Monday, March 4, 2013
Andrew Lichtenberger Making a Run at End of Day 1A Chip Leader
Andrew Lichtenberger is making a run at the end of Day 1A chip lead. He just eliminated Jerry Yang and Matt O'Donnell on the same hand and is pushing 300,000 in chips with just five hands left in play today.
The incentive?
The end of Day 1A chip leader earns a $10,000 bonus!
$2,000 Shooting Star Final Results
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$2,000 Shooting Star Champion Amir Lehavot |
$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Sunday, March 3, 2013 / 344 entries | ||||
Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize | City |
1 | Amir | Lehavot | $140,500 * | Pembroke Pines, FL |
2 | Karthik | Sundaram | $107,500 * | Santa Clara, CA |
3 | Rellie | Sigua | $101,680 * | Daly City, CA |
4 | Wes | Sage | $47,390 | San Jose, CA |
5 | Dylan | Hortin | $34,970 | Tempe, AZ |
6 | Ron | Burke | $27,780 | La Selva Beach, CA |
7 | Mark | Rabkin | $21,240 | Palo Alto, CA |
8 | Munir | Shahin | $15,360 | Millbrae, CA |
9 | Dane | Lomas | $11,110 | San Diego, CA |
10 | Saurabh | Patel | $8,500 | San Jose, CA |
11 | Kfir | Nahum | $8,500 | Sunnyvale, CA |
12 | Imad | Allahham | $7,680 | Redwood City, CA |
13 | Mimi | Luu | $7,680 | San Jose, CA |
14 | Sam | Lam | $6,860 | Milpitas, CA |
15 | Shawn | Busse | $6,860 | Massapequa, NY |
16 | Derrick | Yamada | $5,880 | Sacramento, CA |
17 | David | Chase | $5,880 | Orange, CA |
18 | Justin | Zaki | $5,880 | Tierra Verde, FL |
19 | Benjamin | Sarnoff | $4,900 | San Francisco, CA |
20 | Brian | Park | $4,900 | Los Altos, CA |
21 | Viet | Vo | $4,900 | Pearland, TX |
22 | Shaunt | Shahkarami | $4,900 | Fremont, CA |
23 | Teri | Schwimmer | $4,900 | Los Gatos, CA |
24 | John | Pires | $4,900 | Santa Clara, CA |
25 | Ty | Lieu | $4,900 | Marina, CA |
26 | John | Gordon | $4,900 | Seminole, FL |
27 | Matt | O'Donnell | $4,900 | Lutz, FL |
28 | Tom | Marchese | $4,250 | Las Vegas, NV |
29 | Yanki | Koppel | $4,250 | Sunnyvale, CA |
30 | Richard | Rinker | $4,250 | Vacaville, CA |
31 | William | McClintock | $4,250 | San Leandro, CA |
32 | Cyong | Nguyen | $4,250 | San Jose, CA |
33 | Nghi | Tran | $4,250 | Maple, ON, Canada |
34 | Al | Chen | $4,250 | San Jose, CA |
35 | Raymond | Chan | $4,250 | San Jose, CA |
36 | David | Wilcox | $4,250 | San Jose, CA |
* Includes a $7,500 Shooting Star Championship Seat (3 way deal made) |
Photos: Daniel Negreanu Eliminated Late on Day 1A
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Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey and Daniel Negreanu chat after Dempsey knocks out Negreanu. |
Busted in a fun hand: called raise w A7hh flop T22hh I call 1800 turn 8 I call 3k river 7 he bet 5k I shove 23k more he calls w A2 #rebuy
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) March 5, 2013
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Negreanu signs his Bounty Shirt for Dempsey just after the hand. |
Players are now on break
The remaining 159 players in Day 1A of the $7,500 Shooting Star Championship are now on break. The tournament staff are coloring up and racing off the 25 chips. When they return, the field will be playing 400/800 blinds with a 100 ante.
Photos: Phil Hellmuth Eliminated Late on Day 1A
Photos: Scotty Nguyen Eliminated by Dani Stern Baby
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Scotty Nguyen comes around to congratulate Dani Stern on earning his bounty on Day 1A. |
Busted Scotty Nguyen baby, bounty baby.
— Dani Stern (@TheRealAnsky) March 5, 2013
Cards are Back in the Air
The dinner break has concluded, and the remaining players in Day 1A of the $7,500 Shooting Star Championship have returned to their seats.
The "shuffle up and deal" has been announced, and the field is now playing 250/500 blinds with a 75 ante.
You can watch our live featured table with Antonio Esfandiari (seat 5), Toby Lewis (seat 4), Matt Salsburg (seat 7), and Bobby Suer (seat 2) by heading over to www.Bay101Live.com.
Shooting Star Day 1A Mid-Day Photo Blog.
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The bounty t-shirts that are awarded when knocking out a Shooting Star. |
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Jason Mercier on Day 1A of the Shooting Star. |
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Tournament Director Matt Savage talks with Faraz Jaka (left) and Chad Brown. |
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WPT CEO Steve Heller talks with WPT Raw Deal Analyst Tony Dunst in between hands. |
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Aces vs. aces vs. kings on Day 1A. The aces chopped the pot. |
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Phil Hellmuth sends a tweet naming all the top pros at his table. |
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Jason Mercier talks with the WPT Camera Crew about his eliminator not wanting his Bounty Medallion or t-shirt. |
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Scotty Nguyen talks with Michael Mizrachi on Day 1A. |