Kevin Grabel Makes History at Parx Casino, Wins Back-To-Back Big Stax Events

Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania played host to another Big Stax tournament series. These Big Stax events have become community favorites, drawing large numbers over the years, and this latest installment, the Big Stax XVI, was no different. The highlight of the festival was the trio of Big Stax XVI 300, Big Stax XVI 500, and Big Stax XVI 1100 events, attracted a combined 3,261 entries and generating nearly $1.6 million in combined prize pools.

Although the Big Stax XVI 1100 event provided the biggest first-place prize, the story from the series was Kevin Grabel, who made history when he won both the Big Stax XVI 300 and Big Stax XVI 500 events for prizes of $78,450 and $43,000, respectively. With the two wins, Grabel became the first player to win back-to-back titles at Parx Casino in Big Stax events. He defeated a field of 1,548 entries in the first event and 1,184 entries in the second.

In the Big Stax XVI 1100 event, Jason Deutsch beat out Bobby Oboodi to win a $101,305 prize.

Grabel Wins Big Stax XVI 300

On Monday, May 9, Grabel entered the final table of the Big Stax XVI 300 event atop the final 10 players. He busted Dixit Patel in 10th place, Chris Farmer in ninth, and Daniel Conway in sixth before leading the final four players into the dinner break. It was Mike Lavenburg, James Labrie, and Geno Raman joining Grabel at this point.

After they returned, Raman busted to Grabel in fourth place, and then Grabel finished off Labrie in third before taking 26 million in chips into heads-up play against Lavenburg, who had 20 million.

According to reports, Grabel opened up heads-up …

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