- Big Stax XXII 500 Main Event 12:40 PM
- Level 17 (3000/6000/1000)
- Total Entries: 1445
- Players Left: 216
- Average Stack: 267,000

Rich Alati is settling in for a long session of poker after coming into Day 2 with 423k. He has already worked his stack up to ~600k, about 100 big blinds during Level 17.
Alati primarily plays tournaments in Vegas and has yet to record a cash on the East Coast. In total, he has ~$187k in career earnings with his largest cash coming from the $1500 Monster Stack at the 2015 WSOP. He finished in 15th for $72,139 in that event and he now turns to the premier tournament series on the East Coast in search of another major score to add to his resume.