73 entries, $21,535 prize pool
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize $ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Bennett | $7,106 | New York, NY |
| 2 | David | Wheeler | $4,630 | Hamilton, NJ |
| 3 | Chi | Jeon | $2,800 | Seoul, South Korea |
| 4 | Byung | Kim | $2,154 | North wales, PA |
| 5 | John | Malczan | $1,615 | Hamilton Township, ,NJ |
| 6 | Eric | Wang | $1,292 | Novi, MI |
| 7 | Felix | Levitsky | $1,077 | Feasterville Trevose, PA |
| 8 | Thomas | Hannon | $861 | Philadelphia, PA |
Congratulations to all of our winners this Big Stax series. Big Stax XXXVI wraps up tomorrow with a $340 buy in Pot limit omaha event in the poker room at 5:15pm. November Big stax will return for a $750 buy in $250,000 guarantee tournament November 5-10th. Satellite tournaments will be held the week prior to win entries to the event.
Derek Sudell is the Big stax 2500 XXXVI champion. Sudell is originally from Connecticut and now resides in New Jersey. Sudell plays poker for a living and when he’s not on the felt he’s spending time at home with his precious 5 month old baby girl. Congratulations on a well fought victory!
Pre flop Joe “Worm” Palma raised to 125k and Derek Sudell called.
Flop: 7c4s2d Sudell checked, Worm bet 75k and Sudell called
Turn: 3d Sudell checked, Worm bet 275k Sudell raised to 825k, and Worm moved all in for approximately 3M and Sudell called
Sudell A5ss for a straight
Worm: 77 for top set with one card to come has 10 outs for the river to pair for a boat or quads
River: Qd no help to Worm and he is eliminated in 2nd place for $33,120
Worm put up quite the fight for nearly 2.5 hours in heads up play and as he put it, “Derek, you may win, but you’re gonna feel like you went 15 rounds with Tyson.”
| Seat | First | Last | Chip Count |
| 4 | Derek | Sudell | 4.945M |
| 7 | Joseph | Palma | 2.26M |
The hands have started to go in Derek Sudell’s favor the last 15 mins or so. Recently Sudell raised on the button to 80k and Joe “Worm” Palma called.
Flop: 2d8d9d Worm bets 60k and Sudell calls
TurnL 9c both players check
River 10c Worm checks, Sudell bets 360k and Worm calls
Sudell turns over his 67 for a rivered straight and Worm mucks his cards
Pre flop, Joe “Worm” Palma raised to 80k from the button, Derek Sudell re-raised to 330k and Worm called.
Flop: 2h9hJd Sudell checks Worm bets 180k and Sudell calls
Turn: Kd both players check
River: 8h Sudell checks, Worm bets 435k and Sudell calls
Worm shows 710cc for a straight and Sudell mucks his cards.
Worm has made some traction the first part of heads up play and picked up several pots vs Derek Sudell. He recently crossed the 2M chip mark to close the gap of Sudells 5 to 1 chip lead to about 2.5 to 1.
Heads up Play has begun with Derek Sudell having about a 5 to 1 chip lead on Joe “Worm” Palma
| Seat | First | Last | Chip Count |
| 4 | Derek | Sudell | 5.94M |
| 7 | Joseph | Palma | 1.26M |
Pre flop Derek Sudell raised to 60k, Dillon Ott re-raised to 180k, Sudell went all in, and Ott called for his final approx 800k.
Sudell: A9
Ott: QQ
The flop immediately gave Sudell 2 pair and held to win the hand and eliminate Ott in 3rd Place for $20,286
