Our May Big Stax series is almost upon us. Big Stax 750 and 1500 Day 1s will take place in the event center. All other events will be held inside the main poker room. More details can be found at http://parxcasino.com/bigstax . Here is a full schedule of events:

Day Date Time Buyin & Fee Event

Mon 4/21/25 6:15 PM $230 Black Chip Bounty Satellite to Big Stax $750
Thu 4/24/25 11:15 AM $560 NL Hold’em Survivor ($5,000 winners)
Fri 4/25/25 11:15 AM $340 Satellite to Big Stax 750 & 1500
Sun 4/27/25 11:15 AM $340 Sunday Daily: Mystery Bounty
Thu 5/1/25 10:00 AM $750 Big Stax 750 : Day 1a*
Fri 5/2/25 10:00 AM $750 Big Stax 750 : Day 1b*
Sat 5/3/25 10:00 AM $750 Big Stax 750 : Day 1c*
Sun 5/4/25 11:00 AM $750 Big Stax 750 : Day 2
Mon 5/5/25 12:00 PM $750 Big Stax 750 : Final Day
Mon 5/5/25 12:15 PM $1,060 NL Hold’em : w/Mystery Bounty (8-handed)
Wed 5/7/25 10:15 AM $340 NL Hold’em : Seniors (50+) Event
Thu 5/8/25 10:00 AM $1,500 Big Stax 1500 : Day 1a (8-handed)*
Fri 5/9/25 10:00 AM $1,500 Big Stax 1500 : Day 1b (8-handed)*
Sat 5/10/25 11:00 AM $1,500 Big Stax 1500 : Day 2 (8-handed)
Sun 5/11/25 Mother’s Day
Mon 5/12/25 12:00 PM $1,500 Big Stax 1500 : Final Day (8-handed)
Mon 5/12/25 12:15 PM $1,060 NL Hold’em : Purple Chip Bounty
Wed 5/14/25 5:15 PM $340 Pot Limit Omaha

We’ve added a $340 NL Hold’em tournament with mystery bounties to our daily tournament offerings, which will run weekly on Sunday afternoons at 11:15 AM. For every 50 players, $5,000 will be removed from the prize pool and distributed as mystery bounties in the following amounts: $2,500, $1,000, $500, $500, $100, $100, $100, $100, and $100. We got off to a great start on Sunday, March 9, with 210 entries. A total of $20,000 in mystery bounties were in play, including four $2,500 prizes. First place paid out $11,628. You can find structure sheets and our weekly schedule at parxcasino.com/poker .

Here are the results from Sunday, March 9 that reflect a deal made among the final 5 players.

Total Entries : 137

Prize Pool (less bounties) : $40,415

Total Entries : 122

Prize Pool (less bounties) : $57,340

1 Jeff Gibson $14,029 Blue Bell, PA
2 Michael Hager $14,028 Norwood, PA
3 Glenn Macartney $7,047 Philadelphia, PA
4 Manh Nguyen $5,138 Pittsburgh, PA
5 Charles Furey $3,853 Bridgewater, NJ
6 James Kohl $2,913 Warren, VT
7 Luvigji Nikci $2,259 Bronx, NY
8 Steven Christopher $1,703 Drescher, NY
9 Bruce Roeloffs $1,462 Hamilton, NJ
10 Lakisha Slaughter $1,296 Fairburn, GA
11 Michael Buonanno $1,204 Doylestown, PA
12 Armine Mandjian $1,204 East Brunswick, NJ
13 Istvan Szabo $1,204 Edison, NJ

• Parx Big Stax XXXIV 1500 5:00PM
• Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000
• Total Entries: 542
• Players Remaining: 8

Brett Weinstein opened from the cutoff to 140k the Sergio Benso and John Botticello both call from the blinds.

Flop: 34Jdd Benso bets 130k Botticello calls and Weinstein folds.

Turn: Ad Benso leads for 315K Botticello tanks and makes the call

River: 2d Benso bets 315K Botticello quickly makes the call

Benso: KhKd for the nut flush

Botticello: As5d for a lower flush to lose the hand and leaves him short stacked.

• Parx Big Stax XXXIV 1500 7:15pm
• Level 22: 10,000/20,000/20,000
• Total Entries: 542
• Players Remaining: 27

Pre flop past Big Stax Winner, Greg Himmelbrand, raised, Will “the Thrill” Failla 3 bet, and Himmelbrand moved all in for nearly 500k and Failla called.

Himmelbrand: AcAs

Failla: AhAd

Pre flop the 2 will chop this hand about 95% of the time with only a 4 flush possibility to crack the other happening about 2% of the time. The flop was all red with 2 hearts and a diamond and the turn and river were both hearts to give Will a flush to win the hand and eliminate Himmelbrand in 28th place for $4,570.

Out of 542 total entries, 145 players will return Sunday morning to compete for a share of the $737K prize pool, with first place taking home $159K. Table draws have been posted below. Thank you to everyone who participated—we’ll be providing regular updates tomorrow and Monday!