Last weekend, 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. It ended, after a 19-hour day, with Deutsch coming out on top after a heads-up battle for the ages.
Deutsch rode the rollercoaster and staved off elimination multiple times over a two-hour match, scoring a $126,995 payday at the end of a grueling final day at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
Deustch was short stacked for most of three-handed play and beyond, but came away with the biggest score of his career.
Deutsch, Huynh (2nd - $80,298), and Bosu Avunoori (3rd - $52,300) were the final three, with Huynh and Avunoori holding most of the chips. In a span of one big hand, followed by another final duel between Huynh and Avunoori, and heads-up play was set.
"I had nothing to lose," said Deutsch of the heads-up battle. "I'm thinking one thing; I've got second place. I didn't picture this."
Deutsch chipped away at the lead and won a couple of big pots, at one point he avoided elimination with jack-ten offsuit in a preflop all in against Huynh's ace-jack.
"It kept getting better from there," said Deutsch. "I really got some momentum going."
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Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel Deutsch | United States | $126,995 |
| 2 | Kenny Huynh | United States | $80.298 |
| 3 | Bosu Avunoori | United States | $52,300 |
| 4 | Michael Michnik | United States | $38,372 |
| 5 | Michael Wolf | United States | $28,637 |
| 6 | Sumeet Wayachal | United States | $21,531 |
| 7 | William Corvino | United States | $16,557 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Giordano | United States | $12,720 |
| 9 | Bouyan Han | United States | $10,019 |
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