown  Chip Count Table # Seat #
Patricia Haggerty Brigantine, NJ 396,000 65 1
David Loy Song Newburgh NY 115,000 65 2
Spiros Stathakis Astoria NY 125,500 65 3
Igor  Gonta New York NY 54,500 65 4
Onofrio Reina Elizabeth NJ 67,500 65 5
Malik Adawi San Diego PA 130,500 65 6
Pierre Deissler Mt. Laurel NJ 92,500 65 7
Dan  Daconti MT. Laurel, NJ 39,500 65 8
Kevin  Diamond Long Island City, NJ 91,500 65 9
Seth Ampolsky Marlboro NJ 218,000 66 1
Yao Wu New York NY 173,000 66 2
Gregory Fishberg Huntingdon Valley 272,000 66 3
Laurence Wolf Annapolis MD 94,000 66 4
Manh Nguyen Pittsburgh PA 244,500 66 5
Abraham  Gordon Lakewood NJ 255,500 66 6
Luis Diaz Hazleton PA 196,000 66 7
Eric Warming Hockessin DE 92,000 66 8
Jeff Wicker Bristol, PA 197,500 66 9
Wes Wyvill Alexandria VA 232,000 67 1
Alex Zaverukha Newtown PA 284,000 67 2
Michael Dentale Brooklyn NY 470,000 67 3
Rafael Menkes Maryland 172,500 67 4
Steven Thorton Springfield 275,000 67 5
Joel Gola Philadelphia PA 453,500 67 6
Michael  Rocco California 249,000 67 7
I.G. McKenzie Baltimore MD 123,000 67 8
Jacob Neff Philadelphia,PA 219,500 67 9
Marcin Podbielski Bellerose NY 62,000 68 1
Jebhar Patterson Tampa FL 124,000 68 2
Chris  DelGrande West Chester, PA 329,500 68 3
Noam Fligelman Philadelphia,PA 204,500 68 4
Mohammad Farah Bensalem PA 360,000 68 5
Lisa Pickell Brick NJ 304,500 68 6
Kris Gmerek Midland Park 276,500 68 7
Dennis Lisovskiy Holland, PA 193,500 68 8
David Inselberg Long Beach, NY 147,500 68 9
Vimy Ha Brooklyn NY 189,000 69 1
Abe  Faroni Philadelphia PA 194,000 69 2
Nicholas Partenope Colonia NJ 68,000 69 3
Phil Lifschitz Livingston NJ 238,000 69 4
Yannis Vitsentzos New York NY 74,000 69 5
Seetal Patel Monmouth Junction NJ 208,000 69 6
Edmond Petrell Lumberton, NJ 315,500 69 7
Linyu Shi China 271,000 69 8
Anatoliy Kim Brooklyn NY 184,500 69 9
Baruch Thaler Brooklyn NY 79,500 70 1
Stephanie Hubbard Hazlet NJ 210,000 70 2
Jennifer So  Galloway NJ 168,000 70 3
Ketan Pandya Piscataway NJ 138,500 70 4
Ronald  Wright Hamilton, NJ 112,000 70 5
Christine Brewer Port Monmouth, NJ 141,000 70 6
James Sansone Fayetteville NY 165,000 70 7
Paul Spitzberg Tenafly NJ 219,000 70 8
Pete Sterns Hamilton NJ 170,000 70 9
Charles  Minter Yardly, PA 96,000 71 1
Kevin Grabel Southampton PA 303,000 71 2
Shankar Pillai New York NY 764,500 71 3
Michael Marder Sewell, NJ 113,500 71 4
EMPTY 71 5
Joseph Galazzo Union NJ 265,000 71 6
Ian Polomo San Antonio TX 115,000 71 7
Gregory Whiting Philadelphia PA 87,000 71 8
Chris Whitall Hainesport, NJ 148,000 71 9
Douglas Franklin Philadelphia,PA 211,000 72 1
Chris Bourassa Leesburg VA 116,500 72 2
Emmanuil igilov Staten Island NY 142,500 72 3
Yuriy Kalantanov Rego Park NY 401,500 72 4
EMPTY 72 5
AJ Denicco Pottstown, PA 301,500 72 6
Mark Funk Hilltown PA 415,000 72 7
Luke  Donato East Hanover NJ 50,500 72 8
Vincent Roazzi New Hope, PA 277,500 72 9
Peter Brickman Philadelphia PA 213,000 73 1
Chetna Joshi Bensalem PA 221,500 73 2
Jia Liu Brooklyn NY 86,000 73 3
Jesse Mercado Brooklyn, NY 191,000 73 4
EMPTY 73 5
Norman Michalek Westfield NJ 37,500 73 6
Gregory Miller Corning, NY 375,500 73 7
Tom Zeitler Amityville NY 204,500 73 8
Lonnie  Heimowitz Monticello, NY 123,500 73 9
Joseph Losialo Freehold, NJ 177,000 74 1
John Mcewen Nazareth, PA 128,000 74 2
Vincent Roazzi New Hope PA 148,500 74 3
Mike  Sandler New York NY 203,000 74 4
EMPTY 74 5
Richard Pyne Turnisville 195,000 74 6
Alan Kraut Doylestown PA 144,000 74 7
Tom Pschar Ringoes NJ 105,000 74 8
Steven  Sarmiento Queens, NY 195,500 74 9
Jeff  Guffinkel Florida 75,000 75 1
Lin  Ding New York NY 183,500 75 2
Michael Drabot Riverside NJ 321,000 75 3
Jake Schindler 109,000 75 4
EMPTY 75 5
Ron LaDuca Cherry Hill NJ 109,000 75 6
Evan Lash Little Neck NY 152,000 75 7
Leanne Rosenblatt Toms River NJ 32,500 75 8
Morgan  Litwin Brookfield, CT 255,000 75 9
Aristides Santana Yonkers, NY 203,500 76 1
Even Kochav Jersey City NJ 351,000 76 2
Alli Schultz New York NY 86,500 76 3
Wayne Kaufmann Smithtown NY 504,500 76 4
EMPTY 76 5
Jared  Jaffee Brooklyn, NY 475,500 76 6
Peter Ippolito East Meadow NY 239,500 76 7
Jason Heaney Philadelphia PA 403,000 76 8
Alyson  Parker Plainsboro NJ 92,000 76 9
Alex Rocha Vagabond 56,000 77 1
Michael Matrone Morganville NJ 461,000 77 2
Matt  Glantz Philadelphia PA 274,000 77 3
L.D. DiGiovanna Brooklyn NY 123,000 77 4
EMPTY 77 5
Georoh Netanelof New York NY 100,200 77 6
Mike  Stucchio Old Bridge,NJ 130,000 77 7
Joel Frank Rocky Hill NJ 100,000 77 8
Chris Ocme Franingham, VA 81,500 77 9
Peter Malkoun Brookhaven PA 51,500 78 1
Kevin  Lutz Belmar, NJ 60,500 78 2
Marvin  Siegel Monroe Twp NJ 273,500 78 3
Jeffrey Schwartz East Windsor NJ 111,500 78 4
EMPTY 78 5
Rajendra Patel Meriden CT 314,000 78 6
Steven Khu Philadelphia PA 145,500 78 7
Chris Adams Clayton NC 108,000 78 8
Matthew Parry Fairport NY 216,000 78 9
Christopher Capone Palmyra PA 729,000 79 1
Alfredo Sosa Paraguay 266,000 79 2
Melissa Burr Brigantine NJ 322,000 79 3
Josh Albin Freeport NY 276,000 79 4
EMPTY 78 5
Michael Azzaro Yonkers NY 413,000 79 6
Anthony Arnieri Lumberton NJ 281,000 79 7
Justin Levy Coral Springs, FL 177,000 79 8
Vinny Pahuja New York NY 74,000 79 9