Parx Poker Tournament Results

Big Month for Poker at Parx The Parx Big Stax 300 is the first of three major tournaments commencing from Parx Casino in February. The tournament drew 2,257 total entries for a $643,245 prize pool. The heads-up match for the Parx Big Stax 500 Championship, a tournament that attracted 1,496 entrants, began with Joel Deutsch facing a 52-million to seven-million chip deficit against Kenny Huynh.

The biggest buy-in event on the Parx Big Stax XXVI poker tournament series schedule wrapped up this past weekend at Parx Casino with a Harrisburg player collecting the title and a six-figure score.

In fact, Chris Kennedy, a cash game pro from the state capitol, won the Parx Big Stax XXVI 1500 for a whopping $124,211. Kennedy got the best of a final table that included back-to-back Big Stax 300 champ Joe Palma.

Philadelphia's Palma won the Big Stax 300 at Big Stax XXI in May 2017 for $60,675. He then got the title, trophy, and $120,000 in a four-way chop in the Parx Big Stax XXII 300 in August 2017.

However, in this week's Parx Big Stax XXVI 1500, Palma finished third for $51,012. Kennedy went on to defeat Thai Ha heads up. Ha settled for $78,380 in second-place money.

Parx Big Stax XXVI 1500 final table results

The event drew 371 total entries, creating what amounted to a $539,805 prize pool.

Solve For Why Academy poker coach Christian Soto-Vasquez finished fifth for $27,530. Here's how the entire final table finished up:

• 1st Chris Kennedy $124,211
• 2nd Thai Ha $78,380
• 3rd Joe Palma $51,012
• 4th Agenor Souza $36,653
• 5th Christian Soto-Vasquez $27,530
• 6th David DeNoon $20,836
• 7th Anna Antimony $15,924
• 8th Spencer Champlin $11,552
• 9th Filippos Stavrakis $7,881

The Big Stax XXVI 1500 final table

According to the Parx Big Stax Blog, Stavrakis took ninth when Ha turned quads and faded Stavrakis' open-ended straight flush draw. Champlin ran pocket nines into Kennedy's aces to bow out eighth. Last-woman standing Anna Antimony took seventh when Ha drew out against her weak ace.

The final table was down to five when David DeNoon's eights failed to hold against Kennedy's two overs. Then, it took a classic cooler to end Soto-Vasquez' run in fifth. His pocket kings were bested by Palma's pocket aces.

Ha took most of Souza's stack turning a set of eights and filling up on the river against him. Kennedy took the rest when his own pocket eights held against Souza's weak-ace shove.

Palma took third when his king-ten suited whiffed versus Kennedy's queens.

Finally, Ha turned trip threes and a king-high diamond flush draw, getting it in against Kennedy's naked nut flush draw. A fourth diamond on the river sealed the win for Kennedy.

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Last week, prior to the Big Stax XXVI 1500, Tinzen Chakdor was declared Big Stax XXVI 500 champ after a four-way chop. Chakdor earned $69,850 for the win.

Additionally, David Mock was declared Big Stax XXVI 300 champion after a three-way chop. Mock earned $95,364.

This week, the Parx Big Stax XXVI series wrapped up with a $300 Pot-Limit Omaha and No-Limit Hold'em mixed event, a $300 Seniors event, a $300 Survivor event, and two bounty tournaments. Steel house poker club houston.

Parx is just 15 miles outside Philadelphia. It is the top poker destination in the Commonwealth.

Parx has hosted its Parx Big Stax poker tournament series since February 2013. The series runs five times annually in February, May, August, October, and December. It is the largest tournament poker series in Pennsylvania and one of the biggest in the entire Northeast.

Additionally, Parx is home to the highest-grossing live poker room in the state. In January 2018, the poker room moved into a new 48-table location inside the main casino building.

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The Parx Big Stax 300 looked like it was Dan Sweeney's to win since the final levels of Day 2. On Monday's Day 3, Sweeney made victory a reality.

Sweeney started the final day with the chip lead and stayed atop the leaderboard for nearly the entire day en route to taking home the championship at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The final three players - Sweeney, Anthony Chin and Christopher Laieta - came to terms on a three-way deal that ended with Sweeney being declared the winner.

'I tried to not go too crazy, not to be too much of a chip bully when I had an advantage.'

Sweeney took home $95,744 per the deal, with both Chin and Larieta earning $65,000. Sweeney had 52 million of the 67 million chips in play when the table went three-handed.

'I felt like I was going to win,' Sweeney said. 'I felt like I was at the top of my game.'

'I tried to not go too crazy, not to be too much of a chip bully when I had an advantage. I picked my spots correctly, I think. I made a few mistakes, but that's ok.'

For Sweeney, who grew up in the Bensalem area, the Big Stax 300 victory was a hometown win.

Final Table Results

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Sweeney Surges on Day 3

Sweeney ended Day 2 on a surge and came into Day 3 with the overall chip lead among the returning 40 players.

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Sweeney's run to the final table began with a huge pot against Ryan O'Connell in which two of the biggest stacks in the room went head-to-head. Sweeney came away with the pot, which gave him more than 10 million chips in distance over the rest of the field.

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Sweeney remained as the chip leader up until the final table, and when the final nine sat down Sweeney had a 12-million chip advantage over Chin.

That lead stood until a huge pot between Sweeney and Laieta unfolded, which Laieta won with what appeared to be a river bluff. Sweeney surrendered the chip lead for the first time on Day 3, with Laieta taking a commanding lead instead.

Sweeney got back to even with Laieta, however, after eliminating Gregory Fishberg in a pocket jacks versus ace-king all in, with Sweeney's jacks holding. Laieta and Sweeney were even at around 23 million after the elimination.

Despite the presence of short stacks at the table, Sweeney and Laieta continued to battle head-to-head in big pots. Laieta got the best of Sweeney in a hand that saw Laieta four-bet on the flop and get a fold.

Sweeney got the best of Laieta in the biggest hand of the night, however, making a correct call with just ace-high against Laieta's king-high bluff.

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'We both tried to get tricky in certain spots,' said Sweeney of the battle between him and Laieta. 'One worked out for him. The most important thing was that one that worked out for me. I think that's what really just brought it home. If I don't win that hand, that call with ace-king high... it was just a good call. And it put me here.'

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That hand put Sweeney in the lead for good and put him in position to claim the Parx Big Stax 300 trophy.

Big Month for Poker at Parx

The Parx Big Stax 300 is the first of three major tournaments commencing from Parx Casino in February. The tournament drew 2,257 total entries for a $643,245 prize pool.

Up next is the Big Stax 500, which begins Thursday, February 13. The month finishes off with the largest buy-in tournament of the month, with the $1,100 Big Stax 1100, begins February 21. PokerNews will offer live updates from both tournaments.

This week, the Parx Big Stax XXVI series wrapped up with a $300 Pot-Limit Omaha and No-Limit Hold'em mixed event, a $300 Seniors event, a $300 Survivor event, and two bounty tournaments. Steel house poker club houston.

Parx is just 15 miles outside Philadelphia. It is the top poker destination in the Commonwealth.

Parx has hosted its Parx Big Stax poker tournament series since February 2013. The series runs five times annually in February, May, August, October, and December. It is the largest tournament poker series in Pennsylvania and one of the biggest in the entire Northeast.

Additionally, Parx is home to the highest-grossing live poker room in the state. In January 2018, the poker room moved into a new 48-table location inside the main casino building.

Table Of Contents

The Parx Big Stax 300 looked like it was Dan Sweeney's to win since the final levels of Day 2. On Monday's Day 3, Sweeney made victory a reality.

Sweeney started the final day with the chip lead and stayed atop the leaderboard for nearly the entire day en route to taking home the championship at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The final three players - Sweeney, Anthony Chin and Christopher Laieta - came to terms on a three-way deal that ended with Sweeney being declared the winner.

'I tried to not go too crazy, not to be too much of a chip bully when I had an advantage.'

Sweeney took home $95,744 per the deal, with both Chin and Larieta earning $65,000. Sweeney had 52 million of the 67 million chips in play when the table went three-handed.

'I felt like I was going to win,' Sweeney said. 'I felt like I was at the top of my game.'

'I tried to not go too crazy, not to be too much of a chip bully when I had an advantage. I picked my spots correctly, I think. I made a few mistakes, but that's ok.'

For Sweeney, who grew up in the Bensalem area, the Big Stax 300 victory was a hometown win.

Final Table Results

_{*Denotes three-way deal.}

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Sweeney Surges on Day 3

Sweeney ended Day 2 on a surge and came into Day 3 with the overall chip lead among the returning 40 players.

Parx Poker Tournament Results Payouts

Sweeney's run to the final table began with a huge pot against Ryan O'Connell in which two of the biggest stacks in the room went head-to-head. Sweeney came away with the pot, which gave him more than 10 million chips in distance over the rest of the field.

Parx Poker Tournament Results Churchill Downs

Sweeney remained as the chip leader up until the final table, and when the final nine sat down Sweeney had a 12-million chip advantage over Chin.

That lead stood until a huge pot between Sweeney and Laieta unfolded, which Laieta won with what appeared to be a river bluff. Sweeney surrendered the chip lead for the first time on Day 3, with Laieta taking a commanding lead instead.

Sweeney got back to even with Laieta, however, after eliminating Gregory Fishberg in a pocket jacks versus ace-king all in, with Sweeney's jacks holding. Laieta and Sweeney were even at around 23 million after the elimination.

Despite the presence of short stacks at the table, Sweeney and Laieta continued to battle head-to-head in big pots. Laieta got the best of Sweeney in a hand that saw Laieta four-bet on the flop and get a fold.

Sweeney got the best of Laieta in the biggest hand of the night, however, making a correct call with just ace-high against Laieta's king-high bluff.

Parx Casino Poker Tournament Results

'We both tried to get tricky in certain spots,' said Sweeney of the battle between him and Laieta. 'One worked out for him. The most important thing was that one that worked out for me. I think that's what really just brought it home. If I don't win that hand, that call with ace-king high... it was just a good call. And it put me here.'

Parx Poker Tournament Results 2019

That hand put Sweeney in the lead for good and put him in position to claim the Parx Big Stax 300 trophy.

Big Month for Poker at Parx

The Parx Big Stax 300 is the first of three major tournaments commencing from Parx Casino in February. The tournament drew 2,257 total entries for a $643,245 prize pool.

Up next is the Big Stax 500, which begins Thursday, February 13. The month finishes off with the largest buy-in tournament of the month, with the $1,100 Big Stax 1100, begins February 21. PokerNews will offer live updates from both tournaments.

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