• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 10:10PM
•  Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 31

With about 13 Big Blinds UTG Adam La Greca open shoves pre flop all in for 330k. Action folds around to Thomas Laviano who calls from the cutoff.

Players showdown their hands:

LaGreca: 1010

Laviano:JJ

Flop: K45 (Rainbow)

Turn: Ax with just two outs and one card to come, La Greca stands up not looking very hopeful

River: 10 gives La Greca a set to save him from elimination and instead gets a double up.

Thomas Laviano (Standing): Adam La Greca

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 9:35PM
•  Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 36

Place Name $ Hometown

37 Allyn Marshall $2,560 Deal, NJ
38 Andrew Carnevale $2,560 Oreland, PA
39 MIchael Belov $2,560 Miami, FL
40 Richard Auteri 2nd $2,560 East Brunswick, NJ
41 Richard Hartman $2,560 Richboro, PA
42 Matthew Sandel $2,560 Metuchen, NJ
43 Mykhailo Lendel $2,560 Brooklyn, NY
44 Jeffrey Gibson $2,560 Blue Bell, PA

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 8:55PM
•  Level 22: 10,000/20,000/20,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 44

Pre-flop Christoph Csik raises to about 190k, Christopher Moyer flats, and the action folds around to Brian Gelman who goes all in for about 600k, Csik calls for less with about 220k, and Moyer calls covering both players.

Players showdown their hands

Csik: Q♦Q♠

Gelman: K♣K♦

Moyer: A♦A♥

Board runs out: 6♥7♠J♥10♥ 2♣ for Moyer’s aces to hold and he knocks out both Csik and Gelman

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 8:55PM
•  Level 22: 10,000/20,000/20,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 44

Place Name Win Hometown

46 Christoph Csik $2,203 Martinsville, NJ
47 James Lillis $2,203 Robbinsville, NJ
48 Max Pinnola $2,203 Philadelphia, PA
49 Xingang Wang $2,203 Hamilton, NJ
50 Joseph Fasano $2,203 Glenside, PA
51 Tony Sinishtaj $2,203 Manalapan, NJ
52 Mijael Meza-Rivera $2,203 Galloway, NJ
53 Kenneth Rubin $2,203 Hillsborough, NJ
54 Mikhail Kazakevich $2,203 Richboro, PA

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 8:40PM
•  Level 22: 10,000/20,000/20,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 48

UTG+1 Shalom Forst raises to 40k, action folds around to Vince Solomon who re-raises to 105k, folds back to Forst who 4-bets to 450k, and Solomon then moves all in. Forst has the bets pulled in to get a full count which is an additional 735k to make the call. He thinks for a few minutes until the folded big blind eventually calls the clock on him. In the 10 second countdown Forst announces fold, and Solomon takes in the 500k in preflop chips without having to sweat the board.

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 7:45PM
•  Level 21: 10,000/15,000/15,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 54

Pre-flop Luis Yepez raised mid position and got called by Marco Vasile in the cutoff and Jench Chwen Chang in the BB.

Flop: 2♦2♣7♥ Chang bets 25k; Yepez and Vasile both call

Turn Q♦ Chang leads again for 25k and Yepez moves all in over top for 420k. Vasile tanks for a few minutes and Yepez calls clock on his action. Before the floor has a chance to make it to the table, Vasile then makes the call, and Chang folds.

Players showdown their cards:

Vasile: A♥Q♥

Yepez: A♣4♣

Yepez is drawing dead and the river comes out a 5♠. Yepez is knocked out in 55th place for $1965 and Vasile extends his chip lead and now has about 2.2 million total in chips.

(Left): Luis Yepez (Right): Marco Vasile (Right): Jench Chwen Chang

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 7:45PM
•  Level 21: 10,000/15,000/15,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 54

Place Name Payout Hometown

55 Luis Yepez Carmona $1,965 La Palma, CA
56 Neil Burke $1,965 Smithtown, NY
57 Daniel Lim $1,965 West Berlin, NJ
58 Francis Petrillo $1,965 Union, NJ
59 Robert Brobyn $1,965 Blue Bell, PA
60 MIchael Goldberg $1,965 Newtown, PA
61 Pavlo Tkach $1,965 Philadelphia, PA
62 Fredrick Knecht $1,965 Croydon, PA
63 Peter Mehr $1965 Milltown, NJ

This last level 2 of the top 3 chip leaders to start the day were knocked out. Neil Burke had gotten short earlier and moved all in pre flop with his final 40k in chips Q♥J♥ and called by the big blind with 96 off. A 9 came on the flop and held to knock Burke out in 56th Place for $1965.

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 5:45PM
•  On Break Next Level 21: 10,000/15,000/15,000
• Total Entries:916
• Players Remaining: 63

The remaining 63 players are on a 75 minute dinner break. All of the 1k orange chips will be colored up while on break. Play will resume at 7:00pm. After dinner the field will play another 4 levels (through Level 25) or down to the final table (whichever is sooner).

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 5:40PM
•  Level 21: 6000/12,000/12,000
• Total Entries: 916
• Players Remaining: 63

Place Name Hometown
64 Jesse Barbin Philadelphia, PA
65 Daniel Fetherman Nazareth, PA
66 Matthew Mendez Bernville, PA
67 Scott Haze Havertown, PA
68 Ronald Adams Philadelphia, PA
69 Richard Waldman Riverside, NJ
70 Neal Gay Toms River, NJ
71 Joshua Dempsey Wallingford, PA
72 Kevin Merola Huntington, NY

Just before dinner break, Daniel Fetherman was all in pre flop with pocket 10’s and up against KQo. Opponent hit a Q on the flop to knock Fetherman out in 65th place for $1846.

Daniel Fetherman 65th Place $1846

• Parx Big Stax XXXIII 750 5:15PM
•  Level 20: 6000/12,000/12,000
• Total Entries:916
• Players Remaining: 72

Place Name Hometown
73 Zhenjie Hou Chester Sprgs, PA
74 Bradley Sigel Woodbury, NJ
75 Cory Fowser Newark, DE
76 Scott Weinstein Forest Hills, NY
77 Jennifer Noone Clark, NJ
78 Tiffany Lee Brooklyn, NY
79 Deon Smith Allentown, PA
80 Ilya Soyfer Lansdale, PA
81 Keith McCarroll Horsham, PA