Event #1 $345 Spread Limit Hold'em - Final Results

1st - Jose Basa (Union City, CA) - $16,230
2nd - Simon Wolffs (Foster City, CA) - $8,850
3rd - Houston Williams (Los Gatos, CA) - $4,430
4th - Rolando Flores (Santa Clara, CA) - $3,440
5th - Allen Bittikofer (Hayward, CA) - $2,950
6th - Liron Redem (Sunnyvale, CA) - $2,460
7th - Matthew Dames (Burlingame, CA) - $1,970
8th - George Ash - $1,480
9th - Victor Hassan - $980
10th - Mike Leonard - $890
13th - "Cigar Mike" Lara - $690
14th - Eric Schafer - $690
15th - Eddy Vaturu - $690
16th - Corinn Ignatieff - $590
17th - James Holstein - $590
18th - John Prentice - $590
19th - Jeff Walsh - $590

YouTube video: Event #1 final hand

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Event #1 winner: Jose Basa!

After Rolando Flores was eliminated in 4th place for $3,440 and Houston Williams was eliminated in 3rd place for $4,430, a heads up battle was set between Simon Wolffs and Jose Basa.

In the final hand, Jose Basa moved all in with [Ad][Ts] and was called by Simon Wolffs who held [8d][2s]. The board ran out [4h][Ks][6s][Qc][9c] and Basa's hand held up to win him $16,230 and the title. Wolffs's 2nd place finish will earn him $8,850.

Down to final 4

We are now down to our final four players. Here are the recent eliminations and payouts after a 7-way deal was struck:

5th - Allen Bittikofer - $2,950
6th - Liron Redem - $2,460
7th - Matthew Dames - $1,970

YouTube video: Simon Wolffs triples up

Simon Wolffs was all in preflop with [Kh][Th] against a shorter stack's [Qc][Jc] and a larger stack's [Ah][Kd]. When the board ran out [6h][5h][6c][Tc][7h], Wolffs tripled up and is now the chip leader at the final table.

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YouTube video: King queen beats ace king

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Recent eliminations: Ash, Hassan, Leonard

The 7 remaining players are now on break.  When they return, the blinds will be 5k/10k. Here are the recent eliminations:

8th - George Ash - $1,480
9th - Victor Hassan - $980
10th - Mike Leonard - $890

YouTube video: Three way all in

We caught an exciting hand on our featured table. Matt Sullivan moved all in for 11,500 and Heather Bautista, next to act, called all in for less. The action folded to Corinn Ignatieff in the big blind who called, having both players covered.

Sullivan - [Kh][Th]
Bautista - [Qd][Jh]
Ignatieff - [Ah][Ks]

The flop came [Js][Qs][Jc] to guarantee Bautista the main pot, and when the turn and river came [5c][Ad], Sullivan won the side pot.
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Event #1 final table set, now streaming live.

With the elimination of Jean Sheij in 12th place and Matt Lee in 11th place, our final table of 10 is set.  Sheij and Lee both receive $840 for their efforts, and the remaining 10 are guaranteed $890.  You can watch the stream by clicking on "Watch LIVE video."

Recent eliminations: Lara, Schafer, Vaturu

The blinds have been increased to 3000/6000, and there are 12 players remaining.  Here are the recent eliminations:

13th - "Cigar Mike" Lara - $690
14th - Eric Schafer - $690
15th - Eddy Vaturu - $690

Recent eliminations: Ignatieff, Holstein, Prentice, Walsh

The blinds have been increased to 3000/5000, and there are 15 players remaining.  Here are the recent eliminations:

16th - Corinn Ignatieff - $590
17th - James Holstein - $590
18th - John Prentice - $590
19th - Jeff Walsh - $590

We are now in the money.

The 19 players remaining decided to make a deal in which 19th place will receive $590 (taken off of 1st place), so all remaining players are now in the money.  The field has just returned from break and are now playing 2000/4000 blinds, with only 1k denomination chips in play.

YouTube video: Pocket kings cracked by queen ten

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Down to 27 players

The tournament has reached the final 27 players, and tournament director Matt Savage has redrawn all remaining players for new seats.  Blinds are 1000/2000 for another nine minutes.

The redraw also means that there will be some new faces on our live video feed, so click on "Watch LIVE Video" to see the action.

Blinds have been increased to 1000/1500.

Big stacks in the field

After walking the room, we believe we have found our chip leader, Russ Kishi.  He currently sits on a stack of approximately 65,000 chips.

Event #1 Prizepool & payouts

The total number of entrants for Event #1 $345 Spread Limit Hold'em is 164 players, creating a prize pool of $49,200.  Here are the payouts:

1st - $16,230
2nd - $8,850
3rd - $4,430
4th - $3,440
5th - $2,950
6th - $2,460
7th - $1,970
8th - $1,480
9th - $980
10th - $890
11th-12th - $840
13th-15th - $690
16th-18th - $590

Blinds have been increased to 300/600.

We are now playing level 8, which is 300/600 blinds.  55 players remain, and the average stack is just over 14k.

Players are back from their first break

Player are back from their first break, and they are now playing level 4.  Blinds are now 100-200 and spread limits are now 200-8000.  123 players remain in the field.

Event #1 SOLD OUT!

We are now almost halfway through level 2 in the Bay 101 Open Event #1. This $345 Spread Limit Hold'em tournament is now sold out at 160 players.  If you didn't make it in, there's still 7 more events to play -- click "Schedule" on the top of www.Bay101Live.com to view the events. You can also watch live video of our featured table by clicking on "Watch LIVE Video."  Don't forget to follow @Bay101Casino for updates throughout the Bay 101 Open!