The dinner break will be coming up at the conclusion of Level 9 at ~5:30 PM. Play will resume at 6:45 PM.
The field is now down to 15 tables and there will be six more levels remaining after dinner. For a look at the schedule and structure for the 300 Main Event, head to parxcasino.com/bigstax. The blog will resume with a fresh look at the top of the standings heading into Level 10.
Mahad is looking for back to back Final Tables in the 300 Main Event after finishing 4th at Big Stax XXIV for $31,788. That became Mahad’s career best score of his $72k in live earnings. Mahad is off to another good Day 1 session in the 300 Main Event and is now working with ~140k midway through Level 8.
Milo is pacing the field early in the 300 Main Event with ~160k heading into Level 7. Milo had an excellent year here at Parx in 2017 finishing 8th in the 300 Main Event for $9,732 and 12th in the 500 Main Event for $5,845. In total, Milo has $93k in live cashes with those two deep runs both landing in his Top 5 best scores.
Burnitz is in clear 2nd place with ~130k heading into Level 7. There are only a couple other stacks over the 100k mark at this stage.
Burnitz boasts nearly $700k in live earnings which came from an excellent run way back in 2012. He took down the WPT Championship Event at Borgata for $488,850 as well as hitting a $79k score in a $1k event that year as well. Burnitz will look to get another major score this weekend at Parx with his best finish at this series currently being a $34th in the 500 Main Event at Big Stax XV.
The 300 Main Event is underway with the first of four opening flights taking place at Parx East. Head to parxcasino.com/bigstax for a look at the full schedule and structure sheet for this week’s event.
The blog will get started with a look at the early leaders heading into Level 7 at ~3:15 PM.
Ryan Tamanini raised on the button to 125k. Arkadiy called. The flop came 6♣3♣5♠. Arkadiy checked and Tamanini bet 125k. Arkadiy moved all-in and Tamanini made the call with 8♣4♣ against Arkadiy’s A♣7♣.
Turn: J♠ River: 9♦
Arkadiy holds with Ace-high and converts his 5-1 advantage into an outright win of the 2500 Main Event.
That hand brings an end to Big Stax XXIV. Thanks to everyone who participated and the schedule for Big Stax XXV, which will be in May, will be released soon. Full results for the 2500 Main Event will be posted soon.
Arkadiy will begin heads-up with a slightly better than 5-1 chip advantage over Ryan Taminini.
Tsinis Arkadiy 9,495,000
Ryan Taminini 1,705,000
Abe Faroni moved all-in on the button for 825k and was called by Ryan Taminini in the big blind.
Faroni 7x7x vs Taminini KJs
Board: AxTx8x4xJx
Abe Faroni is eliminated in 3rd place for $31,714.
It will be Tsinis Arkadiy vs Ryan Taminini heads-up for the title. Exact counts will be available heading into Level 27 in just a few minutes.
Nick Lee raised to 110k from under the gun and was called by Tsinis Arkadiy on the button as well as Abe Faroni in the big blind.
Flop: 4♥7♠3♥ Pot: 375k
Faroni checks. Lee bets 150k. Arkadiy called. Faroni folded.
Turn: 2♦ Pot: 675k
Lee checked. Arkadiy bet 450k. Lee moved all-in for 1.4M and was called.
Lee 10♥7♥ vs Arkadiy 3♦3♠ Pot: 3.475M
River: 4♦
Lee was still drawing live to his flush but the board paired on the end giving Arkadiy a full-house and another elimination at the Final Table. He extends his chip-lead while Faroni and Taminini will have to fight for the opportunity to gets heads-up with Arkadiy.
Nick Lee is eliminated in 4th place for $23,121.
During Level 25, Ryan Taminini found a full double through Abe Faroni with 6x6x against AxKx all-in preflop. The board ran out 9x8x6x8x5x and Taminini escaped the short-stack. After that, the four players stayed fairly even for the remainder of the level. Here’s how the chip-counts look heading into Level 26:
Tsinis Arkadiy opened from the button to 65k and Apter 3-bet from the big blind to 225k. Arkadiy called.
Flop: 9x8x3x
Apter leads for 225k and Arkadiy moved all-in having him covered. Apter made the call and would have TxTx against Arkadiy’s JxTx
Turn: 2x River: Qx
Arkadiy makes his straight on the end and sends Apter to the rail.
Brett Apter is eliminated in 5th place for $17,341.
