Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Tim West has been eliminated

Tim West has been eliminated when his [As][Ad] was cracked by his opponent's [Js][Jd].  The board ran out [9c][5c][3h][Jc][Tc], and Tim will miss out on making Day 2.
Posted 10:36 PM

Recent elimination tweets

Posted 10:27 PM

Currently 400 players for Day 1B

Tournament Director Matt Savage has just seated player #400 for Day 1B, bringing the total number of entrants to 712.  The prize pool has passed the $5 Million point, and it will grow even larger as registration is still open until play starts tomorrow.
Posted 10:24 PM

Tweets from the break

Players are now on break while the staff colors up and races off the 25 chips.  When the players return, blinds will be 400/800 with a 100 ante.  Here are some tweets from the break:

Posted 8:35 PM

Barry Greenstein and Daniel Negreanu have been eliminated


Barry Greenstein was all in with [9c][8c] vs. his opponent's [Js][Td] on a [7h][9s][Ks][8h] board.  Barry had two pair but would need to fill up as his opponent had the nut straight.  The [Qd] river fell to send Barry to the rail and award the winner his Shooting Star bounty.


Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu was eliminated after getting all in on a [5s][Ts][7h] flop with [As][7s].  Daniel's opponent flopped two pair with [Tc][7d], but Daniel was still 43% to win with flush and bigger two pair draws.  The [Js] was just what Daniel needed, and he was now a 93% favorite to win as long as a ten or seven didn't hit the river.  But alas, the [7c] popped up on the river to give an improbable elimination.  Daniel was a Shooting Star yesterday but not today, so no bounty was awarded.
Posted 8:18 PM

Ron Minnis is your level 7 chip leader


Local player Ron Minnis finished level 7 with approximately 186,000 and is currently the chip leader of Day 1B.  The chip leader at the end of the day (10 levels) will earn a $10,000 bonus.  Yesterday's chip leader was Giorgio Medici with 254,600.
Posted 7:35 PM

Players are now on dinner break


Level 6 is now complete, which means players are now on a 1 hour dinner break.  When they return, blinds will be 250/500 with a 75 ante.  The board currently reads 365 players remaining, and registration is still open.
Posted 5:32 PM

YouTube Video: What will Pat Lyons do if he wins?

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Shooting Star Pat Lyons talks with Tournament Director Matt Savage about what he will do with the money if he wins the tournament on his second bullet.
Posted 5:22 PM

Ryan Riess is a beast on the short stack


Ryan Riess's day was going along swimmingly after he won an all in after rivering a straight to beat two opponents, one of whom flopped top set.  But more recently, Ryan ran pocket kings into to pocket aces, and was left with roughly 6,000 chips at 200/400 blinds.

It didn't take him much time to put them to good use.  Ryan moved all in with [9s][9d] and found a call from Dan Heimiller who held [5c][3c].  It looked as if the defending World Series of Poker champ would be out the door after the dealer fanned the [Tc][3h][5h] flop, but Ryan found the [Th] on the turn to counterfit Dan's flopped two pair.  Ryan needed to dodge a three or a five on the river to survive, and the [Td] river gave Ryan an unnecessary full house.

Ryan now sits on approximately 13,000, and he still has plenty of work to do before he is back to an average stack.
Posted 5:00 PM

Photos of recent Shooting Star eliminations

Here are some photos of some recent Shooting Star eliminations:

Jonathan Little (left) shakes Pat Lyons's (right) hand after busting him with [As][3c] vs. [5h][3h], all in on a [3s][Ad][5s] flop

Dan Shak signs his Shooting Star t-shirt after losing a flip to bust
Chris Moorman awaits his fate after running [Ac][Qc] into [Qs][Qd] all in preflop
Bruce Buffer (left) looks for the board to pair after getting top two in against bottom set

Posted 4:49 PM

Photo: Day 1B Shooting Stars


As is tradition at the Bay 101 Shooting Star, all of the bounties pose for a group photo on the first break of the tournament.  Here are the bounties pictured above:

Back row, left to right:
Will Failla
Mike Matusow
Dan Shak
Ludovic Lacay
Jeff Gross
Dan Smith
Pat Lyons
Ana Marquez
Aaron Massey
Chris Moorman
Maria Ho
Barry Greenstein
Vanessa Selbst
Galen Hall
Joe Serock
Ravi Raghavan
Allen Kessler
Matt Savage (tournament director)

Front row (seated), left to right:
Scott Seiver
Ryan Reiss
Kyle Julius
Jason Mercier
Phil Laak
Jennifer Tilly
Bruce Buffer
Christina Lindley
Jeff Madsen
Posted 1:26 PM

Players are now on break

The board reads 278 entrants, and they are now on their first break of the day.  When the players return, they will be playing 75/150 blinds with a 25 ante.
Posted 1:02 PM

Cards are in the air

Bruce Buffer has given the "Shuffle Up And Deal" and the cards are now in the air for Day 1B of the $7,500 Shooting Star Main Event.  Blinds are 50/100 to start, and there are 270 players registered so far.
Posted 11:01 AM

2014 Bay 101 Shooting Star $2k Final Results

SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014
300 ENTRANTS / $570,000 PRIZE POOL

Place Name Prize
1 Ronit Chamani $152,080 + $7,500 Main Event seat
2 Joe Keuther $86,550 + $7,500 Main Event seat
3 Dan Furnival $55,200 + $7,500 Main Event seat
4 Kevin O'Donnell $43,610.00
5 George Hatzistratis $32,490.00
6 David Fong $25,080.00
7 Anthony Zinno $19,380.00
8 Karl Handelsman $14,250.00
9 David Peters $10,260.00
10 Luis Pires $7,980.00
11 Pat Lyons $7,980.00
12 Guy Hadas $7,980.00
13 Brandon Shane $6,840.00
14 Michael Katz $6,840.00
15 Raymond Tang $6,840.00
16 Jesse Rockowitz $5,990.00
17 Ana Marquez $5,990.00
18 Felipe Leme $5,990.00
19 Deborah Gray Hinton $5,130.00
20 Phaly Nou $5,130.00
21 Dustin Leary $5,130.00
22 Ngoc Bui $5,130.00
23 Cornel Roman $5,130.00
24 Randall Lee $5,130.00
25 Justin Zaki $5,130.00
26 Samuel Panzica $5,130.00
27 Oz Levia $5,130.00
Posted 2:14 AM

YouTube Video: Ronit Chamani winners interview



After a long heads up battle with Joe Kuether, Ronit Chamani has won the 2014 Shooting Star $2k.  Tournament Director Matt Savage sits down to talk to Ronit about how she came to this point in her poker career.
Posted 12:25 AM

Ronit Chamani Wins Bay 101 $2,000 Shooting Stars Event for $152,080 + $7,500 WPT Shooting Star Main Event seat!

2014 Bay 101 $2,000 Shooting Star Event Final Table Breakdown:
Ronit Chamani, 1st Place WINNER: $152,080 + $7,500 WPT Shooting Star Main Event seat
This is how Ronit Chamani finished the tournament's final table (with No Deal & No Chop), while overcoming a huge chip deficit, closing in a swift, climatic, and decisive victory!

After a see-saw battle, the final hand went down with a flop of [Kd][Js][2h]. Joe then open jammed the rest of his chips and was called by Ronit Chamani and was at risk!
Kuether: [Qd][Tc]
Chamani: [Kc][Jh]
Turn: [3h]
River: [2d]


Posted 12:20 AM

Joe Kuether finishes 2nd ($86,550 + $7,500 WPT Shooting Star Main Event seat) in Bay 101 $2,000 Shooting Star Event

2014 Bay 101 $2,000 Shooting Star Event Final Table Breakdown:
Joe Kuether

Congrats to runner-up finisher Joseph Kuether, who played a nearly flawless tournament and final table. It was a top notch final table performance and he carried the chip lead for the majority of short-handed play. 

Here's how the finish came to a climatic conclusion... After a see-saw battle, the final hand went down with a flop of [Kd][Js][2h]. Joe then open jammed the rest of his chips and was called by Ronit Chamani and was at risk!

Kuether: [Qd][Tc]
Chamani: [Kc][Jh]

Turn: [3h];  River: [2d]
And Joe Kuether finished his amazing run in the tournament and final table in 2nd beating out 298 players and winning $86,550 +$7,500 World Poker Tour (WPT) Shooting Stars Main Event seat!


Posted 12:15 AM

Shooting Star End of Day 1A Chip Counts

Here are End of Day 1A chip counts from the 2014 Shooting Star Main Event.  Tomorrow these names will be joined with the players from Day 1B, and seats will be drawn at that point.

You can also view this list on Google Spreadsheets.

FirstLastChip Count
GiorgioMedici254,600
HaiTran253,500
DavidForster225,200
MukulPahwa189,100
BryanCampanello182,300
DavidChiu174,000
DominigosFernandes172,400
ShawnBuchanan164,700
DanielSouza163,500
IsaacBaron160,600
JasonKoon149,600
PhiTran149,400
SteveThomason147,100
ChadEveslage137,400
AmirShayesteh131,400
DominikNitsche128,000
DarrenElias127,700
RogerSippl127,700
JoshPrager125,800
EricHershler124,300
KimPham123,900
ShaunSuller118,900
NoahVaillancourt117,700
MosesSaquing117,500
RobertRosen113,400
MattSalsberg109,200
WilWilkinson108,500
HansWinseler108,000
JonathanDuhamel106,700
JohnHadley105,600
ThomasLutz104,700
MarvinRettenmaier103,400
TaiNguyen103,000
DavidParedes102,800
GjergjSinistag97,000
JohnnyTrieu92,900
ChristopherBonitez90,400
AmitMakhija89,600
GaryLee88,800
DannyNguyen88,800
CurtKohlberg88,100
PhillipHui85,800
GordonVayo85,800
ChrisSwan85,100
AntonioEsfandiari83,000
JakeSchindler83,000
DylanWilliamson82,300
BrianPark81,400
ThomasMarchese81,000
JoeHachem79,800
AlexCondon77,900
BrianRast77,900
JoeFernandez77,800
ShashikiranSiingarapu77,200
ChristinaHung76,500
TyReiman76,500
RodgerJohnson75,900
OlvierPrice75,000
DavidChau74,900
DanielStrelite74,400
AdamWeinrab71,300
TommyVedes71,000
DaleWithrew65,300
LoniHarwood64,400
ScottEskenazi63,300
AdamKaplan62,300
ZohairKarim60,900
RobertLo59,800
SorelMizzi59,700
FarazJaka59,200
RyanD'Angelo57,800
TylerPatterson56,000
WadeGriffith54,900
MikeLa Barbera54,600
JohnClenney54,500
WilliamDavis53,800
ThomasEmerson53,200
TomSego52,500
ImariLove51,300
BarryHutter48,900
HirenPatel46,800
ToddTerry46,800
BobbySuer46,700
MatthewWaxman46,600
DannySteinberg45,900
GabrielleTesta45,900
DarrenRabinowitz45,500
MattBrady45,100
BlairHinkle43,300
BernieGrio41,100
BrianWilliams40,400
KunalPatel39,300
SanjayKochhar38,600
IrwinFeinberg38,100
TomWalch37,200
AustairMelville34,500
MarkBrewer32,900
TrevorFoley32,500
SterehLery32,200
ZachHyman31,000
LarryOdegard30,300
AnthonyAjlowny28,100
BobMather27,800
RonaldWu26,900
DavidOng26,700
JJLiu26,500
BrandonWong24,600
EugeneKatchalov24,500
MikeMcClain23,200
AndrewLicthenberger21,700
ScottHerbertsaw20,000
JustinZaki17,100
JonathanSilva15,500
SteveBrecher10,700
Posted 12:06 AM