Pennsylvania's Parx Casino Big Stax XXXII concluded this week with over $2.4 million in total prize pools awarded.

Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino wrapped up their popular Big Stax XXXII poker series this week after thousands of PA poker players traveled just outside of Philadelphia for their shot at what amounted to over $2.4 million in total prize pools.

The series, which took place from January 30 – February 26, featured 10 core events and promised players the opportunity to turn a modest buy-in into a bankroll building score.

Daniel Sweeney Wins Opening Event

The final three players in the Big Stax 300 opening event managed to turn their $340 buy-in into massive five-figure scores. Start-of-the-day chip leader Daniel Sweeney, nearly went wire-to-wire and, in the end, came out as the winner taking home $95,744 in a three-way deal. According to The Hendon Mob, the career-high score is only the fourth recorded cash of Sweeney’s career, and the other three results all took place in previous Parx Casino tournaments.

Sweeney shared the bulk of the prize pool with New York’s Christopher Laieta and New Jersey’s Anthony Chin. Both players walked away with an equal score of $65,000 in the deal. For Laieta, the agreement helped push him to over $400,000 in career earnings. Like Sweeney, Chin also booked a career-high cash, besting his previous best score of $50,905 that he won during 2018’s Parx Bix Stax XXVI.

Joel Deutsch Scores Big In 500

The biggest payday earned over the course of the series belonged to Florida’s Joel Deutsch who outlasted the 1,496 entries of the Big Stax 500 and turned his $550 buy-in into $126,995. Despite being at a significant chip deficit at the start of heads-up play, Deutsch battled back over the course of multiple hours to eventually overtake and eliminate his opponent, Kenny Huynh.

For Deutsch, the victory is by far the biggest of his career marking the first time he’s hit a six-figure score. In fact, it eclipses his previous largest cash by nearly $100,000.

The disappointment finishing as the runner-up was softened for Huynh with a career-high $80,298 payday pushing him to over $200,000 in total career live earnings.

Pennsylvania resident Bosu Avunoori ended up in third place and also earned a new career-high cash of $52,300.

Raymond Ross Takes Down The 1100

The biggest buy-in on the schedule was that of the Big Stax 1100 which saw Raymond Ross topple the field of 629 runners and walk away with the $125,588 first-place prize.

The victory helped Ross beat his previous high score of $47,848 which he earned as his very first recorded cash back in 2008. For Ross, the six-figure score sends him up over $375,000 in total career live earnings and gives him a nice bankroll boost headed into the 2020 World Series of Poker, a series he’s cashed in over the last three years.

New Jersey’s Michael Cohen finished the 1100 as the runner-up adding $88,067 to his career totals which now exceeds $825,000. Jason Deutsch from New York earned third place, taking home $56,685. Well-known poke pro Christian Harder, winner of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas event, ended up in seventh place for $21,000 to add to his over $4.5 million in career earnings.

Parx Big Stax XXXII Results

EVENT WINNER PRIZE PRIZE POOL
$340 NLHE Big Stax 300 Daniel Sweeney, Jr. $95,744 $643,245
$340 NLHE Survivor Erkut Yilmaz $3,000* $67,803
$550 NLHE Big Stax 500 Joel Deutsch $126,995 $710,600
$560 NLHE Single Day Baitai Li $25,277 $92,150
$560 NLHE Survivor Kyle Brock $5,000* $82,450
$340 NLHE Seniors Jin Lee $9,215 $46,560
$1200 NLHE Big Stax 1100 Raymond Ross $125,588 $671,143
$560 NLHE Bounty Jason Brauda $15,767 $61,595
$230 NLHE Deepstack Turbo Sean Roman $4,233 $17,460
$340 PLO/NLHE Naveen Chettipally $6,533 $33,174

*Survivor tournament winners all receive same amount.