Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Rockets Rob

Level 14 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Total Day 1B Entries: 251
Day 1B Players Remaining: 88
Chip Average: 143,000 (48 big blinds)

Rob Gaudio

As Table 55 was breaking and leaving the field with just 90 players remaining, a huge hand was brewing on Table 49.

The player seated UTG+2 - who later claimed he would have won the hand if he stayed in - put out a pre-flop raise which Rob Gaudio re-raised from the button, only to see the big blind 4-bet to 38,000.

UTG+2 got out of the hand before Gaudio shoved all-in, having big blind covered. Big blind made the call and was crushed.

Gaudio: A♣A♦    Big Blind: Q♠Q♣

Flop: J♦ 10♣ 2♥
Turn: 8♣
River: 4♥

Gaudio's aces held up, and he now has well over 200,000 chips in front of him with just 5 minutes remaining in the next-to-last level of the night.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Lopez Tonight

Level 14 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Total Day 1B Entries: 251
Day 1B Players Remaining: 95
Chip Average: 132,000 (44 big blinds)

Reggie Lopez

Down to his final 23,000 chips and about to be putting in some blinds, the player sitting under the gun looked down at one card and shoved all-in.

Reggie Lopez made the call from UTG+2. Action folded around to Joe Black in the big blind, who really looked like he wanted to make the call, but got out of the hand.

Lopez: K♠Q♣     UTG: A♠9♦

Flop: Q♠Q♦6♠
Turn: 4♠
River: 2♥

"Please don't do it to me," Lopez said after his opponent got a nut flush draw on the turn.

"Always gotta sweat," said Matt Itkin. Surprising that confetti didn't fall from the ceiling in celebration of him becoming the 100th player to say those three words tonight.

But no spade came on the river, and Lopez padded his better than average stack.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Under 100

Level 14 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Total Day 1B Entries: 251
Day 1B Players Remaining: 99
Chip Average: 126,800 (42 big blinds)

Right as the final seconds were ticking away in Level 13, the tournament supervisor was passing out new seat cards to a table about to be broken.

There are now 11 tables remaining.

There will be a 15-minute color-up break after this level, then play will resume for one more level before players bag chips for the night.

How many will join the 40 who bagged chips in Day 1A?

We're setting the over/under at 71.5.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Murderer's Row

Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Day 1B Entries: 251
Day 1B Players Remaining: 108
Chip Average: 116,000 (58 big blinds)

Sead Duraku

As you can see above, the chip average in the room is nowhere near 200,000.

However, there are 5 players at Table 55 with at least that many chips in front of them.

Two of those big stacks got tangled up in a recent hand.

Alex Rocha raised to 5,500 from UTG+2 before Sead Duraku re-raised to 14,500 from hijack position. Action folded back around to Rocha who made the call.

Flop: K♦ 10♣ 6♠

Rocha checked and Duraku bet 11,000. Rocha called.

Turn: J♥

Check. Check.

River: 8♣

Rocha got aggressive and put out a bet of 26,800. Duraku struggled with the decision but made the proper call. Rocha flipped up A♣ 2♣ for an ace-high. Duraku's K♥ 9♥ was good enough for top pair and the win.

At most tables, a 105,000-chip pot would be pretty huge. For Table 55, ho-hum.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Three-Time Super Bowl Champ in the House

Level 13 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/300)
Total Day 1B Entries: 249

Richard Seymour

Players are currently on a 15-minute break, but there was a palpable buzz circulating the poker room over the past half hour.

Poker players come in all shapes and sizes, but not very many of them are 6'6" three-time Super Bowl champions.

To be fair, we did spend the past two levels begging to see more action.

We just didn't expect it to be Richard Seymour.

The former Patriot and Raider was a late entrant to the tournament and is currently seated at Table 81. That's the next table to break, so it won't be long before he's at a new table of players trying to hide the fact that they're snapping pictures with their cell phones.

This isn't yet a second career for Seymour. He said he's just dabbling in poker for now.

I asked him why he wasn't wearing any of his Super Bowl rings. He pointed to his wedding ring with a smile and a laugh and said "I like to wear my most expensive ring at the table."

With that quick wit, he'll have no problem finding a second career in TV or radio if this whole Texas Hold'Em thing doesn't pan out.

In poker news, there are 3 levels left to be played tonight before the remaining players bag chips for Day 2.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Linster the Prophet

Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Day 1B Entries: 242

Finally! A showdown! And a massive one!

Moments after Mike Linster sat down at Table 50, he began telling his new tablemates about the aforementioned hand in which he lost a 300,000 pot with pocket aces getting cracked by pocket kings.

And oddly enough, the first hand at the table with him as a spectator was the exact same showdown but with a different result.

The player in the hijack seat raised to 4,400 pre-flop. Ernest Gozman (who requested not to be photographed) was sitting on the button and re-raised to 24,000. Hijack came back over the top to 64,000 before Gozman pushed all-in for a total bet of 143,000

Hijack tanked for a minute or two, but decided to make the call.

Gozman: A♠A♥   Hijack: K♦K♣

Flop: 8♠4♠3♥
Turn: 9♣
River: 10♠

"Funny that you were literally just talking about that hand," said another player to Linster.

"Where was that run out for me?" he begged.

Gozman now has just a shade under 300,000 chips.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Welcome to the Slow-Down

Level 11 (Blinds 800/1,600/200)
Total Day 1B Entries: 239
Day 1B Players Remaining: 126
Chip Average: 95,000 (59 big blinds)

Either this blogger is watching all of the wrong hands at all of the wrong tables, or action in the room has devolved into a contest of seeing who can tank the longest before ultimately folding.

Oh, there's plenty of pre-flop action. It's usually not until someone 4-bets that the others remaining in the hand begin to ponder the meaning of life. But there haven't been many showdowns lately.

We know for sure that we missed one huge hand, though.

Mike Linster recently had to fire another bullet, lamenting to several people that his pocket aces were cracked by pocket kings in a 300k pot. He's now seating at Table 45 with Michael Marder and Kane Kalas, so that should be a fun table to watch for the rest of the night.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Patel's Pockets Prevail

Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Day 1B Entries: 233

Sandeep Patel

Seated to Joe Galazzo's right at Table 54, Sandeep Patel hadn't had much luck in the past couple levels.

But how quickly one's luck can change.

Going head to head against the big-stacked Galazzo, Patel raised to 3,600 preflop in hijack position and got a re-raise from Galazzo to 7,500. Patel fired back in a big way, making the total bet 46,000. He had less than 10,000 behind that bet, and Galazzo pushed him all-in.

Patel: 10♥ 10♣     Galazzo: 4♦ 4♣

Flop: 6♥ 5♠ 3♣

"Always gotta sweat," said another player at the table in reference to the open-ended straight draw that Galazzo got on the flop.

Turn: J♠
River: Q♣

Patel was able to fade Mush's 10 outs, and doubles up to just over 100,000.

In other news, the number of entrants for this Big Stax 1100 has now eclipsed 400!

The payout structure won't be available until tomorrow, as players can still buy into the event until 12 noon on Sunday, but we know the total prize pool will be more than $400,000.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Joe Stiers His Way to a Double Up

Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Day 1B Entries: 231

Joe Stiers

Down to his final 38,400 chips, Joe Stiers was sitting on the button and facing a raise to 8,500 from the player in hijack position.

In a classic shove or fold moment, Stiers pushed all-in with his big pocket pair, but ended up being in a race.

Stiers: Q♥Q♠        Hijack: A♣K♠

Flop: K♥J♥6♥
Turn: 5♠
River: A♥

Stiers' opponent didn't even realize he had been beaten until the dealer started asking him for chips. He made two pair on the river, but that fifth card also gave Stiers a flush.

The average stack is somewhere in the vicinity of 90,000, and Stiers isn't far from that now.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Back From Dinner

Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Day 1B Entries: 222

Roughly half of the remaining players have returned from dinner to their seats with 2 minutes remaining until play resumes.

Players will be entering into Level 10 with blinds of 600/1,200.

Play will conclude for the night after the end of Level 15. Players bagging chips will return tomorrow (Sunday) at 12 noon for Day 2.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Dinner Break

Level 10 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Day 1B Entries: 219
Day 1B Players Remaining: 125
Average Stack: 87,600 (73 big blinds)

Players are currently on a 75-minute dinner break with play resuming at 7:45.

A quick count of the stacks remaining at the tables reveals 125 players remaining, but registration remains open until the start of Day 2. As far as rebuys go, the night is still young.

The average stack is still well below 100,000, but a few players are over 200,000. One player has even eclipsed 300,000.

The top 5 stacks coming back from dinner will belong to:

Tremayne Jernigan - 330,000
Alex Rocha - 275,000
James Kaplan - 250,000
Reggie Lopez - 200,000
Joe Galazzo - 200,000

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Mush Flush

Level 9 (Blinds 500/1,000/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 218

Joe "Mush" Galazzo

Players are just a few minutes away from their 75-minute dinner break, but one player not worried about surviving until that hiatus is Joe "Mush" Galazzo.

Galazzo has seemingly had a big stack all day, and he just added another 30,000 to his pile.

Mush raised pre-flop to 2,200 sitting UTG+1 and got a call from the player in cutoff position and the big blind.

Flop: K♥5♥3♥

Big blind bet 2,600 and both players flat-called - a smooth move by Mush, who flopped the nut flush.

Turn: 4♠

All three players checked, as Mush continued his slow roll.

River: Q♠

Big blind led out for 7,300 before Galazzo finally decided to make his move by betting 19,500. Cutoff folded and big blind struggled with his decision for 2 minutes before making the call.

Mush turned up A♥10♥ and big blind frustratingly threw his cards into the muck.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Pahuja Back To Starting Stack

Level 8 (Blinds 400/800/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 210

Vinny Pahuja

Down to his final 27,000 chips and facing a pre-flop raise to 2,000 from the player seated to his right, Vinny Pahuja re-raised to 6,700, only to see the player in cutoff position re-raise all-in over the top.

The original bettor got out of the hand and Pahuja made the call.

It was a race right up until they saw Pahuja's set in the window.

Pahuja: J♠J♥     Cutoff: A♦K♣

Flop: J♦K♥9♠
Turn: 6♠
River: 6♣

Pahuja doubled up to nearly 60,000.

With approximately 140 of today's 210 entrants still remaining, the average stack in the room is roughly 75,000.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Easy Money For Marder

Level 8 (Blinds 400/800/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 202

Michael Marder

After limping into the pot from UTG+2, Michael Marder was faced with a raise to 2,500 and two calls. He elected to remain in the hand, and Table 45 was 4-handed to the flop.

Flop: 8♠ 4♠ 7♣

The first three players checked, allowing the hijack seat to bet 3,500. UTG and Marder made the call, but the pre-flop raiser folded from UTG+3.

Turn: 7♥

All three players checked.

River: 7♦

Unafraid (or perhaps excited) by the third seven on the board, Marder dropped one grey 5,000 chip into the pot of 22,500. Somewhat surprisingly, it was enough to force the other two players to fold, allowing Marder to continue to increase his already well-above average stack without a showdown.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): The Ideal River Card

Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 197

Ideal Morina

We walked over to Table 48 as Kurt Lichtman was announcing all-in after a flop of A♦3♦4♥

Ideal Morina made the call and had Lichtman covered. Both players made massive hands on the flop.

Lichtman: 2♦5♦ (wheel straight; flush draw)
Morina: 4♦4♠ (Set of fours)

The Q♦ on the turn gave Lichtman a flush, but it might as well have been the Q♣ because it did nothing to change the number of outs with which Morina could still win the hand. If the board paired on the river, he would make a full house that beat both the straight and flush of Morina.

River: A♥

Lichtman left the table wishing everyone a good night, and Morina chipped up to just over 100,000.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Kaplan Strikes Again

Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 189

James Kaplan

Table 76 has evolved into a veritable who's who of East Coast poker, with James Kaplan, Mohammad Farah, Joe Galazzo and Matt Itkin all seated around the same dealer.

Kaplan and Farah got tangled up in a hand moments ago, with Kaplan ending up adding to his already extra large stack.

Kaplan raised to 1,700 preflop from under the gun, only getting a call from Farah.

Flop: A♦8♦2♣

Kaplan again bet 1,700 and Farah again flat-called.

Turn: 9♠

Kaplan checked and walked into a 3,600 bet from Farah, which he called without much hesitation.

River: J♣

Kaplan again checked before immediately calling Farah's bet of 6,000.

Kaplan turned over A♥2♥ for two pair. Farah flashed one card to Kaplan that wasn't captured but was presumably an Ace before seeing his chips start sliding across the table.

Farah is now down to about 35,000 chips while Kaplan may have just surpassed the 200,000 threshold.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Early Chip Leader

Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 180

Several players have eclipsed the 100,000-chip mark, including:

James Kaplan - 175,000
Sean Wallace - 120,000
Anthony Anastasi - 108,000
Michael Marder - 103,000

But only one player has eclipsed the 200,000-chip mark, and it's bad news for the rest of the field.

We almost didn't recognize Alex Rocha without his patented hood up, headphones on table presence - the lack of headphones due to the fact that he recently dropped his phone in the toilet and is waiting on the replacement - but we certainly didn't miss his stack of 220,000 chips.

Rocha will open Level 7 as the chip leader in the room. Players will play 3 more levels before taking a 75-minute dinner break.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Cohen Chips Up

Level 6 (Blinds 250/500/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 177

Jesse Cohen

Jesse Cohen just added about 20,000 chips to his stack over at Table 80.

Sitting UTG+2 and facing a pre-flop raise to 1,100 from UTG+1, Cohen re-raised to 2,600, forcing everyone except the original raiser out of the hand.

Flop: J♥9♣5♦

Cohen called his opponent's bet of 3,625.

Turn: 3♠

Cohen again flat-called UTG+1's bet. This time it was for 12,000.

Both players checked the 2♣ on the river, and UTG+1 announced, "I missed." (Perhaps an open-ended straight draw?)

Cohen turned up Q♥J♠, and his top pair was good enough for the win.

After that hand, we also had our first, "Hey blogger, I guarantee I'm gonna win this thing" of the day.

We didn't get the name of the player making the claim at the adjoining table, but we're sure we'll find out at the final table.

Players are about to take their second 15-minute break of the day, during which the Green 25 chips will be removed from play.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Brutal Turn

Level 5 (Blinds 200/400/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 168

Nicolas Machalani

The played seated UTG+1 at Table 48 raised to 1,250 pre-flop, getting a call from Michael Azzaro in the cutoff seat and Nicolas Machalani from the button.

Flop: Q♥9♠3♣

UTG+1 bet 2,000, forcing Azzaro out of the hand, but getting a call from Machalani.

Turn: K♦

UTG+1 again led out, this time for 3,000. Machalani smoothly flat-called the card that drastically improved the hands of each player.

River: 6♣

UTG+1 pumped the brakes, but Machalani flipped the NOS lever, betting 10,000. UTG+1 sat back in his chair, put his hands on top of his head and took a deep breath before making a painful call.

UTG+1: K♣Q♦ (top two pair)
Machalani: J♦10♣ (K-9 straight)

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Woolson Doubles

Level 5 (Blinds 200/400/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 160

Daniel Woolson

On Table 78, UTG+1 - wearing what can only be described as a not-exactly-new Jeremiah Trotter jersey - raised to 1,350 pre-flop and got a call from Daniel Woolson on the button as well as the big blind.

Flop: 8♣5♠2♣

Big blind checked and UTG+1 put out a bet of 3,000 which Woolson raised to 13,000. Big blind quickly folded and UTG+1 announced all-in, which Woolson immediately called, putting himself at risk.

Woolson: 5♦5♣ (Set of fives)
UTG+1: K♣10♣ (Club flush draw)

Turn: 4♥
River: 10♦

Another club would have given UTG+1 a flush, but if the board paired, Woolson would have had a full house. Neither happened, though, and Woolson doubled up to a little better than a starting stack of 50,000.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Chopped Linster

Level 4 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 150

Mike Linster

Seated in the back of the poker room at Table 75, Mike Linster was one of the many late-ish arrivals for the second and final flight of this tournament.

We recently captured a hand in which he chopped a pot with an opponent.

After a flop of A♦8♠7♠, Linster checked from the small blind. The player in the cutoff seat bet 1,025 which the button called before Linster raised to 4,100. Both players made the call.

Turn: 10♦

Both Linster and cutoff checked, allowing the button to lead out for 7,500. They each flat-called.

River: Q♦

All three players got cold feet and checked it down. The button flipped up A♣Jx for top pair. Linster turned over 8♦7♥ for bottom two pair - as did the player in cutoff position with 8♣7♣.

"Thanks a lot, dealer," said the button in some combination of frustration and bemusement as the other two players chopped the pot of roughly 40,000 chips.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Kaplan Cracks Aces

Level 4 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 139

James Kaplan

Action was picked up on Table 76 after a flop of J♥7♣6♠.

Three players were in the hand and there were already close to 20,000 chips in the pot.

Small blind bet 6,700, forcing Joe "Mush" Galazzo out of the hand from the hijack seat, but James Kaplan called from the button.

Turn: 5♣

Small blind checked this time before Kaplan made the bet 11,000. Small blind quickly raised all-in and Kaplan immediately made the call.

Kaplan: 7♦7♠ (Set of 7s)
Small Blind: A♣A♠ (One pair)

The 2♦ on the river was a brick, doubling Kaplan up to nearly 100,000.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Players on First Break

Level 4 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 124

Matt Itkin

Players are currently on their first 15-minute break of the day, but Matt Itkin picked up a nice win before leaving the room.

An unnamed player raised to 625 from UTG+1 before Itkin re-raised to 1,525 from the button. The blinds folded and UTG+1 made the call.

Flop: Q♦9♣7♣
Turn: 8♣
River: 3♥

UTG+1 was the aggressor the whole way, leading out for 2,100 after the flop, 3,200 after the turn and 5,200 after the river. Itkin was content with flat-calling the whole way, even though he had the best starting hand in poker.

Itkin: A♣A♥
UTG+1: A♦Q♣

"Another club would've been crazy," he said as his pocket aces held up against UTG+1's pair of queens.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Captain Sichelstiel

Level 3 (Blinds 100/200/25)
Total Day 1B Entries: 120

Robert Sichelstiel

On Table 45, Robert Sichelstiel saw a flop after UTG+1 limped from the small blind, he made the call and Michael Marder checked his option from the big blind.

Flop: A♠ A♥ 4♦

All three players checked, bringing the 10♥ on the turn.

Again, both blinds checked, but UTG+1 now led out for 525. Sichelstiel made the call, and Marder folded.

River: J♠

Sichelstiel now became the aggressor, betting 2,000. UTG+1 made the call and Robert flipped over K♣Q♠ for a broadway straight made on the river. UTG+1 only showed one card, but he couldn't have been too happy with how his attempt to slow play the A♣ worked out.

Not only is Sichelstiel rocking a Captain America t-shirt, but he is reading Captain America comics on his iPad at the table.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Big Slick for Lillis

Level 2 (Blinds 75/150)
Total Day 1B Entries: 102

Jimmy Lillis

Facing a raise to 400 from the hijack seat and a call from cutoff position, Jimmy Lillis re-raised to 1,500 from the button. Both blinds immediately folded and the original raiser made the call before cutoff got out of the hand.

Flop: A♥ 9♠ 8♠

Hijack checked and Lillis led out for 2,000, which Hijack flat-called.

Turn: A♦

Less afraid of the first ace after the second one came out, Hijack became aggressive and bet 3,500. Lillis coolly flat-called.

River: 10♦

Hijack wasted little time in doubling his previous bet, leading out for 7,000. Lillis hadn't even finished putting his call into the pot before Hijack threw his cards into the muck. Lillis flipped over Big Slick for a set of Aces.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Walsh This Way

Level 2 (Blinds 75/150)
Total Day 1B Entries: 85

Ed Walsh

Three players on Table 54 limped into the hand for 150 before Matt Itkin raised to 525 from the big blind.

Ed Walsh made the call from under the gun, but the other two limpers folded.

Flop: 8♥ 6♦ 2♠

Itkin again made the bet 525 and Walsh flat-called.

Turn: 7♦

Itkin increased his bet to 1,600, once again getting flat-called by Walsh.

River: 4♣

Itkin checked before Walsh bet 2,200. Itkin seemed puzzled by the bet, as did another player across the table who wasn't even involved in the hand but asked what the bet was. Itkin made the call despite holding what we can only assume was two over cards and said "Are you serious?" when Walsh turned over pocket 3s which hit nothing on the board.

As Matt was mucking his cards, the player across the table commented on the strange "thin value" bet. Walsh said, "I was confused, too," but he certainly wasn't complaining as he stacked up the 4,325 chips he took from Itkin.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): World Series of Hats

Level 1 (Blinds 50/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 74

Kirron Chan

Joseph Wertz

 Action has been pretty slow thus far with Level 1 about to conclude. On the rare occasion that an orange 1,000 chip drops into the pot, the rest of the table folds.

But, really, who wants to be the first person running to the cage for a rebuy?

In lieu of noteworthy hands, we've taken notice of the head gear in the room.

Jeff Gross and Jon Borenstein both used the power of their fedoras to bag chips last night, but thus far today it's all ball caps. Joseph Wertz is representing the hometown Phillies, but there sure are a lot of Yankees and NY Rangers fans in the room, including an ode to Derek Jeter. There's also a Washington Nationals fan (smart man) and one player promoting the entire country of Lithuania on his hat.

But our personal favorite is Kirron Chan.

Is Chan wearing this Royals hat in honor of his favorite team being in the World Series for the first time in 29 years? Nope. He couldn't care less about the Royals. He's from Yonkers, NY. But KC are his initials, so it's just a happy coincidence that he's promoting the AL champs.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Early Notables

Level 1 (Blinds 50/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 65

Ken Silberstein

Players are still trickling in, and will likely continue to do so for a few hours. But there are a few notables among these early birds:

Michael Marder

Jeffrey Chang

Cathy Dever

Kurt Lichtman

Ken Silberstein

We missed Silberstein during yesterday's flight 1A, but that's because he was too busy finishing in 2nd place in the Six-Max event last night for $6,882.

We'll see if he can keep that good luck rolling here in the main event. This certainly isn't his first rodeo in big events at Parx Casino. Silberstein placed 10th in the Big Stax 1500 back in August.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Shuffle Up And Deal!

Level 1 (Blinds 50/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: TBD

The tournament supervisor has made the announcement to put the cards in the air, officially beginning the second and final flight of this Big Stax 1100.

Roughly 50 players are seated for the opening gun, but that number is bound to increase drastically as new players continue to file in and others bust out and re-enter.

Players start with stacks of 50,000 with blinds starting out at 50/100.

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Second Flight About To Begin!

Level 1 (Blinds 50/100)
Total Day 1A Entries: 40 / 167
Total Day 1B Entries: TBD

The dealers are conducting their prep work and the the players are beginning to file into the tournament area.

It won't be long now until the tournament supervisor goes over the rules for this second flight of the Big Stax 1100 and calls for cards to go into the air.

As a reminder, this is a four-day tournament with two starting flights, with this being the second of those two flights. Players will sit down to starting stacks of 50,000, with late-entries, re-entries, and alternates all being given full stacks. Levels will be 45 minutes in length until the end of the night, but will transition to 60 minutes for Day 2, which resumes tomorrow (Sunday) at 12 noon.

Registration is open until the cards are in the air on Day 2, which means if you don't get the chance (or were unable to) bag chips, you can still show up on Sunday and get in the event.

There were a total of 167 entries into yesterday Day 1A - 40 of which bagged chips for Day 2.

Will we eclipse 200 entries for Day 1B? You'll have to follow along to find out!

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1A): Chip Counts At End of Day 1A

Buy In: $1100 + $100	Big Stax 1100 Day 1a
Total Players:	167	Players left:	40
Total Chips:	8,350,000	Average Chips:	208,750
Name	Last Name	Hometown	Chip Count
Travis	Greenawalt	Landisville, PA	521,000
Johnathon	Borenstein	Teaneck, NJ	484,000
Norman	Rogers	Phila, PA	487,000
Matt	Glantz	Huntington Valley, Pa	438,000
Ibra	Ibraimovic	Brooklyn, NY	366,000
Vinny	Napolitano	Williston Park, NY	340,000
Gregory	Fishberg	Huntington Valley, Pa	339,000
Darren	Elias	Cherry Hill, NJ	315,000
Milos	Scekic	Masspequa	289,500
Alan	Kraut	Doylestown, PA	281,000
Marvin	Siegal	Monroe, NJ	273,500
David	Gonzalez	Oak Ridge	239,500
David	Zemel	Ambler, Pa	234,000
Max	Pinnola	Cheltenham, Pa	226,000
Justin	Liberto	Baltinmore, Md	221,500
Joseph	McKeehen	North Wales, PA	207,000
Steve	Benkovic	Harrisburg, PA	181,000
Jason	Helder	Lancaster, Pa	179,000
Cornel Andrew	Cimpan	Sacramento, Ca	176,500
Joe	Rieg	Valley Forge, Pa	167,000
Justin	Schwartz	Lake Grove	165,000
Sal	Busacca	Colts Neck	161,000
John	Donahue	Philadelphia, PA	155,000
Kian	Kiarish	New York, NY	146,000
John	Muldoon	Pearl River,Ny	144,000
Nancy	Martin	Washington Crossing, Pa	142,000
Anna	Dikker	Aberdeen, NJ	142,000
Michael	Gagliano	Glen Garden,Nj	140,500
Jeff	Gross	Wall, NJ	133,000
Yaser	Al-Keliddar	Arlington, Va	133,000
Matt	Matros	Brooklyn, Ny	124,500
John	Alexander	Montville, Pa	117,500
Craig	Bateman II	Royesford, Pa	115,000
Igor	Rabinovich	Richboro, PA	109,500
Robson	Barbosa	Gatortown, NJ	105,000
Joe	DiGiorgio	Philadelphia, PA	98,000
Craig	Mason	Astoria, NY	72,500
Johnny	Rodrigues	Brewster, Ny	66,000
Matt	Fitzgerald	West Chester, Pa	64,500
Seth	Berger	Pennsylvania	52,500

Big Stax 1100 (Day 1A): Greenawalt, Rogers and Borenstein Bag Top Stacks

Level 15 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Day 1A Entries: 167
Day 1A Players Remaining: 40
Average Stack: 208,750

Day 1A Third Place: Jon Borenstein

A full list of the 40 bagged stacks will be posted as soon as they are available, but as a teaser, we'll let you know that Travis Greenawalt finished the night with the chip lead. Greenawalt turned his starting stack of 50,000 into a Day 2 stack of 521,000.

Two others are close on his tail, though.

Norman Rogers bagged 487,000 after knocking out Benny Coren and another player at Table 46 in a span of 10 minutes.

Jon Borenstein - one of the three players who took home $50,000 in the Big Stax 300 earlier in this series - finished the night in third place with 484,000.

Players who bagged chips tonight have the option of playing again in Flight 1B, as this is a best-stack forward event. Whether they're able to put together a better stack tomorrow or not, we'll see these 40 players at 12 noon on Sunday for Day 2.