391 players paid the buy-in of $10,000 to this year's WPT Bay 101 shooting Star tournament, many of them celebrities and poker pros. Now Day 1a, Day 1b and Day 2 have been played and there are only 36 remaining players and 4 "shooting stars" left as Day 3 is about to start. In the lead we find Michael Kamran, Tony Behari, Chris Moore closely followed by Dan O'Brien & John Monnette.
When the Bay 101 shooting Star tournament began a couple of days ago there were 50 "Shooting Stars" - players with bounties on their heads. The player who knocks out one of these players will receive $5,000 in cash and a custom made t-shirt that the "shooting star" has to autograph. Yesterday when day 2 finished there were only 4 bounties left, Kathy Liebert, Paul Wasicka, Hoyt Corkins, and Joe Sebok.
Biggest bounty hunter of Day 2
John Monnette busted both Freddy Deeb and Brandon Cantu during day 2 in the same hand. He went all-in with A-Q, paired up on the flop to beat Deeb's pocket tens and Brandon's pocket fours. This means that Deeb who won the most recent event won't be a two-in-a-row WPT champion.
Top 5 of the 36 remaining players |
Remaining Shooting Stars |
1. Michael Kamran - 570,500 2. Tony Behari - 553,000 3. Chris Moore - 539,500 4. Dan O'Brien - 478,000 5. John Monnette - 459,000 |
7. Kathy Liebert - 385,000 11. Paul Wasicka - 297,000 25. Hoyt Corkins - 124,500 29. Joe Sebok - 116,500 |
Chip count for the 6 remaining tables
TABLE 1 |
TABLE 2 |
1. Jerry Reed - 78,000 2. Vikaly Yarkov - 305,000 3. Hoyt Corkins - 124,000 4. David Fox - 165,500 5. Long Lai - 35,000 6. Frank Khadivi - 136,500 |
1. Dan O'Brien - 478,000 2. John Monnette - 459,000 3. Paul Wasicka - 297,000 4. Marco Johnson - 149,500 5. Mike Kamran - 570,500 6. Gary Tighe - 271,500 |
TABLE 3 |
TABLE 4 |
1. Matthew Lessinger - 64,500 2. Louis Razzano - 210,500 3. Robert Fox - 47,000 4. Tyler Cornell - 425,000 5. Joe Sebok - 116,500 6. Vivek Rajkumar - 124,000 |
1. Taylor Raines - 195,000 2. Tony Gargano - 155,500 3. Kathy Liebert - 385,000 4. Luis Velador - 236,500 5. Raymond Lee - 70,500 6. Jeremy Meier - 147,500 |
TABLE 5 |
TABLE 6 |
1. Hoang "Michael" Nguyen - 67,000 2. Chau Vu - 315,500 3. Thao Le - 118,500 4. Chris Moore - 539,500 5. Tony Behari - 553,000 6. Steve Brecher - 151,500 |
1. Mohsin Charania - 121,000 2. Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey - 302,500 3. David Forster - 101,000 4. Freddy Bonyadi - 245,500 5. Chi Kong Nguyen - 138,000 6. Amnon Filippi - 180,000 |