We had 183 entries for Thursday’s Day 1a of our Big Stax 750 event. 29 players bagged chips and will return on Sunday for Day 2. Here’s a list sorted by chip count:

This coming week will include the Big Stax 750 with the main event 1500 event starting Friday August 14th. Upcoming events for this week are below. For a full list of events and structures visit: https://www.parxcasino.com/bensalem/big-stax

Date	Time	Event	Buy In +Fee
Thursday, Aug 6	10:00AM	Big Stax 750: Day1A	$750
Friday, Aug 7	10:00AM	Big Stax 750: Day1B	$750
Saturday, Aug 8	10:00AM	Big Stax 750: Day1C	$750
Sunday, Aug 9	11:00 AM	Big Stax 750: Day 2	$750
Sunday, Aug 9	3:15 PM	Satellite to Big Stax 1500 (Seat +cash)	$340
Monday, Aug 10	12:00PM	Big Stax 750 Final Day	$750
Monday, Aug 10	5:15PM	Satellite to Big Stax 1500	$230
Tuesday, Aug 11	10:15AM	Limit H.O.S.E	$500

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 5:10PM
• Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: Play Complete

With his Aggro Fish book in hand, David Porter came into day 2 with a confidence you could feel even before the final table. Porter has spent a little less than a year intensely studying and improving his game, and in over 30 yrs of playing having his most successful year. In December of 2025 he had his largest win when he took down the WPT senior event for $130,000, and today marks his second largest cash for $75,073 and a Big Stax trophy.

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 5:10PM
• Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: Play Complete

Heading into heads up playing David Porter had close to a 7 to 1 chip lead on Joe Kline. A couple hands in Porter called on the button, Kline raised to 500K and Porter called.

Flop: A♥Q♥2♣ Kline goes all in for 2.55M and Porter calls.

Kline: 88

Porter: Q♠6♠

Turn: A♦

River: 5♦ for Porter’s pair of Queens to hold up to win the hand and the Big Stax 500 XXXIX title.

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 5:05PM
• Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: 2

Pre flop Ihar Mazyrka raised to 400k, Porter moved all in, and Mazryka called for his final 2.5M.

Mazyrka: A6

Porter: 77

Board ran out 8 10 2 7 4 for a set for Porter to win the hand and eliminate Mazyrka in 3rd place for $29,040.

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 5:00PM
• Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: 3

Pre flop David Porter raised to 400k and Akash Patel moved all in for 2.875M and Porter called.

Patel: AK

Porter: 1010

Board: 2 J 9 J 8 for Porter’s 10’s to hold up and knock Patel out in 4th place for $21,296

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 4:55PM
• Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: 4

Pre flop on the button Joe Kline raised to 400k, Ihar Mazyrka went all in for his final 2.175M and Kline called.

Mazyrka: A♣Q♥

Kline: 3♥3♠

Board runs out: 10♥7♣8♣ K♣ A♠ for Mazyrka to double up with a pair of Aces.

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 4:45PM
• Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: 4

Less than 10 minutes into level 31 and David Porter immediately took down some smaller pots and was back up to 7M in chips.

On the button, Porter raised pre flop, Joe Kline re raised in the BB to 1M , Porter moved all in and Kline called.

Kline: QQ

Porter: A♦10♦

Board ends up running out to give Porter trip Aces to win the hand and take back the chip lead.

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 4:30PM
• On Break Next Level 31: 100,000/200,000/200,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: 4

Despite being short these last 2 levels, Ihar Mazyrka has managed to make the final 4 players. Joe Kline has taken a major chip lead with over double that of Akash Patel who is now second in chips.

Table	Seat	First	Last	Chip Count
11	2	Joe	Kline	12.725M
11	4	Ihar	Mazyrka	2.375M
11	6	David	Porter	4.3M
11	9	Akash	Patel	5.375M

• Parx Big Stax 500 XXXIX 4:20PM
• Level 30: 75,000/150,000/150,000
• Total Entries: 876
• Players Remaining: 4

The last hand before break David Porter raised to 400k, and Akash Patel called in the BB.

Flop: J♦7♥10♣ both players check

Turn: 6♥ Patel leads for 500k and Porter calls

River: 5♥ Patel bets 1M leaving approximately 575k left behind, Porter thinks then makes the calls.

Patel: 9♥10♥ for the flush and Porter mucks his cards.