• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 4:25PM
• Level 20: 10,000/15,000/15,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 36

Pre flop Zen Lingyu had moved all in for his final approx. 100k after Rishi Mehta had opened, and Mehta called.

Lingyu: KK♥

Mehta: A♦A♠

The board gives Lingyu a heart flush draw on the turn but the river is a miss to Mehta to hold up and knock out Lingyu in 37th place for $2,051.

Rishi Mehta has close to 400k in live cashes with his largest coming from back to back final tables in the live cup in 2024 and 2025 for 82k and 98k and in 2026 year to date has won around 86k already. This is his first Big stax cash and just his second time playing in a Big Stax event after being knocked out very early in another event last year with set over set. He is now right around average in chips and will be one to watch.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 4:35PM
• Level 20: 10,000/15,000/15,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 35

Pre flop Tifanny Wong defended her BB vs Brian Gelman who raised from the button.

Flop: 9×5♣x both players checked

Turn: 9♣ Wong led out her final approximately 140k and Gelman called

Wong:4♥5♥

Gelman: A♣J♣

River: A♦ giving Gelman a pair of Aces to win the hand and knock out the former Big Stax champ in 39th Place for $2,051

Not even 10 minutes later the last standing former Big Stax champ, Dan DaConti was all in for his final 10BB pre flop with A♦3♦ and lost to KQ to go out in 36th place for $2,386.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 4:15PM
• Level 20: 10,000/15,000/15,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 43

Pre Flop, -Alex Rocha raised to 30k, Matthew Cerbone moved all in for his final 110k, action folded back to Rocha who had about 300k to start the hand and he eventually makes the call.

Cerbone: KQ

Rocha: J10

Flop: Q98 for Rocha to flop the nuts with a Q high straight. A 3 and an A finish the board run out which are no help to Cerbone to eliminate him in 44th place for $2,051.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 4:00PM
• Level 19: 6,000/12,000/12,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 45

46	David	Uber	$1,800	Montgomery, PA
47	Robert	Rickards	$1,800	Jackson, NJ
48	Austen	Yueh	$1,800	Jersey City, NJ
49	Barry	Dehlin	$1,800	Dresher, PA
50	Ziyuan	Wang	$1,800	Long Island City, NY
51	Jinsuk	Kim	$1,800	Hillsborough, NJ
52	Rajath	Tangam	$1,800	Fairlawn, NJ
53	Diana	Sattar	$1,800	Cape May, NJ
54	Anibal	Santiago	$1,800	Yardley, PA

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 3:50PM
• Level 19: 6,000/12,000/12,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 49

Pre flop UTG+1 Ziyuan Wang raised to 25k, action folded to Sridhar Sangannagari in the cutoff who re raised to 65k, action folds back to Wang who moves all in for about 330k, and Sangannagari with a bit over 400k makes the call.

Wang: A♠A♣

Sangannagari: 10♥10♣

Flop: 7×4♥ J♥

Turn: 7♥ which gives Sangannagari a flush draw

River: 10♠ for a set for Sangannagari to win the hand and eliminate Wang in 50th place for $1,800

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 3:30PM
• Level 19: 6,000/12,000/12,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 54

In about half the time it took to lose one player on the bubble the field has already crossed 2 pay jumps. During hand for hand Adam Fraley had his tournament life at stake with pocket kings for his final 33k pre and did survive. Still short he moved all in pre for 27k and initially had a caller that was bet off the pot still pre flop by Mike Ciarlante.

Fraley: K10

Ciarlante: AA

Fraley did end up hitting a K but the Aces held up to eliminate Fraley in 55th placfe for $1,633.

55	Adam	Fraley	$1,633	Muncy, PA
56	Loren	Weiss	$1,633	New York, NY
57	Rafael	Polanco	$1,633	Brooklyn, NY
58	Robert	Klein	$1,633	Bensalem, PA
59	Paul	Lilly	$1,633	Philadelphia, PA
60	Jiandong	Xu	$1,633	Great Neck, NY
61	Joseph	Palma	$1,633	Bensalem, PA
62	John	Botticello	$1,633	Manalapan, NJ
63	Aaron	Shaprio	$1,633	Edison, NJ

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 3:15PM
• Level 18: 5,000/10,000/10,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 63

64	Michael	Matrone	$1,507	Morganville, NJ
65	Alexander	Zaverukha	$1,507	Newtown, PA
66	Gene	Krutyansky	$1,507	Millstone Town, NJ
67	Frank	Loffreno	$1,507	Staten Island, NY
68	Jose	Pereira	$1,507	Langhorne, PA
69	Martin	Mirkovic	$1,507	Fairview, NJ
70	Samuel	Hagerty	$1,507	Wilmington, DE
71	Charles	Smith	$1,507	Somerset, NJ

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 3:00PM
• Level 18: 5,000/10,000/10,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 70

During hand for hand play a few players were down to just one big blind when the field finally reached the money.

A few hands in UTG had raised to 22k, mid position Jose Pereira raised to 68k, action folded around to Gilberto Solano in the SB who 4 bet to 200k, action folded back to Pereira who moved all in and Perez called for total 386k.

Pereira: KK

Solano: AA

Solano ends up hitting the nut flush to win the hand and leave Pereira with just 45k. Pereira was later forced all in on his BB against Solano again. This time Solano’s AK was beat when Pereira’s 710 flopped the nut straight to win the hand and stay alive.

Frank Loffreno found some fortune with his AK and just 26k when he moved all in pre and got 2 callers.

Board: 10♣J♠4♣ 2♠ Q♣ Side action checked until the river and the SB led out and the BB folded.

SB: 89 for the straight to the Q while Loffreno stayed alive with a straight to the A.

A few other survived the bubble with just a big blind including Joe “Worm” Palma, Boris Kravetz, and Peter Xu.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 2:44PM
• Level 18: 5,000/10,000/10,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 71

After what may be a record setting close to 30 hands of hand for hand play the money bubble has been burst. Joe Ritchie raised mid position to 55k pre flop and was called by the cutoff.

Flop: 7♥7♦3♦ Ritchie leads out for 75k and the cutoff moves all in for 283k. Ritchie has him covered and makes the call.

Richie: 1010

cutoff: A♦8♦ for the nut flush draw and one over card

Board bricks out for his opponent and Ritchie’s tens hold up to win the hand and the remaining 71 players are now officially in the money.

• Parx Big Stax 750 XXXIX 1:00PM
• Level 17: 4,000/8,000/8,000
• Total Entries: 644
• Players Remaining: 72

With 72 players remaining and 71 getting paid, the field has started hand for hand play. One hand will be played and 2 minutes removed from the clock until a player is knocked out.