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WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star turned out to be a really interesting and thrilling tournament to follow as many big names made it deep into the tournament. Unfortunately, Scotty Nguyen was sent packing before the final table (8th place - $58,000). The WSOP Legend Phil Hellmuth made it to the final table though, but was the first player to be eliminated (6th place - $117,700).

After that Phil had been eliminated, it was time for another 3 notable pros to leave the tournament, Matt Keikoan, Hasan Habib and Dan O'Brien. This left Andy Seth and MacLean Karr playing heads-up. It didn't take long before both players picked up small pocket pairs and got all their money into the pot. Karr's pocket 8's stood up against Seth's pocket 4's all the way to the river and gave him the win. Maclean Karr, the man who knocked out 3 bounties (Erik Seidel, Greg Mueller, and John Cernuto = $15k extra) and almost was knocked out before the final table, is now the new WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star champion! Congratulations to him!