Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Recent elimination tweets
OWT of the @WPT @Bay101 , but I bribed um $7500 and now I'm back in!
— Dan Heimiller (@danheimiller) March 12, 2014
Busted last level in both flights of Bay 101. Really trying to muster the desire to go to Thunder Valley, but seems unlikely. #MissCashGames
— matt berkey (@berkey11) March 12, 2014
Busted with 30 minutes left in the day. Re entering now
— Joe Kuether (@jkuether3) March 12, 2014
Out
— Christian Harder (@realcharder30) March 12, 2014
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 $5 Million point, and it will grow even larger as registration is still open until play starts tomorrow.
Very good job @SavagePoker and crew for reaching the magic number: 400 players in WPT @Bay101Live Day1b! #1M$ForFirst?
— Fabrice Soulier (@_Fabsoul_) March 12, 2014
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:
Bay 101: 59k heading to 400/800/100
— Alex Masek (@pujolsofpokr) March 12, 2014
At 77k. Not much has happened recently. http://t.co/66C5vbKjnz
— Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) March 12, 2014
12k goin into last two levels of the night.
— Joe Kuether (@jkuether3) March 12, 2014
106,850 last break going to 400/800. Played 3 pots in those 2 levels. All went well
— Matthew Affleck (@mcmattopoker) March 12, 2014
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photos of recent Shooting Star eliminations
Here are some photos of some recent Shooting Star eliminations:
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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 |
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Dan Shak signs his Shooting Star t-shirt after losing a flip to bust |
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Chris Moorman awaits his fate after running [Ac][Qc] into [Qs][Qd] all in preflop |
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Bruce Buffer (left) looks for the board to pair after getting top two in against bottom set |
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
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.
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.
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 |
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.
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:
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]
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Ronit Chamani, 1st Place WINNER: $152,080 + $7,500 WPT Shooting Star Main Event seat |
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]
WE DID IT! Beat out all the boys and taking home the trophy and all the cash!! So happppppy!!!!!!😊💰 pic.twitter.com/CenlVntwGM
— Ronit Chamani (@Raw_Nit) March 11, 2014
RT @Bay101Casino: YouTube Video: Ronit "@Raw_Nit" Chamani 2K NLH winners interview http://t.co/4eFmApoNz0
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) March 11, 2014
@2PairMagazine: Winner of the @Bay101Casino $2K Shooting Star Preliminary Ronit Chamani @Raw_Nit pic.twitter.com/k5ZJfd0B7L
— 2Pair Magazine (@2PairMagazine) March 11, 2014
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:
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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!
2nd in the 2k bay 101 Turny for ~90k. Congrats to @Raw_Nit on winning it.
— Joe Kuether (@jkuether3) March 11, 2014
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.
You can also view this list on Google Spreadsheets.
First | Last | Chip Count |
Giorgio | Medici | 254,600 |
Hai | Tran | 253,500 |
David | Forster | 225,200 |
Mukul | Pahwa | 189,100 |
Bryan | Campanello | 182,300 |
David | Chiu | 174,000 |
Dominigos | Fernandes | 172,400 |
Shawn | Buchanan | 164,700 |
Daniel | Souza | 163,500 |
Isaac | Baron | 160,600 |
Jason | Koon | 149,600 |
Phi | Tran | 149,400 |
Steve | Thomason | 147,100 |
Chad | Eveslage | 137,400 |
Amir | Shayesteh | 131,400 |
Dominik | Nitsche | 128,000 |
Darren | Elias | 127,700 |
Roger | Sippl | 127,700 |
Josh | Prager | 125,800 |
Eric | Hershler | 124,300 |
Kim | Pham | 123,900 |
Shaun | Suller | 118,900 |
Noah | Vaillancourt | 117,700 |
Moses | Saquing | 117,500 |
Robert | Rosen | 113,400 |
Matt | Salsberg | 109,200 |
Wil | Wilkinson | 108,500 |
Hans | Winseler | 108,000 |
Jonathan | Duhamel | 106,700 |
John | Hadley | 105,600 |
Thomas | Lutz | 104,700 |
Marvin | Rettenmaier | 103,400 |
Tai | Nguyen | 103,000 |
David | Paredes | 102,800 |
Gjergj | Sinistag | 97,000 |
Johnny | Trieu | 92,900 |
Christopher | Bonitez | 90,400 |
Amit | Makhija | 89,600 |
Gary | Lee | 88,800 |
Danny | Nguyen | 88,800 |
Curt | Kohlberg | 88,100 |
Phillip | Hui | 85,800 |
Gordon | Vayo | 85,800 |
Chris | Swan | 85,100 |
Antonio | Esfandiari | 83,000 |
Jake | Schindler | 83,000 |
Dylan | Williamson | 82,300 |
Brian | Park | 81,400 |
Thomas | Marchese | 81,000 |
Joe | Hachem | 79,800 |
Alex | Condon | 77,900 |
Brian | Rast | 77,900 |
Joe | Fernandez | 77,800 |
Shashikiran | Siingarapu | 77,200 |
Christina | Hung | 76,500 |
Ty | Reiman | 76,500 |
Rodger | Johnson | 75,900 |
Olvier | Price | 75,000 |
David | Chau | 74,900 |
Daniel | Strelite | 74,400 |
Adam | Weinrab | 71,300 |
Tommy | Vedes | 71,000 |
Dale | Withrew | 65,300 |
Loni | Harwood | 64,400 |
Scott | Eskenazi | 63,300 |
Adam | Kaplan | 62,300 |
Zohair | Karim | 60,900 |
Robert | Lo | 59,800 |
Sorel | Mizzi | 59,700 |
Faraz | Jaka | 59,200 |
Ryan | D'Angelo | 57,800 |
Tyler | Patterson | 56,000 |
Wade | Griffith | 54,900 |
Mike | La Barbera | 54,600 |
John | Clenney | 54,500 |
William | Davis | 53,800 |
Thomas | Emerson | 53,200 |
Tom | Sego | 52,500 |
Imari | Love | 51,300 |
Barry | Hutter | 48,900 |
Hiren | Patel | 46,800 |
Todd | Terry | 46,800 |
Bobby | Suer | 46,700 |
Matthew | Waxman | 46,600 |
Danny | Steinberg | 45,900 |
Gabrielle | Testa | 45,900 |
Darren | Rabinowitz | 45,500 |
Matt | Brady | 45,100 |
Blair | Hinkle | 43,300 |
Bernie | Grio | 41,100 |
Brian | Williams | 40,400 |
Kunal | Patel | 39,300 |
Sanjay | Kochhar | 38,600 |
Irwin | Feinberg | 38,100 |
Tom | Walch | 37,200 |
Austair | Melville | 34,500 |
Mark | Brewer | 32,900 |
Trevor | Foley | 32,500 |
Stereh | Lery | 32,200 |
Zach | Hyman | 31,000 |
Larry | Odegard | 30,300 |
Anthony | Ajlowny | 28,100 |
Bob | Mather | 27,800 |
Ronald | Wu | 26,900 |
David | Ong | 26,700 |
JJ | Liu | 26,500 |
Brandon | Wong | 24,600 |
Eugene | Katchalov | 24,500 |
Mike | McClain | 23,200 |
Andrew | Licthenberger | 21,700 |
Scott | Herbertsaw | 20,000 |
Justin | Zaki | 17,100 |
Jonathan | Silva | 15,500 |
Steve | Brecher | 10,700 |