Anonymous 2 (A2) must’ve just had a bad feeling or perhaps got a good read, as Nick Olivieri moved all in pre-flop UTG +1 with about 700k. Action folded around to A2 and he folded as he showed his AQ, and the table couldn’t believe it, including Olivieri who then showed he had pocket QQ.
Brandon Hall raised from the button to 90k pre-flop, Andrew Ostapchenko moved all in from the BB, Hall tanked and then called.
Ostapchenko: 33
Hall: AJ
Board: 5d7s10c Kc 6s for Ostapchenko’s pair to hold up, and Hall is knocked out in 12th place for $7,943.
Day 2 of the Big Stax 2500 is underway, with the field still growing, and registration still open through level 13. Greg “Fish” Fishberg started the day with over 3x the average stack with 1,073,000.
The final 12 players have bagged for day 3 and will resume at noon. Below are their updated chip counts and seat assignments:
| Table | Seat | First | Last | Chip Count |
| 10 | 1 | Empty | ||
| 10 | 2 | Neal | Gay | 1.715M |
| 10 | 3 | Anonymous | 1.415M | |
| 10 | 4 | Anonymous | 2 | 1.925M |
| 10 | 5 | Bart | Golik | 4.125M |
| 10 | 6 | Nick | Olivieri | 760K |
| 10 | 7 | Kevin | Lutz | 3.34M |
| 10 | 8 | Empty | ||
| 11 | 1 | Empty | ||
| 11 | 2 | Jeff | Yanchek | 1.005M |
| 11 | 3 | Jason | Rivkin | 1.56M |
| 11 | 4 | Brandon | Hall | 1.05M |
| 11 | 5 | John | Botticello | 2.64M |
| 11 | 6 | Andrew | Ostapchenko | 2.215M |
| 11 | 7 | Sam | Lopes | 1.025M |
| 11 | 8 | Empty |
12 Players have bagged for day 2 of the Big Stax 2500. Play will resume at 11AM. Registration will continue to be open for the first 2 levels of day 2 which are 60 minutes long, and will receive 100k in chips.
Below are the final 12 seat assignments and chip updates:
| 1 | 1 | John | Lytle Jr | 840,500 |
| 1 | 2 | James | Everest Jr | 387,500 |
| 1 | 3 | Jeffrey | Gross | 112,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Sharman | Olshan | 221,500 |
| 1 | 5 | Empty | ||
| 1 | 6 | Empty | ||
| 1 | 7 | Empty | ||
| 1 | 8 | Empty | ||
| 2 | 1 | Yoon | Choi | 338,500 |
| 2 | 2 | Gregory | Fishberg | 1,073,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Michael | Marder | 202,500 |
| 2 | 4 | Josias | Dossantos | 111,500 |
| 2 | 5 | Empty | ||
| 2 | 6 | Empty | ||
| 2 | 7 | Empty | ||
| 2 | 8 | Empty | ||
| 3 | 1 | Minhui | Chen | 76,500 |
| 3 | 2 | Alexander | Gambino | 194,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Alexander | Queen | 45,500 |
| 3 | 4 | Jonathon | Borenstein | 592,500 |
| 3 | 5 | Empty | ||
| 3 | 6 | Empty | ||
| 3 | 7 | Empty | ||
| 3 | 8 | Empty |
| 13 | MICHAEL | DINARDI | HILLSBOROUGH | NJ | $6,311.00 |
| 14 | ANGEL | LOPEZ | CHERRY HILL | NJ | $6,311.00 |
| 15 | SAI | WANG | PHILADELPHIA | PA | $6,311.00 |
Angel Lopez moved all in pre flop for about 250k, called by Neal Gay.
Lopez: QQ
Gay: AK
Board ran out with a king on the river to award Gay the pot and eliminate Lopez in 14th place for $6,311.
Pre-flop Nick Olivieri opened to 60k from the cutoff, Sai Wang moved all in from the SB, and Olivieri called.
Wang: Ah10d
Olivieri: As7d
Board: Js8c7s 6d 4d to give Olivieri a pair of sevens to Wang’s Ace high to eliminate him in 15th place for $6,311.
Nick Olivieri just moved all in pre-flop for his last 290k and called by Peter Hong.
Olivieri: AQ
Hong: Q9cc
Board gave Olivieri trip Aces and missed Hong, for a double up for Olivieri.
(Blogger entered the hand on the river) Michael Dinardi had raised pre-flop mid-position and called by Nick Olivieri.
Flop: 5s10h9c both players check
Turn: 10s Dinardi bets around 125k Olivieri raises, and Dinardi calls.
River: 2h Dinardi checks, Olivieri bets 175k, with about 500k behind, Dinardi moves all-in, Olivieri tanks and then folds.
Dinardi shows down his A6dd for just Ace high.
