Monday, March 4, 2013

Bay 101 Shooting Star End of Day 1A Chip Counts

End of Day 1A chip leader Andrew Lichtenberger with 341,100.

$7,500 Shooting Star Championship
Monday, March 4, 2013 / 270 entries
End of Day 1A Chip Counts
Place First Name Last Name Chips
1 Andrew Lichtenberger 341,100
2 Stephen Boker 274,200
3 Yung Hwang 242,000
4 Phaly Nou 232,800
5 James Calderaro 205,200
6 Greg White 183,000
7 Brendon Rubie 180,300
8 Faraz Jaka 177,300
9 Joe Barry 176,000
10 Isaac Busan 174,500
11 Laura Bare 156,300
12 Paul Volpe 146,500
13 Christopher Brammer 142,800
14 Rob Tepper 134,300
15 Steve Dempsey 133,300
16 Thomas Gabriel 127,800
17 Zach Hyman 127,000
18 Chris Tan 126,700
19 Byron Kaverman 126,200
20 Owen Crowe 125,000
21 Dominik Nitsche 122,300
22 Alex Keating 119,500
23 Antonio Esfandiari 119,200
24 Brian Lemke 119,000
25 Brian Brubaker 112,200
26 Chris Klodnicki 107,400
27 Jonathan Calipes 106,900
28 Tim West 104,100
29 Clyde Hinton 103,900
30 Andrei Zakharevich 103,700
31 Abrahim Aboukhalil 102,900
32 Dana Kellstrom 101,800
33 Axel Wevner 101,100
34 Johathan Alley 99,500
35 Ben May 95,800
36 Darren Elias 90,900
37 Will Wilkerson 85,300
38 Erik Seidel 85,000
39 David Chiu 84,700
40 Samuel Bejaran 82,900
41 Tyler Kenney 81,800
42 Gary Olson 80,600
43 David Forster 80,000
44 Soi Nguyen 76,900
45 Rodger Johnson 74,800
46 Todd Terry 74,400
47 Jonathan DNR 72,000
48 Tommy Vedes 70,100
49 David Tuthill 69,900
50 Steve Hastings 67,000
51 Raymond Dehkharghani 65,300
52 Jonathan Aguiar 65,100
53 Tom Sego 59,100
54 Richard Harrock 58,200
55 Toby Lewis 56,800
56 David Peters 56,600
57 Justin Gross 56,000
58 Nikolai Sears 54,600
59 Taylor Raines 53,600
60 Bryn Kenny 53,000
61 David "ODB" Baker 52,600
62 Brandon Crawford 51,400
63 Robert Lewis 51,200
64 Matthew Hyman 51,000
65 Mike Sexton 50,200
66 Deep Pulusari 48,900
67 Ninolaer Ninita 43,300
68 Fernando Padilla 40,600
69 Ana Marquez 39,800
70 Mohsin Charania 38,900
71 Matt Salsberg 38,000
72 Noah Schwartz 37,900
73 Daniel Stern 36,000
74 Christopher Wehle 35,700
75 Adam Geyer 34,200
76 Francis Alfonson 31,400
77 Jay Wiley 31,400
78 Taylor Paur 30,000
79 Nick Schulman 28,500
80 Marc Danai 28,200
81 Yong Tan 28,100
82 Bin Nguyen 27,700
83 Myles Bartel 27,100
84 Jonathan Little 26,800
85 Jennifer Harman 25,400
86 Randy Gil 24,500
87 David Pock 23,800
88 J Bozorgi 21,000
89 Keven Stammer 20,400
90 Eric Wasserson 18,600
91 Shawn Buchanan 17,400
92 Timmy Wood 3,000
93 Daniel Brackett DNR
Posted 11:25 PM

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!
Posted 10:37 PM

$2,000 Shooting Star Final Results

$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)
Posted 9:03 PM

Photos: Daniel Negreanu Eliminated Late on Day 1A

Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey and Daniel Negreanu chat after Dempsey knocks out Negreanu.



Negreanu signs his Bounty Shirt for Dempsey just after the hand.

Posted 8:37 PM

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.
Posted 8:34 PM

Photos: Phil Hellmuth Eliminated Late on Day 1A

Phil Hellmuth signs his bounty shirt for Matt O'Donnell after being knocked out on Day 1A.
Phil Hellmuth had a few stories to tell the WPT Camera Crew after his bustout.

Posted 8:09 PM

Photos: Scotty Nguyen Eliminated by Dani Stern Baby

Scotty Nguyen comes around to congratulate Dani Stern on earning his bounty on Day 1A.


Posted 7:16 PM

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.
Posted 6:31 PM

Players are now on Dinner Break


With the completion of 200/400 blinds, the remaining players from Day 1A of the $7,500 Shooting Star Championship are now on their 1 hour dinner break.

Play will resume at approximately 6:30pm PST.
Posted 5:34 PM

Shooting Star Day 1A Mid-Day Photo Blog.

The bounty t-shirts that are awarded when knocking out a Shooting Star.
Jason Mercier on Day 1A of the Shooting Star.
Tournament Director Matt Savage talks with Faraz Jaka (left) and Chad Brown.
WPT CEO Steve Heller talks with WPT Raw Deal Analyst Tony Dunst in between hands.
Aces vs. aces vs. kings on Day 1A.  The aces chopped the pot.
Phil Hellmuth sends a tweet naming all the top pros at his table.
Jason Mercier talks with the WPT Camera Crew about his eliminator not wanting his Bounty Medallion or t-shirt.
Scotty Nguyen talks with Michael Mizrachi on Day 1A.

Posted 5:11 PM