Wednesday, March 11, 2015

$25k High Roller Prize Pool & Payouts

The $25k High Roller received 20 entries, creating a $490,000 prize pool.  The top 3 players will be in the money.  Here are the payouts:

1st: $235,000
2nd: $156,000
3rd: $98,000

Recent eliminations: 46th-54th Place ($17,780)

46th Place: Justin Young
47th Place: Dan O'Brien
48th Place: Matt Affleck
49th Place: Gal Yifrach
50th Place: Jordan Cristos
51st Place: Brian Rast
52nd Place: Carlos Mortensen
53rd Place: Charles Coultas
54th Place: Thien Tran

$25k High Roller Update

Registration has closed for the $25k High Roller, and we are awaiting an official number of entrants and payouts.  In the meantime, here are are chip counts for most of the field:

Paul Volpe: 194,000
Jason Koon: 111,200
Dan Smith: 77,500
Nick Shulman: 74,000
David Sands: 63,500
Andrew Lichtenberger: 54,200
Brian Rast: 52,600
Igor Kurganov: 52,400
Jonathan Jaffe: 50,400
Dan Heimiller: 24,300

Dan O'Brien has been eliminated


Dan O'Brien was all in from the small blind holding [7h][7c] but ran into the [9h][9d] of Toby Lewis.  Dan could not find a seven on the [4h][Tc][5s][Jh][8d] board, and he will be eliminated in 47th place.  Dan will collect $17,780 for his efforts.

Recent eliminations: 55th-63rd Place ($15,860)

55th Place: Darrell Ticehurst
56th Place: Robert Tepper
57th Place: David Erisman
58th Place: Richard Geyer
59th Place: Saurabh Patel
60th Place: Ravi Raghavan
61st Place: Mirsed Arap
62nd Place: John Andress
63rd Place: Julie Le

YouTube Video: Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2 (Part 1)

Recent eliminations: 64th-72nd Place ($13,940)


64th Place: Mike Leah
65th Place: Roy Mok
66th Place: Kane Kalas
67th Place: Daniel Kelly
68th Place: David Randall
69th Place: Thomas Koral
70th Place: Steve Levy
71st Place: Sean Remy
72nd Place: Justo Avalos

The bubble has burst


The bubble has been burst, and all 72 remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least $13,940.  Here are some tweets from remaining players:


$25k High Roller Update

While the main event plays hand-for-hand, the High Roller continues to play.  So far there have been 17 entries, including one re-entry and one elimination.  Here are pictures of the two tables currently running:


Players are now on dinner break


The 88 remaining players are now on their one hour dinner break.  When they return, blinds will be 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante.  The top 72 players will be in the money, so the money bubble is looming.

Bryn Kenney has been eliminated by Carlos Mortensen


Shooting Star Bryn Kenney was all in and at risk with [Kh][3h] against Carlos Mortensen's [As][Jh].  The flop fell [3s][Jc][Js], and Carlos's trip jacks meant he had a stranglehold on the hand. When the [8h] hit the turn, Bryn was drawing dead, and Carlos will collect his bounty and bring us another player closer to getting into the money.

YouTube Video: Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1B (Part 2)

Photos from level 14

Chip leader David Miscikowski
Taylor Paur makes a bet against Mark Dube
Defending champion James Carroll in good spirits
Justin Young
Ryan D'Angelo and Andrew Lichtenberger
Carlos Mortensen checks to Bobby Suer on the river

Eugene Katchalov has been eliminated


On a [2s][Ks][3c] flop, Shooting Star Eugene Katchalov was all in holding [Kc][9c] against his opponent's [As][Ac].  Eugene would need his five outer to survive.  The [6c] on the turn opened up a backdoor flush draw for Eugene, and he was now 30% to win the hand and survive.  The river missed Eugene's draw, however, and he will be sent to the rail with around 150 players remaining.

Photos from the first two levels

Dan O'Brien and Dan Smith play a pot together
Brian Rast
Chance Kornuth
Faraz Jaka takes his seat after his table broke
Igor Kurganov takes down a small pot
Matt Affleck is a serious man
Matt Salsberg
Mike Leah moves all in and busts his opponent
Steve Brecher
Taylor Paur
Kevin Mathers updates his Twitter followers going into the first break

Antonio Esfandiari has been eliminated


On a [3d][7d][8d] flop, Antonio Esfandiari was all in holding [Qh][8h] but was in bad shape against Dan Kelly's [Ts][Td].  Antonio had four outs going to the turn, which fell [9h].  When the [7c] hit the river, Antonio was sent to the rail early on day 2, giving Dan the bounty.  The field is now at 200 players remaining.

The plan for today

The field has just begun level 13, which is 1,000/2,000 blinds with a 300 ante.  After this level, there will be a break.

Starting on level 14, the level length will increase from one hour to 90 minutes.  After level 14, there will be a dinner break from approximately 6:15pm-7:15pm.

Players will come back after dinner break and will be playing down to the final 36, no matter the time.

$7,500 Shooting Star Prize Pool & Payouts

A total of 708 entries played the 2015 Bay 101 $7,500 Shooting Star, creating a prize pool of $5,026,800.  The top 72 players will be in the money.  Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $1,214,000 *includes $15,400 Borgata WPT seat
2nd Place: $704,200
3rd Place: $461,470
4th Place: $310,060
5th Place: $216,320
6th Place: $168,260
7th Place: $129,800
8th Place: $96,160
9th Place: $67,320
10th-12th Place: $48,060
13th-15th Place: $38,450
16th-18th Place: $32,680
19th-27th Place: $28,360
28th-36th Place: $24,030
37th-45th Place: $20,190
46th-54th Place: $17,780
55th-63rd Place: $15,860
64th-72nd Place: $13,940

Day 2 is under way

Cards are in the air for day 2 of the $7,500 Shooting Star.  258 players remain from a starting field of 708.

We are streaming a feature table with Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth, and you can watch that at www.Bay101Live.com.

YouTube Video: 2015 Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1B (Part 1)

Day 2 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (By Table & Seat)

2015 BAY 101 $7,500 SHOOTING STAR
19TH ANNUAL - MARCH 9-13, 2015
Day 2 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (by Table & Seat)
TableSeatFirstLastChips
11AdityaPrasetyo39,200
12LawrenceMa152,100
13SethFisher72,900
14AlanGagel124,700
15KevinMathers172,100
16JoshNeufeld87,200
17RyanD'Angelo85,600
18JeffCaddel64,300
19AnthonyZinno136,800
110JustoAvalos38,400
21QuanTran70,000
22TrungTa27,500
23NickShkolnik33,200
24BrianRast237,000
25DavidSands38,400
26BrianRoberts33,800
27AnkushMandavia27,200
28AnthonyAjlouny154,100
29SorelMizzi82,400
210BobbySuer60,100
31HaixiaZhang281,000
32JohnAndress41,000
33BobbyWenzl33,400
34CharlieCoultas63,600
35MukulPahuja41,500
36DoronShaloo19,800
37MirsadArap93,600
38GraysonRamage167,000
39KevinStammen25,200
310AlexGreenblat3,500
41RyanMilisits92,900
42ToddIvy43,400
43JohnLeonard139,300
44ScottEskenazi54,900
45AntonioEsfandiari120,600
46SeanRemy56,800
47DavidBertelsen40,500
48DanielKelly100,500
49PhilHellmuth65,200
410DaveErisman62,900
51KartaikSunraram82,600
52TimFinne26,800
53ErikCajelais104,400
54AllenHammer17,200
55NickSchulman32,500
56ChanceKornuth235,100
57ThuanFrat29,000
58MichaelKatz140,400
59MikeLeah105,300
510ByronKavernan41,300
61MichaelLoncar221,000
62NoahBronstein72,200
63JoseMerino120,000
64RichardMunro57,100
65TylerPatterson91,900
66RichardHarrock110,900
67KevinNguyen70,200
68MichaelMcclain147,000
69RonaldWu71,900
610RaymondDandrea112,000
71MoonKim43,900
72JulieLe72,000
73NathanBjerno31,400
74SteveLevy82,800
75JaredJaffe159,300
76EricWerner41,500
77HansWinzler105,500
78ChangLuo40,600
79KelseyHendricks33,200
710AaronOverton87,400
81OwenCrowe74,000
82AlexYi4,100
83JeremyMenard15,500
84ShawnLawrence134,200
85MattSalsberg67,800
86ShawnBuchanan98,400
87MatthewDiehl83,700
88GiacomoFundaro47,100
89SeunRipp38,900
810DanielAran27,600
91TomHuynh28,900
92PaulRichardson39,900
93BasilGimalan14,400
94RonLewis234,600
95MohsinCharania91,700
96JordanCristos111,100
97SteveNa166,900
98ShankarPillea58,900
99MassoudEskandari65,200
910ThienTran171,200
101ThomasKoral77,000
102PhillipHoi93,600
103LisaLa27,400
104RonDibartolomeo75,500
105RonitChamani101,800
106DavidRandall83,300
107UlyssesPreciano112,900
108TaylorBlack53,500
109RobTepper116,800
1010ScottSoth33,400
111RaviRaghavan64,100
112MattAffleck142,600
113AndjelloAndrejevia39,500
114IsaacBasa27,800
115ToddBrunson72,300
116ChadEveslage17,800
117DanO'Brien181,600
118DavidTuthill48,300
119SteveBrecher60,500
1110MischaRyavec92,500
121JJTran43,100
122BobbyMathers16,400
123ImadAllahham57,800
124JustinKindred126,300
125MattStout126,100
126WalterFisher57,200
127HamantaKumar58,600
128NoahNovick57,300
129JesseRockowitz178,000
1210AllenLe84,700
131MaxWaxman63,300
132GriffinPaul55,600
133DannyQutani75,300
134AllenPock160,600
135JoeSerock130,900
136BruceKramer42,000
137SonanathNirakari22,700
138RandyGil76,600
139HoaNguyen18,400
1310DavidMiscikowski253,900
141RaveeMathi282,000
142MikeHarvey106,900
143NipunJava41,800
144PaulZariroosa35,300
145DanSmith46,800
146ShaneAbbott82,200
147JacobBazeley56,900
148BenYu41,000
149GordanVayo82,200
1410ZohairKarim101,200
151AaronMermelstein165,000
152DavidMacka42,200
153SeanWinter91,000
154TimWest72,400
155JoeKeuether151,500
156AhmedAwin62,500
157GrantHillman25,000
158SamuelSheils43,800
159TomDobrilovic73,000
1510MikeFrazin47,300
161ChristinaCabrera87,000
162D.T.Kehurst147,900
163TriTran22,500
164MarkSeidman47,400
165EugeneKatchalov61,600
166ThomasMarchese46,800
167SangNguyen148,400
168JeremyKottler14,500
169QuyDao17,500
1610JohnGordon17,500
171TuVan Dinh39,900
172MichaelRocco151,000
173RickSavala14,400
174KevinEyster20,600
175JohnHennigan248,700
176Taylorvon Kriegenbergh86,700
177RellieSigua101,900
178ScottHenery33,300
179AliMohammadi55,000
1710MarkDube197,500
181ChristinaLindley61,700
182EddySabat29,000
183RichardLyndaker17,200
184BrianCospolich32,000
185AndrewLichtenberger27,100
186RoyMot62,200
187TurboNguyen43,900
188MichaelJen37,400
189NamLe38,700
1810ThomasBolles69,000
191BrianYoon38,000
192CandaceCollins60,700
193NicholasPehtti46,200
194DarrenRabinowitz36,000
195GarrettGreer116,200
196DylanWilkerson51,100
197RonMinnis95,000
198JustinYoung224,300
199SamuelPhillips98,100
201KiNam152,500
202DuyHo188,000
203DavidOng87,400
204RonaldLee43,000
205AndyFrankenberger136,600
206EyalElter68,800
207CliffGoldcind140,600
208TedBui45,500
209ChaneKampanatsantakoin63,800
211KenHuynh48,800
212DanCasetta105,200
213ZhengyuGuam194,500
214ScottKaplan73,900
215MarvinRettenmaier38,000
216TaylorPaur92,700
217SaurabhPatel180,000
218AriannaSon12,100
219OliverPrice75,900
221ChristopherBonita47,500
222BolbaotayGerden138,400
223NicholasGrippo52,000
224KumarSripadam101,600
225JamesCarroll297,600
226AdamGeyer40,200
227VinhPham23,900
228DomongosFernandes68,000
229JameerAljanedi40,400
231ChungHo83,200
232StevenDelsi154,000
233RaymondLee130,100
234BrianAleksa64,300
235FarazJaka219,700
236NaoyaKihara52,500
237BabtDowling66,500
238DannyWong20,100
239DougHartwick92,900
241JesseYaginuma63,400
242BrianPark38,100
243RommyRounds59,000
244PratyushBuddiga100,700
245ChrisMoorman82,700
246CarlosMortensen178,800
247LuisVelador34,400
248GalYifralh36,600
249ChucNguyen76,000
251IgorKurganov151,000
252AnChen49,100
253PaulVolpe27,600
254RepPorter90,300
255DarrenElias35,600
256SajidZia99,600
257KaneKalas120,400
258LaptamNguyen48,300
259ChristianHarder29,600
261DeanFreedlander209,100
262JasonWheeler49,300
263FrankLema19,100
264LarryWright95,900
265BrynKenney136,800
266BarryHutter159,800
267DerekWolters56,100
268TomSego83,600
269RyanJulius46,500

Day 2 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (By Chip Count)

2015 BAY 101 $7,500 SHOOTING STAR
19TH ANNUAL - MARCH 9-13, 2015
Day 2 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (By Chip Count)

PlaceFirstLastChipsTableSeat
1JamesCarroll297,600225
2RaveeMathi282,000141
3HaixiaZhang281,00031
4DavidMiscikowski253,9001310
5JohnHennigan248,700175
6BrianRast237,00024
7ChanceKornuth235,10056
8RonLewis234,60094
9JustinYoung224,300198
10MichaelLoncar221,00061
11FarazJaka219,700235
12DeanFreedlander209,100261
13MarkDube197,5001710
14ZhengyuGuam194,500213
15DuyHo188,000202
16DanO'Brien181,600117
17SaurabhPatel180,000217
18CarlosMortensen178,800246
19JesseRockowitz178,000129
20KevinMathers172,10015
21ThienTran171,200910
22GraysonRamage167,00038
23SteveNa166,90097
24AaronMermelstein165,000151
25AllenPock160,600134
26BarryHutter159,800266
27JaredJaffe159,30075
28AnthonyAjlouny154,10028
29StevenDelsi154,000232
30KiNam152,500201
31LawrenceMa152,10012
32JoeKeuether151,500155
33IgorKurganov151,000251
34MichaelRocco151,000172
35SangNguyen148,400167
36D.T.Kehurst147,900162
37MichaelMcclain147,00068
38MattAffleck142,600112
39CliffGoldcind140,600207
40MichaelKatz140,40058
41JohnLeonard139,30043
42BolbaotayGerden138,400222
43BrynKenney136,800265
44AnthonyZinno136,80019
45AndyFrankenberger136,600205
46ShawnLawrence134,20084
47JoeSerock130,900135
48RaymondLee130,100233
49JustinKindred126,300124
50MattStout126,100125
51AlanGagel124,70014
52AntonioEsfandiari120,60045
53KaneKalas120,400257
54JoseMerino120,00063
55RobTepper116,800109
56GarrettGreer116,200195
57UlyssesPreciano112,900107
58RaymondDandrea112,000610
59JordanCristos111,10096
60RichardHarrock110,90066
61MikeHarvey106,900142
62HansWinzler105,50077
63MikeLeah105,30059
64DanCasetta105,200212
65ErikCajelais104,40053
66RellieSigua101,900177
67RonitChamani101,800105
68KumarSripadam101,600224
69ZohairKarim101,2001410
70PratyushBuddiga100,700244
71DanielKelly100,50048
72SajidZia99,600256
73ShawnBuchanan98,40086
74SamuelPhillips98,100199
75LarryWright95,900264
76RonMinnis95,000197
77MirsadArap93,60037
78PhillipHoi93,600102
79DougHartwick92,900239
80RyanMilisits92,90041
81TaylorPaur92,700216
82MischaRyavec92,5001110
83TylerPatterson91,90065
84MohsinCharania91,70095
85SeanWinter91,000153
86RepPorter90,300254
87DavidOng87,400203
88AaronOverton87,400710
89JoshNeufeld87,20016
90ChristinaCabrera87,000161
91Taylorvon Kriegenbergh86,700176
92RyanD'Angelo85,60017
93AllenLe84,7001210
94MatthewDiehl83,70087
95TomSego83,600268
96DavidRandall83,300106
97ChungHo83,200231
98SteveLevy82,80074
99ChrisMoorman82,700245
100KartaikSunraram82,60051
101SorelMizzi82,40029
102ShaneAbbott82,200146
103GordanVayo82,200149
104ThomasKoral77,000101
105RandyGil76,600138
106ChucNguyen76,000249
107OliverPrice75,900219
108RonDibartolomeo75,500104
109DannyQutani75,300133
110OwenCrowe74,00081
111ScottKaplan73,900214
112TomDobrilovic73,000159
113SethFisher72,90013
114TimWest72,400154
115ToddBrunson72,300115
116NoahBronstein72,20062
117JulieLe72,00072
118RonaldWu71,90069
119KevinNguyen70,20067
120QuanTran70,00021
121ThomasBolles69,0001810
122EyalElter68,800206
123DomongosFernandes68,000228
124MattSalsberg67,80085
125BabtDowling66,500237
126MassoudEskandari65,20099
127PhilHellmuth65,20049
128BrianAleksa64,300234
129JeffCaddel64,30018
130RaviRaghavan64,100111
131ChaneKampanatsantakoin63,800209
132CharlieCoultas63,60034
133JesseYaginuma63,400241
134MaxWaxman63,300131
135DaveErisman62,900410
136AhmedAwin62,500156
137RoyMot62,200186
138ChristinaLindley61,700181
139EugeneKatchalov61,600165
140CandaceCollins60,700192
141SteveBrecher60,500119
142BobbySuer60,100210
143RommyRounds59,000243
144ShankarPillea58,90098
145HamantaKumar58,600127
146ImadAllahham57,800123
147NoahNovick57,300128
148WalterFisher57,200126
149RichardMunro57,10064
150JacobBazeley56,900147
151SeanRemy56,80046
152DerekWolters56,100267
153GriffinPaul55,600132
154AliMohammadi55,000179
155ScottEskenazi54,90044
156TaylorBlack53,500108
157NaoyaKihara52,500236
158NicholasGrippo52,000223
159DylanWilkerson51,100196
160JasonWheeler49,300262
161AnChen49,100252
162KenHuynh48,800211
163LaptamNguyen48,300258
164DavidTuthill48,300118
165ChristopherBonita47,500221
166MarkSeidman47,400164
167MikeFrazin47,3001510
168GiacomoFundaro47,10088
169ThomasMarchese46,800166
170DanSmith46,800145
171RyanJulius46,500269
172NicholasPehtti46,200193
173TedBui45,500208
174MoonKim43,90071
175TurboNguyen43,900187
176SamuelSheils43,800158
177ToddIvy43,40042
178JJTran43,100121
179RonaldLee43,000204
180DavidMacka42,200152
181BruceKramer42,000136
182NipunJava41,800143
183MukulPahuja41,50035
184EricWerner41,50076
185ByronKavernan41,300510
186JohnAndress41,00032
187BenYu41,000148
188ChangLuo40,60078
189DavidBertelsen40,50047
190JameerAljanedi40,400229
191AdamGeyer40,200226
192PaulRichardson39,90092
193TuVan Dinh39,900171
194AndjelloAndrejevia39,500113
195AdityaPrasetyo39,20011
196SeunRipp38,90089
197NamLe38,700189
198JustoAvalos38,400110
199DavidSands38,40025
200BrianPark38,100242
201MarvinRettenmaier38,000215
202BrianYoon38,000191
203MichaelJen37,400188
204GalYifralh36,600248
205DarrenRabinowitz36,000194
206DarrenElias35,600255
207PaulZariroosa35,300144
208LuisVelador34,400247
209BrianRoberts33,80026
210ScottSoth33,4001010
211BobbyWenzl33,40033
212ScottHenery33,300178
213KelseyHendricks33,20079
214NickShkolnik33,20023
215NickSchulman32,50055
216BrianCospolich32,000184
217NathanBjerno31,40073
218ChristianHarder29,600259
219ThuanFrat29,00057
220EddySabat29,000182
221TomHuynh28,90091
222IsaacBasa27,800114
223DanielAran27,600810
224PaulVolpe27,600253
225TrungTa27,50022
226LisaLa27,400103
227AnkushMandavia27,20027
228AndrewLichtenberger27,100185
229TimFinne26,80052
230KevinStammen25,20039
231GrantHillman25,000157
232VinhPham23,900227
233SonanathNirakari22,700137
234TriTran22,500163
235KevinEyster20,600174
236DannyWong20,100238
237DoronShaloo19,80036
238FrankLema19,100263
239HoaNguyen18,400139
240ChadEveslage17,800116
241QuyDao17,500169
242JohnGordon17,5001610
243AllenHammer17,20054
244RichardLyndaker17,200183
245BobbyMathers16,400122
246JeremyMenard15,50083
247JeremyKottler14,500168
248BasilGimalan14,40093
249RickSavala14,400173
250AriannaSon12,100218
251AlexYi4,10082
252AlexGreenblat3,500310