• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 11:30PM
• Level 25: 25,000/50,000/50,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 11

Just coming back from break at the start of level 25 Mike Ciarlante had managed to accumulate over 7m in chips and his lead has only continued coming into level 25.

Pre flop Kat Khaterzai raised to 130k and Ciarlante called in the BB

Flop: A63 Ciarlante leads out 120k, Kat raises to 250k and Ciarlante calls

Turn: K Ciarlante bets 500k and Kat calls

River: 3 Ciarlante bets 500k and Kat calls

Ciarlante shows 3♠4♠ for trip 3’s Kat shows an A and mucks her other card

A few hands later Ciarlante hits a set of 5’s vs Patrick Martorella to win another fairly large pot and now has about 9.7M chips of the remaining approx. 25.76M chips in play.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:56PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 11

Despite surviving a chop with A4 vs AQ to Craig Gould where he was all in pre for 150k, Brian Gelman went out to anonymous aka Michael G with his A5 vs KQ.

Board: J 10 X X A to give Michael G the nut straight to knock out Gelman in 12th place for $5,567.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:54PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 12

Christopher Jacobelli just moved all in pre flop for about 600k and called by chip leader, Mike Ciarlante.

Jacobelli: A4

Ciarlante: AQ

Jacobelli got no help from the board for Ciarlante’s kicker to play to win the hand and knock out Jacobelli in 13th place for $4,395.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:52PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 12

Pre flop, Kat Khaterzai raised to 80k and Brian “Giants Brian” Deutschmeister called from the big blind

Flo: 8♠8♣5♣ Giants Brian checks, Kat bets 100k, Brian moves all in for 460k and Kat calls

Kat: A5

K8

Board runs out 3 K for Giants Brian to hit a full house to win the hand and double up

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:45PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 13

6 Handed Mike Ciarlante raised UTG to 40k and called by Kat Khaterzai on the button and Meir Becker and Joe Reddick in the blinds.

Flop: Q♣6♦9♠ blinds check and Ciarlante bets 135k and Khaterzai calls and the blinds fold.

Turn: 2♦ both players check

River: Q♠ Ciarlante bets 185k, and Khaterzai calls with KJ for King high.

Ciarlante shows his A♥8♥ with Ace high to win the hand

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:30PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 13

Pre Flop Yuriy Kurdynskyy moved all in for less than 10BB and was called by Mike Ciarlante.

Kurdynskyy: A5

Ciarlante: 55 which held up to knock out Kurdynskyy in 14th place for $4,395

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:05PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 14

Pre flop Nathan Thrush raised to 275k leaving just 40k behind, Mortarella in the blinds made the call.

Flop: K107 Mortarella bets to cover Thrush and Thrush quickly calls

Mortarella: A10

Thrush: Q10

Thrush needs a Q or running straight cards and neither come for Mortarella’s kicker to play and eliminate Thrush in 15th place for $4,395.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 10:00PM
• Level 24: 20,000/40,000/40,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 15

Pre flop Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan open jammed all in for about 350k and Brian Deutschmeister went all in over top and action folded around.

Deutschmeister: AQ

Sivaramakrishnan: AJ he gets no help from the board and is eliminated in 17th place for $3,558.

A couple hands later Gilberto Solano went all in pre flop for about 400k and called by Patrick Mortarella.

Solano: 33

Mortarella: JJ

Jacks held up for Mortarella and Solano took 16th place for $3.558.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 9:50PM
• Level 23: 15,000/30,000/30,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 17

UTG+1 Brian Gelman raised to 60k, Rishi Mehta went all in for 495k, and Gelman called.

Mehta: 99

Gelman: AQ

The board runs out no help to Gelman for Mehta’s pocket nines to hold and get the double up and leave Gelman with about 650k in chips.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 9:45PM
• Level 23: 15,000/30,000/30,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 17

Pre flop action folded around to Gilberto Solano in the SB who just called, David Zemel raised to 100k, Solano moved all in, covering Zemel’s 985k which he called.

Solano: AQ

Zemel: KK

Board is no help for Solano and Zemel gets the double up to stay alive.