Gibson Over 2M in Chips

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 8:30PM
  • Level 23: 15,000/30,000/30,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 27

UTG+1 pre flop Emily Son raised to 65k, Jeff Gibson re raised in the BB to 200k and Sun called.

Flop: Kc4d8d Gibson checked, Sun bet 130k and Gibson called

Turn: 7h both players check

River: 10h Gibson bets 210k and Sun folds

Jeff Gibson is no stranger to Parx Big Stax tournaments and has several cashes including winning last years Big Stax mystery bounty. With this recent pot Gibson has officially crossed 2 million in chips.

Jeff Gibson

Chip Count Update

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 8:30PM
  • On Break Next Level 23: 15,000/30,000/30,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 27

Michael Ciarlante has managed to hold on to his chip lead and run his stack up to just over 3.5M. 2nd in chips with about 2.6M is Boris Vaynberg. While a couple players are just under 2m chips the average stack is approximately 1.2M in chips which averages out to a still very healthy 40 big blinds making it anyone’s game.

Boris Vaynberg

Dinner Break

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 7:30PM
  • On Break Next Level 23: 15,000/30,000/30,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 27

The final 27 players are on a 60 minute dinner break. Play will resume at 8:20pm.

Places 28th-36th: $2,859

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 7:00PM
  • Level 22: 15,000/25,000/25,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 27
28MichaelBohmerwald$2,859Westfield, NJ
29KeithWarren$2,859Jamison, PA
30NikolaCuranovic$2,859Bronx, NY
31BrianLombard$2,859Hawley, PA
32JohnOsullivan$2,859Cold Spring, NY
33DeybiCrucey$2,859Yonkers, NY
34MatthewSedacca$2,859Jersey City, NJ
35MikeGao$2,859Roslyn, NY
36JhordySanchez$2,859Morristown, NJ

Making Use of the “One Time”

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 6:55PM
  • Level 22: 15,000/25,000/25,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 28

A couple hands after short stack Keith Warren doubled up his final 155k with KQhh vs pocket 3’s held by Robert Rickards, Warren raised his small blind to 155k and Steven Lerner in the big blind moved all in for about double his stack, and Warren called.

Warren: AK

Lerner: KQ

Well behind pre, Lerner called out “one time” and the flop came Q high. With no ace on the turn or river, Warren is eliminated in 29th place for $2,859.

L to R Robert Rickards, Keith Warren 29th place: $2859, Steve Lerner

Places 37th-45th: $2,374

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 5:40PM
  • Level 21: 10,000/20,000/20,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 36
37MatthewCerbone$2,374West Harrison, NY
38ConnorBerkowitz$2,374Camden, NJ
39MichaelDorff$2,374Royersford, PA
40VincentStanziale$2,374North Arlington, NJ
41DusanStarevic$2,374Serbia
42XingangWang$2,374Hamilton, NJ
43ThomasTokar$2,374Bayonne, NJ
44CoryFowser$2,374Newark, DE
45JosePereira$2,374Langhorne, PA
Dusan Starevic 41st Place: $2,374
Connor Berkowitz 38th Place: $2,374

Gibson On a Heater

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 5:30PM
  • Level 21: 10,000/20,000/20,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 44

Pre flop in the hijack, Connor Berkowitz raised to 40k, called by Mark-Anthony Gibson in the small blind and Steven Lerner in the big blind.

Flop: 9c3d3c the blinds check, Berkowitz leads for 75k, Gibson goes all in for about 350k and Berkowitz calls with about 100k behind.

Berkowitz: KK

Gibson: A3

Turn and river are no help to either player for Gibson to hold up and leave Berkowitz with about 5 big blinds.

A couple hands later Gibson hit a back door club flush and was able to get paid off on an oversized river bet for about 175k vs Dusan Starevic who had flopped top pair with the nut spade draw. Gibson currently has about 1.5 million in chips.

Mark Gibson (L) Steven Lerner (R)

Places 46th-54th: $2,104

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 5:05PM
  • Level 21: 10,000/20,000/20,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 45
46MaxPinnola$2,104Phliadelphia, PA
47RafaelPolanco$2,104Brooklyn, NY
48VincentPistorino$2,104Bronx, NY
49DavidMacissac$2,104Tenafly, NJ
50JohnErickson$2,104Redington Springs, FL
51KevinJohnson$2,104Bridgewater, NJ
52AnthonyElmo$2,104Morgantown, PA
53MarcusBanks$2,104Collingdale, PA
54VittorioAbbate$2,104Colts Neck, NJ

Shoutout from Nono

  • Parx Big Stax 750 XXXVII 4:20PM
  • Level 20: 10,000/15,000/15,000
  • Total Entries: 830
  • Players Remaining: 53

Parx regular, Vittorio Abbate was short stacked and went all in pre flop for his final 190k with 33 but ran into pocket Jacks which held up. Abbate on just one buy in, takes 54th place for $2,104. Abbate wanted to give a shoutout to his 4 yr old granddaughter who made Nono his lucky bracelet.

Vittorio Abbate 54th Place: $2,104