Victor Ramdin Claims Top Prize in Big Stax XXXI 300 After Four-Way Chop

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Johnny Lau, Joseph Agron Jr, Victor Ramdin, and Bin Weng

The fourth and final Big Stax XXXI 300 of the year has come to its conclusion. From a field of 1,413 entries, the last four players agreed to chop the remaining payouts according to chip sizes.

Victor Ramdin held the most with 15,100,000, so he was awarded first place with a $48,777 payout. Second in chips was Joseph Agron Jr who had 12,375,000 and took home $45,455. Sitting third in chips with 8,400,000 was Bin Yeng who was awarded $39,493 and coming in fourth place with 6,500,000 chips was Johnny Lau who took home $36,030.

Parx Big Stax XXXI 300 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Victor RamdinUnited States$48,777*
2Joseph Agron JrUnited States$45,455*
3Bin WengUnited States$39,493*
4Johnny LauUnited States$36,030*
5Dwayne AllenUnited States$16,310
6Po YingUnited States$12,283
7Nate LindquistUnited States$9,423
8Steven PetitteUnited States$7,249
9Jose PereiraUnited States$5,718

*Denotes four-way deal.

Parx Big Stax XXXI 300 Final Day Recap

The final day started exactly how Day 2 did, with guns blazing and chips blasting.

After starting the day in the middle of the pack, Danny Pabon showed no fear as he jammed his 970,000 chips in the middle after Weng raised on the button. Weng snap-called holding a suited ace that would pair on the flop to send Pabon and his pocket fives out the door in the first elimination of the day.

After a slew of eliminations, James Brady was next to go. Brady had picked his spots exceptionally well all tournament, but due to stack sizes, he had to make a move. Unfortunately for Brady, he ran his ace-six into Allen's ace-seven and was eliminated from the tournament.

The rapid-fire of eliminations continued once eighteen players remained as Michael Dalessandro, John Malczan, and Andrew Wu were all eliminated in a short timeframe and took a $2,819 payday.

The eliminations continued through James Bambrick when he jammed over the top of Lau holding a made hand of eights. He couldn't dodge the board as Lau paired his big slick to give him an eleventh place finish, setting up play for the unofficial final table.

Parx Big Stax XXXI 300 Final Table Action

The final table started with players getting double-ups left and right making it a full level before the first elimination. Eventually, short stack Rane Duong broke the drought. Doung ground her short stack all day and found double-ups each time she got her chips in the middle but ran out of luck in the end. Duong woke up with pocket sevens and jammed her chips in the middle, but Lau woke up with a better-made hand holding pocket queens and eliminated her in tenth place.

Lau would continue his streak of final table elimination not long after his first, as Jose Pereira ran his ace-seven into Lau's pocket tens to send the former home in ninth place.

A few hands after players returned from a break, another player exited as Steven Petitte jammed from the small blind after a Nate Lindquist all-in raise from middle position. Petitte waited patiently to make a move at the final table and woke up with a hand holding ace-queen while Lindusit held pocket nines. The board wouldn't run out in Petitte's favor, and he was the eighth-place finisher.

After some chip exchanges and a 75-minute dinner break, the next elimination would occur when Lindquist got all his chips in the middle. After an early Ramdin raise, Lindquist shoved with ace-queen and was snapped off by Ramdin holding big slick. Lindquist was dominated but saw a glimmer of light after flopping a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, it turned dark as he bricked both the turn and river to give him a seventh-place finish worth $9,423.

Start-of-day chipleader Po Ying finished 6th for $12,283
Start-of-day chipleader Po Ying finished 6th for $12,283

Next up saw the start-of-day chip leader Po Ying take a massive hit from Lau with both players turning a flush. As Lau held the better of it, Ying was left with just 75,000 in chips. Ying would find a double the very next hand but would lose it just as fast after his pocket queens were out-flopped by the pocket nines of Weng's sending him out in sixth place $12,283.

The final elimination happened just hands after the last. Dwayne Allen moved all of his chips to the middle after the flop holding ace-six. He was snapped off by Ramdin holding ace-eight. Both players had flopped an ace, but Ramdin had the better of it as there was also an eight on the board to give him two-pair. Allen was drawing to a chop or needed running sixes, but it wouldn't happen, and he happily took his fifth-place finish for $16,310.

The remaining four players agreed to a chop, and the tournament wrapped right after.

The Big Stax 300 is in the books, but there's more action to come from the Parx Big Stax XXXI! Later this week, PokerNews will bring you live updates from the Big Stax 500 and next week, the Big Stax 1100 awaits. Check the PokerNews Live Reporting section for more.

A Look at the Parx Big Stax XXXI Schedule

DayDateTimeBuy-In & FeeEvent
Wed10/2/191:00 PM$500+60NL Hold��em : Survivor ($5000 winners)
Thu10/3/1911:00 AM$500+50Big Stax 500 : Day 1a
Fri10/4/1911:00 AM$500+50Big Stax 500 : Day 1b
Fri10/4/196:00 PM$200+30Super Satellite to Big Stax 1100
Sat10/5/1910:00 AM$500+50Big Stax 500 : Day 1c
Sun10/6/1911:00 AM$500+50Big Stax 500 : Day 2
Sun10/6/192:00 PM$200+30NL Hold��em : Big Ante Deep Stack Turbo
Mon10/7/1912:00 PM$500+50Big Stax 500 : Final Day
Mon10/7/191:00 PM$500+60+500NL Hold��em : Purple Chip Bounty
Tue10/8/197:00 PM$150+25+100Super Satellite to Big Stax 1100 w/Black Chip Bounty
Wed10/9/1910:00 AM$300+40NL Hold��em : Seniors (50+) Event
Thu10/10/1911:00 AM$130+20Super Satellite to Big Stax 1100
Thu10/10/197:00 PM$200+30+50Super Satellite to Big Stax 1100 w/Double Green Chip Bounty
Fri10/11/1911:00 AM$1100+100Big Stax 1100 : Day 1a (8-handed)
Sat10/12/1911:00 AM$1100+100Big Stax 1100 : Day 1b (8-handed)
Sun10/13/1911:00 AM$1100+100Big Stax 1100 : Day 2 (8-handed)
Sun10/13/191:00 PM$200+25NL Hold��em : Progressive Bounty
Mon10/14/1912:00 PM$1100+100Big Stax 1100 : Final Day (8-handed)
Mon10/14/195:00 PM$300+40NL Hold��em : Survivor ($3000 winners)
Tue10/15/195:00 PM$300+40Pot Limit Omaha/NL Hold��em Mix
Thu10/17/197:15 PM$100+20Thursday Night Survivor NL Hold��em ($1000 winners)
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