Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Dever Controlling Things At The Moment

Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000)

Total Entries: 323

Players Remaining: 62

Cathy Dever (Ephrata, PA)

Cathy Dever has already proven that she can play with anyone, making numerous Big Stax deep runs, and reaching one final table this series already.  Cathy is currently the chip leader in the field, sitting with 620,000 in front of her, at one of the more difficult tables in the room.  She is seated at Table 51 with the likes of Ryan Feldman, Adam Levitan, Alex Queen, Mickey Woll, Chris Csik, Justin Liberto, Robert Hwang, and Oliver Entine.

The field has lost some more notables since the second level of the day started, including Jared Jaffee and Aaron Overton.  Overton busted J♣ J♠ < 9♠ 9♥ for a pot worth 400,000, with Ken Silberstein the recipient of Aaron's chips.

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Glantz Gets A Double

Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 66

As the level was transitioning, Matt Glantz was at risk for his tournament life.  Glantz shoved 73,500 over an open from Matthew Robbins.  After Robbins began to take some time, Glantz looked over and said, "Well that's good news."  The news would get even better for Matt after Robbins made the call:

Glantz: A♠ K♥    Robbins: K♣ Q♥

Flop: 9♠ 7♦ 5♦

Turn: 8♠

River: 2♦

Robbins would be dominated going to the flop, but by the turn he would have added some chop outs. The deuce on the river was not quite the card Robbins was looking for, and Glantz would double to 160,000.

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Level Up...Updated Chip Counts

Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 68

The first level of the day is in the books, with blinds now going up to 3,000/6,000/1,000 (68 players remaining).  Here are some updated counts from the end of Level 16:

Jameson Singer - 580,000
Jay Sharon - 530,000
Robert Bolte - 510,000
Cathy Dever - 505,000
Chris Csik - 420,000
Dan Couzens - 390,000
Tim Bryan - 380,000
Matthew Robbins - 380,000
Kane Kalas - 350,000
Mike Azzaro - 320,000
Ryan Feldman - 310,000

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): A Tough Pill To Swallow

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 73

Robert Bolte (Richboro, PA)

Looking over the way of Table 46, David Gordon would be standing up with just a look of shock on his face.  Gordon had just got it in pre with Robert Bolte for a pot worth 405,000, with both players holding the same hand:

Bolte: A♣ K♣
Gordon: A♥ K♦

Flop: 6♣ 6♦ 9♦
Turn: 5♣
River: 9♣

On the flop it seemed as if Gordon had the only chance of winning the hand, but when Bolte turned clubs, he'd be free rolling the hand.  The river club is what put the look we witnessed on Gordon's face, as he just lost 75% of his stack.  Bolte would chip up to 405,000 with the pot, while Gordon dropped down to 102,000.

It would be the next hand that would then end the day for Gordon, as he once again battled versus Robert Bolte, blind v. blind.  Bolte's A♠ K♣ > 5♠ 5♣ of Gordon, and David would go from 80 big blinds to out of the tournament.

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Doing The Most With Ten Bigs

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 77

Mike Cologna and Matthew Macaroni

At Table 52, seats eight and nine, we have two players starting the day with ten big blinds.  Matthew Macaroni came back to Day 2 the conventional way, while Mike Cologna went the "morning of" route.  Cologna had already gotten his double to lift himself over 100,000, while Macaroni was all-in for 58,500 as we approached the table.  Daniel Couzens was in the small blind and would look Macaroni up, with the big blind folding:

Macaroni: A♥ 10♣
Couzens: A♠ 4♠

Runout: 9♦ Q♥ 6♠ K♣ 2♠

Matthew would double to over 120,000, with Couzens taking a small hit to his stack.  A few more notables were spotted leaving the tournament area, as Eric Rappaport and Jeffrey Gottesman have ended their days earlier than wanted.

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Losing Players Quickly

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 83

There has already been a handful of players to bust in the first (18) minutes of the day, with the field only (43) elimination away from the money.  Michael Marder came into the day with just over ten big blinds (61,000), but he just updated his Twitter account with his elimination:

Welp busto 2nd hand of the day. Fold sb, then open shove 11.5bbs on btn with J9dd, lose to A9o of the bb. GG, GL all. #parxbigstax
— Michael Marder (@MMarder86) August 17, 2014

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Payouts

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 80

Big Stax 1500 ($150,000 Guarantee)
August 14-18, 2014
$1,500 + 100 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Total Entries: 323
Total Prize Fund: $454,965

Payouts:

1. $116,738
2. $69,610
3. $43,040
4. $32,348
5. $23,840
6. $19,473
7. $16,060
8. $12,648
9. $9,554

10-12. $6,688

13-15. $5,733

16-18. $5,005

19-21. $4,413

22-24. $3,913

25-27. $3,458

28-35. $3,003

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Those To Join The Party...First Gone

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 323
Players Remaining: 80

As mentioned just moments ago, five players did utilize the option to buy in this morning.  Those players were:

Kambiz Behbahani
Kevin Smith
Joseph Montervino
Mike Cologna
Dennis Thurman

Those players can say they outlasted at least one person, as Ari Albilia (Syosset, NY) busted on the first hand of the day (started with 32,500, less than 7 big blinds).

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Day 2 About To Begin

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 323

The rules announcement has just been made by tournament supervisor Dave Rolo, and the cards are about to be in the air.  The levels are now (60) minutes long, and will transition to (90) minutes later in the day.  There were five players to buy-in with ten bigs this morning, and after a moment we will find out who those players were.  Today's action with play down to the conclusion of Level 24 (or) the final table, whichever comes first.

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Day 2 Chip Counts (Alpha)

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 318

DAY 2
Total Players:	318	78
Total Chips:	15,900,000	203,500
Ariel	Albilia	32,500	46	5
Anderson	Almonte	102,500	46	9
Michael	Azzaro	182,500	48	1
Craig	Bateman II	168,000	53	5
Joshua	Beckley	349,500	53	8
Robert	Bolte	186,500	46	6
Joe	Brand	192,000	48	2
Joseph	Brattole	194,500	53	2
Tim	Bryan	340,000	47	3
Jesse	Cohen	98,500	46	2
Renata	Colache	138,000	49	4
Nicholas	Condo	436,000	50	5
Daniel	Couzens	453,500	52	9
Chris	Csik	540,000	52	4
Catherine	Dever	410,500	53	3
Oliver	Entine	239,500	52	3
Will	Failla	176,500	49	9
Abraham	Faroni	213,000	53	9
Ryan	Feldman	298,500	51	1
Daniel	Fischer	144,000	47	8
Gregory	Fishberg	79,000	48	4
Eugene	Fouksman	353,000	48	3
Benjamin	Gillette	110,000	45	1
Matt	Glantz	149,500	45	6
David	Gordon	469,000	54	9
Joe	Gossweiler	225,500	50	8
Jeff	Gottesman	31,500	54	3
Qi	Ha	176,000	47	5
Joshua	Hertz	296,000	50	4
Greg	Himmelbrand	324,000	50	3
Robert	Hwang	113,500	51	8
Jared	Jaffee	153,500	45	4
Mike	Jelaso	365,000	48	9
Steve	Juricek	291,500	48	5
Kane	Kalas	130,500	54	2
Rich	Kates	210,500	49	6
Mikhail	Kazakevich	92,000	47	9
Alan	Kraut	207,500	52	5
Natale	Kuey	207,500	49	5
Adam	Larkin	208,500	46	3
Adam	Levitan	135,000	51	2
Justin	Liberto	527,000	53	1
Staffan	Lind	62,000	51	5
Robert	Link	127,500	47	6
Mike	Linster	369,000	48	6
Vincent	Longo	125,000	54	1
Andrew	Lukovsky	97,000	46	1
Andrew	Lydor	148,000	50	2
Matthew	Maccaroni	57,000	52	8
Michael	Marder	61,000	49	8
JR	Marwuette	165,500	47	1
Kevin	McColgan	252,500	51	4
Matthew	Meade	82,500	53	4
Mike	Moore Jr	130,000	48	8
Mike	Murphy	259,500	54	4
Michael	Naidrich	175,500	50	1
Aaron	Overton	80,000	49	1
Ketan	Pandya	305,500	47	4
Joeseph	Pochedly	45,500	51	6
Alexander	Queen	51,000	50	9
Geno	Raman	170,000	46	4
Eric	Rappaport	95,500	49	3
Joe	Reddick	213,500	50	6
Concetta	Rinaldi	49,000	45	9
Matt	Robbins	380,000	45	5
Ulises	Roman	93,000	52	6
Ray	Shalkelford	102,500	54	5
Jay	Sharon	417,500	45	8
Ken	Silberstein	191,000	49	2
Jameson	Singer	401,000	54	8
Drew	Small	227,000	45	3
Bill	Strong	208,000	52	1
Gaetano	Taormina	165,500	47	2
Frank	Toscano	133,000	51	9
Sean	Wallace	170,000	45	2
Jonas	Wexler	55,500	51	3
Chris	Whitall	385,500	46	8
Mike	Woll	121,000	52	2

Big Stax 1500 (Day 2): Day 2 Table Draw

Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 318

Play will resume for Day 2 at 12:00pm (promptly), with any players buying in before the day starts automatically sitting down to the button (or) cutoff:

DAY 2	Table Order
Total Players:	318
Benjamin	Gillette	110,000	45	1
Sean	Wallace	170,000	45	2
Drew	Small	227,000	45	3
Jared	Jaffee	153,500	45	4
Matt	Robbins	380,000	45	5
Matt	Glantz	149,500	45	6
EMPTY			45	7
Jay	Sharon	417,500	45	8
Concetta	Rinaldi	49,000	45	9
Andrew	Lukovsky	97,000	46	1
Jesse	Cohen	98,500	46	2
Adam	Larkin	208,500	46	3
Geno	Raman	170,000	46	4
Ariel	Albilia	32,500	46	5
Robert	Bolte	186,500	46	6
EMPTY			46	7
Chris	Whitall	385,500	46	8
Anderson	Almonte	102,500	46	9
JR	Marwuette	165,500	47	1
Gaetano	Taormina	165,500	47	2
Tim	Bryan	340,000	47	3
Ketan	Pandya	305,500	47	4
Qi	Ha	176,000	47	5
Robert	Link	127,500	47	6
EMPTY			47	7
Daniel	Fischer	144,000	47	8
Mikhail	Kazakevich	92,000	47	9
Michael	Azzaro	182,500	48	1
Joe	Brand	192,000	48	2
Eugene	Fouksman	353,000	48	3
Gregory	Fishberg	79,000	48	4
Steve	Juricek	291,500	48	5
Mike	Linster	369,000	48	6
EMPTY			48	7
Mike	Moore Jr	130,000	48	8
Mike	Jelaso	365,000	48	9
Aaron	Overton	80,000	49	1
Ken	Silberstein	191,000	49	2
Eric	Rappaport	95,500	49	3
Renata	Colache	138,000	49	4
Natale	Kuey	207,500	49	5
Rich	Kates	210,500	49	6
EMPTY			49	7
Michael	Marder	61,000	49	8
Will	Failla	176,500	49	9
Michael	Naidrich	175,500	50	1
Andrew	Lydor	148,000	50	2
Greg	Himmelbrand	324,000	50	3
Joshua	Hertz	296,000	50	4
Nicholas	Condo	436,000	50	5
Joe	Reddick	213,500	50	6
EMPTY			50	7
Joe	Gossweiler	225,500	50	8
Alexander	Queen	51,000	50	9
Ryan	Feldman	298,500	51	1
Adam	Levitan	135,000	51	2
Jonas	Wexler	55,500	51	3
Kevin	McColgan	252,500	51	4
Staffan	Lind	62,000	51	5
Joeseph	Pochedly	45,500	51	6
EMPTY			51	7
Robert	Hwang	113,500	51	8
Frank	Toscano	133,000	51	9
Bill	Strong	208,000	52	1
Mike	Woll	121,000	52	2
Oliver	Entine	239,500	52	3
Chris	Csik	540,000	52	4
Alan	Kraut	207,500	52	5
Ulises	Roman	93,000	52	6
EMPTY			52	7
Matthew	Maccaroni	57,000	52	8
Daniel	Couzens	453,500	52	9
Justin	Liberto	527,000	53	1
Joseph	Brattole	194,500	53	2
Catherine	Dever	410,500	53	3
Matthew	Meade	82,500	53	4
Craig	Bateman II	168,000	53	5
EMPTY			53	6
EMPTY			53	7
Joshua	Beckley	349,500	53	8
Abraham	Faroni	213,000	53	9
Vincent	Longo	125,000	54	1
Kane	Kalas	130,500	54	2
Jeff	Gottesman	31,500	54	3
Mike	Murphy	259,500	54	4
Ray	Shalkelford	102,500	54	5
EMPTY			54	6
EMPTY			54	7
Jameson	Singer	401,000	54	8
David	Gordon	469,000	54	9

Big Stax 1500 (Day 1C): End Of Day 1C Chip Counts

Level 15 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Combined Entries: 318

Day 1C
Total Players:	169	Players left:	37
Total Chips:	8,450,000	Average Chips:	228,378
Justin	Liberto	Baltimore MD	527,000
David	Gordon	Brooklyn NY	469,000
Daniel	Couzens	West Hartford	453,500
Nicholas	Condo	Philadelphia PA	436,000
Catherine	Dever	Ephrata	410,500
Jameson	Singer	Brooklyn NY	401,000
Matt	Robbins	Warrington PA	380,000
Mike	Jelaso	Long Beach NJ	365,000
Tim	Bryan	Atlanta GA	340,000
Greg	Himmelbrand	Queens NY	324,000
Ketan	Pandya	Piscataway NJ	305,500
Ryan	Feldman	Bristol CT	298,500
Steve	Juricek	Waldwick NJ	291,500
Mike	Murphy	Philadelphia PA	259,500
Oliver	Entine	New York NY	239,500
Joe	Reddick	Bronx NY	213,500
Abraham	Faroni	Philadelphia PA	213,000
Rich	Kates	Metuchen NJ	210,500
Bill	Strong	Wayne PA	208,000
Natale	Kuey	Bronx NY	207,500
Joe	Brand	Fair Lawn NJ	192,000
Ken	Silberstein	Edison NJ	191,000
Michael	Naidrich	Monroe NJ	175,500
Craig	Bateman II	Bryn Mawr PA	168,000
Jared	Jaffee	Brooklyn NY	153,500
Matt	Glantz	Lafayette Hill PA	149,500
Kane	Kalas	Philadelphia PA	130,500
Vincent	Longo	East Hanover	125,000
Mike	Woll		121,000
Anderson	Almonte	Bronx NY	102,500
Eric	Rappaport	Lansdale PA	95,500
Ulises	Roman	Huntington WV	93,000
Jonas	Wexler	South Hampton PA	55,500
Alexander	Queen	Bethlehem PA	51,000
Concetta	Rinaldi	Lynbrook NY	49,000
Ariel	Albilia	New York NY	32,500
Jeff	Gottesman	Huntingdon Valley PA	31,500