Big Stax 1100
Day 2 Completed
Parx Big Stax XXXI
Big Stax 1100
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Parx Big Stax XXXI
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$394,790
Entries
370
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
93
Players Left
9
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Another long day has finished in Parx Big Stax 1100, and at long last, the big money is in sight for the grinders putting in dozens of hours here in the Philadelphia area.
Just nine players remain out of a field that grew to 370 with a handful of Day 2 entries, and they're playing for more than $80,000 up top with everyone having locked up $8,255 for making the final table.
Foremost among that nine in terms of chip count is Grigoriy Shvarts. Shvarts overcome a bout of feeling less than himself near the end of Day 1 and showed up to Day 2 refreshed and ready to go, responding in the affirmative when his opponents asked if he was feeling better.
He certainly played like it, as he ran all the way up to 5.6 million, good for about 30% of the total chips in play. That's good for 140 big blinds when play resumes on Monday at 20,000/40,000/40,000.
A big moment for Shvarts came just before the final table when he eliminated venue legend Joe Palma, snapping off Palma's four-bet stuff with kings and prevailing against ace-queen suited. That pot gave Shvarts a bigger stack than anyone else finished with despite 90 minutes remaining in the day.
Here's a look at the players remaining who can contest Shvarts' dominance:
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Jamil | 3,100,000 |
| 2 | Rafal Kordys | 1,010,000 |
| 3 | Rafael Yaraliyev | 2,060,000 |
| 4 | Peter Ippolito | 465,000 |
| 5 | Thomas Parkes | 3,680,000 |
| 6 | David Whitnah | 1,110,000 |
| 7 | Cody Heuschkel | 360,000 |
| 8 | Grigoriy Shvarts | 5,600,000 |
| 9 | Hal Rotholz | 1,235,000 |
Cody Heuschkel had a healthy stack for most of the day, but a late run of bad luck dropped him to the bottom of the counts, with the worst blow coming when he ran ace-king into the aces of Rafael Yaraliyev.
Still, he has a pulse at the final table, which several players who bowed out on Day 2 would be happy to say. Notables who busted before the money included Jimmy Poper, Michael Marder and Jonas Wexler, while Mukul and Vinny Pahuja, DJ MacKinnon, Victor Ramdin and Greg Fishberg were among those making the 47 paid places.
The final table reconvenes at 12 p.m. local time here at Parx. More 90-minute levels will be played until somebody lays claim to $82,549.
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
3,680,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
3,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
2,060,000 | |
|
1,235,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
1,110,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
1,010,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
465,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
360,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cody Heuschkel checked in the hijack on a 
flop and Hal Rotholz bet 70,000 from the button. Heuschkel raised to 150,000 but folded to another raise to 450,000.
The next hand, Rafael Yaraliyev got his stack of 1,015,000 in against Heuschkel and was crushing his 
with 
. The 
provided a brief sweat but the 
turn ended that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,060,000
1,135,000
|
1,135,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
380,000
-1,460,000
|
-1,460,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Hal Rotholz got his last 505,000 in preflop with 
and was dominated by the 
shown by Thomas Parkes. Rotholz found some hope on the 
flop and he added a straight draw on the turn. The 
river filled that draw and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,180,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Thomas Parkes opened in middle position and called a tiny three-bet to 100,000 from Rafal Kordys. Kordys bet 100,000 on the 
flop and both players checked the and . Parkes announced ace-high but quickly mucked to 
.
"I was wondering why you would do that," Parkes said.
"I didn't see your raise," Kordys responded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,780,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
|
900,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cody Heuschkel opened in middle position and got called in two spots. On the 
, he continued for 125,000 and only small blind Rafal Kordys stuck around. The turn brought a , and Kordys check-folded to a shove.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,840,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
910,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
On a 
flop, Hal Rotholz got his last 355,000 in with 
and was against the 
of David Whitnah. The turn and river bricked out for Whitnah and he sent over a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,040,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
|
|
900,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Jamil | 2,700,000 |
| 2 | Rafal Kordys | 1,100,000 |
| 3 | Rafael Yaraliyev | 925,000 |
| 4 | Peter Ippolito | 580,000 |
| 5 | Thomas Parkes | 3,320,000 |
| 6 | David Whitnah | 1,400,000 |
| 7 | Cody Heuschkel | 1,700,000 |
| 8 | Grigoriy Shvarts | 5,500,000 |
| 9 | Hal Rotholz | 475,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,500,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
3,320,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
|
|
925,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
580,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
475,000
-805,000
|
-805,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Thomas Parkes limped in the small blind and Roman Valerstein made it 110,000. Parkes called and check-called 80,000 on the 
flop. Parkes checked the turn and Valerstein bet 260,000. Parkes announced a raise and then slid in 650,000. Valerstein responded by jamming for about 1.1 million and Parkes snap-called with .
Valerstein was stone dead with and he turned his hand back over and headed to payouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |