Cohen 5th Place: $24,601

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 2:45PM
  • Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 7

Pre flop Jason Cohen moved all in for his final approximately 650k, Mike Ciarlante in the SB moved all in over top and Gibson folded.

Cohen: A6

Ciarlante: KK

The board is no help to Cohen for Ciarlante’s kings to hold up and eliminate Cohen in 5th place for $24,601.

Jason Cohen 5th Place: $24,601

Gibson 6th Place: $18,505

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 3:00PM
  • Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 5

Pre flop Mark-Anthony Gibson moved all in on the button pre flop for his final 515k, called by Jeff Gibson in the BB.

M.A. Gibson: KQ

J. Gibson: 77

Board runs out 3 10 8 10 5 for J. Gibson to hold up and eliminate M.A. Gibson in 6th place for $18,505

Mark-Anthony Gibson 6th Place: $18,505

Winning Coin Flips

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 2:50PM
  • Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 7

Pre flop Jeff Gibson raised to 225k from the cutoff, Boris Vaynberg moved all in for 2.76M and Gibson called.

Gibson: 88

Vaynberg: Ak

Flop: QJ10 to give Vaynberg the nut straight right away which holds to give him the double up

Gould 7th Place: $14,189

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 2:35PM
  • Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 6

Pre flop Mike Ciarlante raised to 200k, Craig Gould moved all in for approx 1.275M and Ciarlante called:

Ciarlante: AA

Gould: 1010

Flop comes out and immediately a 10 peaks to give Gould a set, but followed by an A to give Ciarlante top set.

Turn and river are no help to either for Ciarlante to hold and eliminate Gould in 7th place for $14,189

Craig Gould 7th place: $14,189

Fireworks First Hand Back From Break

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 2:30PM
  • Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 7

First hand back from break Bob Rickards raised to 250k pre flop, action folded around to Craig Gould in the big blind who moved all in, and Rickards snap called.

Gould: QQ

Rickards: AK

Board ran out A high giving Rickards a pair of aces for a quick double up and leaving Gould with about 10 big blinds.

Final 7 Chip Counts

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 2:15PM
  • On Break Next Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 7

The final 7 are on break; updated chip counts below:

TableSeatFirstLastChip Count
111Mark-AnthonyGibson1.84M
112MikeCiarlante14.045M
114CraigGould2.5M
115JeffGibson8.75M
117BorisVaynberg2.86M
118JasonCohen1.47M
119BobRickards1.53M

River to the Rescue

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 2:00PM
  • Level 27: 40,000/80,000/80,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 7

Pre flop Jeff Gibson raised to 180k, Boris Vaynberg moves all in for 1.075m and Gibson calls.

Gibson: 33

Vaynberg: AQ

Board runs out: 6 K 9 Vaynberg starts to stand up ready to exit

Turn: 5

River: Qd giving Vaynberg a pair of queens to win the hand and double up.

Barber 8th Place: $10,898

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 1:05PM
  • Level 27: 50,000/100,000/100,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 7

UTG+1 Brett Barber raised, called by Mike Ciarlante in the SB.

Flop: KS6h8c Ciarlante checks and Barber bets and Ciarlante calls

Turn: 8h Ciarlante checks, Barber bets and Ciarlante calls

River: 7d Ciarlante checks, Barber bets 1.1M Ciarlante goes all in, Barber tanks and calls with just over 5M in chips behind

Ciarlante shows his pocket 6’s for sixes full of 8’s and Ciarlante shows KK for Kings full of eights to win another massive pot and elimate Barber in 8th place for

Brett Barber 8th Place: $10,898

Yu 9th Place: $8,632

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 12:35PM
  • Level 26: 30,000/60,000/60,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 8

Pre flop Yu Bing raised to 165k called by Mike Ciarlante.

Flop: Q 3 9 Ciarlante checks Yu bets 260k and Ciarlante calls

Turn: 5 Ciarlante checks, Yu bets 650k, Ciarlante raises to 1.3m, Yu goes all in for about 4M and Ciarlante calls and has him covered

Yu: KK

Ciarlante: 99 for a set of 9’s

River: 5 giving Ciarlante a full house to win the hand and eliminate Yu in 9th place for $8,632.

Bing Yu 9th place: $8,632