Two more eliminations happened within the following hour, but after that, the tournament remained an 11-player affair for another two-plus hours. Coming back from dinner break, 14 players remained, and it took another hour after that for the next elimination, with David Clarke going out in 14th place ($6,182). 'I really got some momentum going.' Final Table Resultsĭay 3 started with 42 players, and it took nearly 11 hours to reach the nine-handed final table. 'It kept getting better from there,' said Deutsch. I didn't picture this.'ĭeutsch 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. 'I'm thinking one thing I've got second place. 'I had nothing to lose,' said Deutsch of the heads-up battle. In a span of one big hand, followed by another final duel between Huynh and Avunoori, and heads-up play was set. It ended, after a 19-hour day, with Deutsch coming out on top after a heads-up battle for the ages.ĭeutsch 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.ĭeustch was short stacked for most of three-handed play and beyond, but came away with the biggest score of his career.ĭeutsch, Huynh (2nd - $80,298), and Bosu Avunoori (3rd - $52,300) were the final three, with Huynh and Avunoori holding most of the chips. 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.

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