Big Stax 1500 (Day 3): 8th Place - Black ($12,648)

Level 25 (Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000)
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 2,300,000

Joe Black (Bronx, NY)

For Joe Black (Bronx, NY), Big Stax deep runs are just turning into second nature.  This was Black's second Big Stax final table, and although he didn't reach the point of chopping like he did in May, he adds this result to a solid 2014.

Joshua Beckley would open for 90,000, with action folding around to Black.  Joe shoved for 690,000 total, and Joshua made the call:

Black: A♠ K♠
Beckley: 7♠ 7♣

Flop: 5♥ 5♠ 6♣
Turn: 7♥
River: 8♣

The river was just a formality, as Joshua had Black drawing dead on the turn after making a full house.  This cash brings Black's total earnings over $180,000.