Parx Big Stax XXXI

Big Stax 500
Day: 1a
Event Info

Parx Big Stax XXXI

Event Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$440,325
Entries
927
Players Left
927
Average Chip Stack
40,000
Total Chips
37,080,000
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
249
Players Left
45

Keppol Four-Bets Eriquezzo

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Ken Keppol
Ken Keppol

A middle position player opened for 3,500 and Ryan Eriquezzo three-bet to 13,000 from the hijack.

Action was on Ken Keppol who four-bet to 33,000 from the big blind.

The initial raiser mucked his hand and after getting a confirmed amount, Eriquezzo did the same.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
45,000
-34,800
-34,800
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Ryan EriquezzoKen Keppol

Najjar Shows the Nuts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Victor Ramdin opened under the gun for 3,500 and was called by Tony Najjar from middle position, along with the big blind player to see a {7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} flop.

All three players checked wand watched another diamond fall with the {4-Diamonds}.

Action was checked to Ramdin who tossed out 4,500 and Najjar raised to 8,000.

The big blind player folded along with Randin, who tossed {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} into the muck and Najjar tabled {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} as he scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tony Najjar us
Tony Najjar
265,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
68,500
5,300
5,300

Tags: Victor RamdinTony Najjar

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Bishop Squeezes Nice Pot

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ryan Eriquezzo opened for 3,500 from early position and found three-callers before Sean Bishop three-bet all in for 37,500 from the big blind.

Eriquezzo folded along with the player sitting directly to his left and action was on Ken Keppol on the button.

Keppol thought for a few moments then mucked his hand giving Bishop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
79,800
2,900
2,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Sean Bishop us
Sean Bishop
50,000
13,600
13,600

Tags: Sean BishopRyan EriquezzoKeppol

Top-Two for Albay

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Albert Albay
Albert Albay

Guoliang Chen opened under the gun for 2,400 and had four callers that saw a {6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop.

Action was checked to Albert Albay who fired out 5,000 from late position and was called by Chen.

Both players checked the {5-Diamonds} turn to the {a-Clubs} river where Chen check-called Albay's 10,000 bet.

Albay tabled {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for aces-up and that was good enough to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Guoliang Chen us
Guoliang Chen
110,000
-4,200
-4,200
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Albert Albay us
Albert Albay
75,000
29,900
29,900

Tags: Guoliang ChenAlbert Albay

Another Round of Updated Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gilberto Taveras-Garcia us
Gilberto Taveras-Garcia
281,400
281,400
281,400
Profile photo of Harish Gadre us
Harish Gadre
114,300
59,300
59,300
Profile photo of Guoliang Chen us
Guoliang Chen
114,200
39,600
39,600
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of John Tavss us
John Tavss
109,700
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of Kenny Huynh us
Kenny Huynh
91,400
28,500
28,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Justin Mills us
Justin Mills
87,400
87,400
87,400
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
76,900
6,900
6,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of David Kuder us
David Kuder
65,700
28,100
28,100
Profile photo of Alexander Kartveli us
Alexander Kartveli
63,200
-8,200
-8,200
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
63,200
18,200
18,200
Profile photo of Christopher Kusha us
Christopher Kusha
63,200
6,800
6,800
Profile photo of John Forsyth us
John Forsyth
61,400
-8,600
-8,600
Profile photo of Carl Copeland us
Carl Copeland
57,400
22,400
22,400
Profile photo of Jack Lee us
Jack Lee
47,200
26,600
26,600
Profile photo of Albert Albay us
Albert Albay
45,100
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Andrew Porter us
Andrew Porter
42,100
8,100
8,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rena Duong us
Rena Duong
40,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Sean Bishop us
Sean Bishop
36,400
-3,600
-3,600

Some Updated Chip Counts After Break

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lloyd Breuer us
Lloyd Breuer
264,800
51,100
51,100
Profile photo of Robert Link us
Robert Link
250,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Yinglun Xu us
Yinglun Xu
239,800
19,800
19,800
Profile photo of Frank Brannan us
Frank Brannan
220,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ronan Teixeira us
Ronan Teixeira
205,700
97,000
97,000
Profile photo of James Lillis us
James Lillis
175,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Nik Dudi us
Nik Dudi
140,000
-17,400
-17,400
Profile photo of Jamie Giunta us
Jamie Giunta
137,400
-68,000
-68,000
Profile photo of Anthony Masters us
Anthony Masters
122,000
-63,000
-63,000
Profile photo of Menachem Landwirt us
Menachem Landwirt
120,400
-19,600
-19,600
Profile photo of Tam Nguyen us
Tam Nguyen
42,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Giunta Takes from Ramdin

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After no initial raise, Victor Ramdin limped in from the small blind and Jamie Giunta checked her option from the big.

The {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} flop was checked to the {8-Clubs} turn where Ramdin check-called Giunta's 2,000 bet to see the {6-Spades} river complete the board.

Both players checked and Giunta tabled {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts} to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jamie Giunta us
Jamie Giunta
205,400
20,400
20,400
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
45,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Victor RamdinJamie Giunta