Day 2 of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event concluded just a couple of minutes ago with 36 remaining players from a field of 708 entries. Since the registration is now closed, we can confirm that the total prize pool is $5,026,800 and the winner will get $1,214,200.
Redwood City's Imad Allaham (only $7,680 in tournament winnings according to Hendon Mob) will lead the remaining 36 player to [...] Read more » WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: 36 Players Remain
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We are getting down to the nitty gritty now and all these players must be getting excited about the prospect of winning this great tournament and the first prize of $1,214,200
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A very quick reduction in the field to only 36.The chip leader with 1.7 million chips has a very good lead at the moment with 2nd place on just over a million. If you were chip leader in this tourney with no big cash before and 25k in the bank already or do you just go for the $1.2 million 1st place or tighten up?