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

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): End Of Day 1C Chip Counts

Day 1C
Total Players: 275		Players Left: 66	Day Chip Avg: 208,300
First Name	Last Name	Hometown	Chip Count
Shankar	Pillai	New York NY	764,500
Christopher	Capone	Palmyra PA	729,000
Wayne	Kaufmann	Smithtown NY	504,500
Michael	Dentale	Brooklyn NY	470,000
Joel	Gola	Philadelphia PA	453,500
Mark	Funk	Hilltown PA	415,000
Michael	Azzaro	Yonkers NY	413,000
Yuriy	Kalantanov	Rego Park NY	401,500
Mohammad	Farah	Bensalem PA	360,000
Melissa	Burr	Brigantine NJ	322,000
Lisa	Pickell	Brick NJ	304,500
Kevin	Grabel	Southampton PA	303,000
Alex	Zaverukha	Newtown PA	284,000
Anthony	Arnieri	Lumberton NJ	281,000
Kris	Gmerek	Midland Park	276,500
Josh	Albin	Freeport NY	276,000
Steven	Thorton	Springfield	275,000
Matt	Glantz	Philadelphia PA	274,000
Alfredo	Sosa	Paraguay	266,000
Joseph	Galazzo	Union NJ	265,000
Michael	Rocco	California	249,000
Manh	Nguyen	Pittsburgh PA	244,500
Phil	Lifschitz	Livingston NJ	238,000
Wes	Wyvill	Alexandria VA	232,000
Chetna	Joshi	Bensalem PA	221,500
Matthew	Parry	Fairport NY	216,000
Peter	Brickman	Philadelphia PA	213,000
Stephanie	Hubbard	Hazlet NJ	210,000
Tom	Zeitler	Amityville NY	204,500
Luis	Diaz	Hazleton PA	196,000
Vimy	Ha	Brooklyn NY	189,000
Anatoliy	Kim	Brooklyn NY	184,500
Yao	Wu	New York NY	173,000
James	Sansone	Fayetteville NY	165,000
Evan	Lash	Little Neck NY	152,000
Steven	Khu	Philadelphia PA	145,500
Alan	Kraut	Doylestown PA	144,000
Emmanuil	igilov	Staten Island NY	142,500
Ketan	Pandya	Piscataway NJ	138,500
Malik	Adawi	San Diego PA	130,500
Spiros	Stathakis	Astoria NY	125,500
Jebhar	Patterson	Tampa FL	124,000
I.G.	McKenzie	Baltimore MD	123,000
L.D.	DiGiovanna	Brooklyn NY	123,000
Chris	Bourassa	Leesburg VA	116,500
Ian	Polomo	San Antonio TX	115,000
Jeffrey	Schwartz	East Windsor NJ	111,500
Ron	LaDuca	Cherry Hill NJ	109,000
Tom	Pschar	Ringoes NJ	105,000
Joel	Frank	Rocky Hill NJ	100,000
Pierre	Deissler	Mt. Laurel NJ	92,500
Alyson	Parker	Plainsboro NJ	92,000
Eric	Warming	Hockessin DE	92,000
Alli	Schultz	New York NY	86,500
Jia	Liu	Brooklyn NY	86,000
Jeff	Guffinkel	Florida	75,000
Yannis	Vitsentzos	New York NY	74,000
Vinny	Pahuja	New York NY	74,000
Nicholas	Partenope	Colonia NJ	68,000
Onofrio	Reina	Elizabeth NJ	67,500
Marcin	Podbielski	Bellerose NY	62,000
Alex	Rocha	Vagabond	56,000
Igor	Gonta	New York NY	54,500
Luke	Donato	East Hanover NJ	50,500
Norman	Michalek	Westfield NJ	37,500
Leanne	Rosenblatt	Toms River NJ	32,500

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Fireworks

Maybe it's because we just mentioned that something big needed happen in order for Chris Capone not to bag the chip lead?  Sure enough in a pot during the last four hands of the night, we had a three way hand between Jack Duong, Shankar Pialli, and Player X.  With a shove of 86,000 and a call from Jack Duong, Pialli re-shoved for over 300,000 (having Jack covered).  Duong tanked for a while, and decided to put his remaining 190,000 at risk.  The hands would be tabled:

Duong: Q Q       Pialli: A K        Player X: A 3

Flop: K 8 6

Turn: 2

River: 6

Shankar would bag the chip lead after that hand with 714,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): #Boss

Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 (Total Entries: 517)

Chris Capone & Matt Glantz

The chip leader at the end of the night, pending some true fireworks should be Chris Capone.  Matt Glantz (who's to his direct left) was overheard saying that he has played six huge pots in the last level and won all of them.  Capone is up over 600,000 and it's now just a question of what he'll bag over the next 4 hands.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): End Of Night

The tournament floor will announce the final amount of hands with 10:00 on the clock, and players will then bag and tag their chips for tomorrow.  

Players returning for Day 2 will resume play at 12:00pm.

End of Day 1C chip counts as well Day 2 table draws will be posted by 2:30am.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Updated Chip Counts

Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 (Total Entries: 516)

Here are updated chip counts from after the break:

Wayne Kaufmann - 540,000
Mike Dentale - 500,000
Mark Funk - 500,000
Melissa Burr - 390,000
Steve Thorton - 330,000
Matt Glantz - 315,000
Shankar Pialli - 310,000
Jack Duong - 280,000

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Final Break

Players are on their final break of the night and will return to play Level 15, then bag (blinds 2,000/4,000/500).

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Showers

Level 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 (Total Entries: 515)

The list of players to bust and not re-enter continues to grow, while some really late entries pile in as well.  Here are some of the players we lost:

Mike Shasho
Bob Brady
Sam Taylor
Chris VanDeursen
Taylor Honkofsky

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Level Going Up

Level 14 is about to begin with blinds increasing to 1,500/3,000/300.  There 513 entries which doubles the guarantee that this event had, another great turnout for the Big Stax main trophy event.

At the conclusion of this level the players will go on their last break of the night, and return to finish Level 15 and bag.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Chip Leaders In Action

Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 (Total Entries: 509)

Here are a few of our chip leaders in action:

Shankar Pillai (270,000)

Jack Duong (230,000)

Mike Dentale (400,000)

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Right Before Break

Level 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 (Total Entries: 507)

Only a few minutes before break we walked over to Table 65, as Jason Rivkin was in the tank for a decision which would be for all his chips.  After Nicholas Palma opened the pot pre, both the small blind and big blind called (Rivkin was in the big).   The flop came out K 9 9 and both blinds checked to Palma, who fired out a bet.  The small blind check raised, and Rivkin three bet to 24,000.  Palma then four bet to 50,000 and the player in the small blind five bet all-in for 76,000.  Rivkin had just below that number, and after a few minutes in the tank decided to make the call.  Palma would fold behind and the two hands would be tabled:

Flop: K 9 9

Rivkin: A 9        Player X: J 9

Turn: 6

River: 4

Rivkin would leave his opponent crippled, while doubling up to over 150,000.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Break Time

Level 12 is about to end and players will be going on a (15) minute break.  When they return to play the blinds will be up to 1,200/2,400/300.

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 is about to begin with blinds going up to 1,000/2,000/300.  Here are some updated counts as of the end of Level 11:

Mike Dentale - 320,000
Steve Thorton - 235,000
Shankar Pillai - 220,000
Matt Glantz - 180,000
Joel Gola - 175,000
Jack Duong - 170,000
Kevin Grabel - 160,000
Alyson Parker - 160,000
Nicholas Palma - 155,000
Norman Michalek - 140,000
Alex Rocha - 120,000

Big Stax 1000 (Day 1C): Burr-ying The Field

Level 11 - Blinds 800/1,600/200 (Total Entries: 499)

As the field grows to 500, we see some of our later arrivals building above average stacks.  Melissa Burr (Brigantine, NJ) just busted a player to build her stack to just over 230,000, while Jack Duong (South Plainfield, NJ) has also quickly built a starting stack to over 160,000.