Thursday, March 12, 2015

2015 Bay 101 $7,500 Shooting Star Final Table Chip Counts

2015 BAY 101 $7,500 SHOOTING STAR
19TH ANNUAL - MARCH 9-13, 2015
Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignments

* 20:17 left in Level 26 (20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante)

PlaceFirstLastChips/PrizeSeat
1IsaacBaron6,715,0004
2TaylorPaur4,270,0001
3JacobBazeley3,920,0002
4FarazJaka2,920,0006
5SorelMizzi1,920,0005
6RaveeMathi1,470,0003

7th Place: Eric Werner ($129,800)



As sometimes happens in poker, the hand that eliminated Eric Werner wasn't the deciding factor in his tournament life.

While still playing on two four-handed tables, Eric moved all in from the small blind with [Ks][5h] and was called by Ravee Mathi holding [6s][6c]. Ravee begged the dealer for his hand to hold up, but the [Js][Td][Tc] gave Eric a lot of outs. The [Ac] on the turn gave Eric even more outs, as he picked up a gutshot to go with his overcard and counterfit outs. When the [Ts] hit the river, Ravee pumped his fist twice to celebrate his double up.

The stacks were counted down and Ravee had Eric covered by only 70,000, less than two big blinds. Eric found a doubleup before Imad Allahham busted on the other table in 8th place. When the tables combined, Eric was eliminated on the first hand in a four-handed pot, eventually won by Jacob Bazeley.

8th Place: Imad Allahham ($96,160)


On a [6h][8h][Qd][6d] board, Isaac Baron check raised Imad Allahham.  Action was back on Imad who moved all in, and Isaac made the call.

Imad [4s][4c]
Isaac [8s][6s]

Imad was drawing dead and would be eliminated on this hand in 8th place.  Even more unfortunate for him, Eric Werner had just been crippled on the other table and only had a handful of blinds.

Faraz Jaka doubles through Ravee Mathi


Faraz Jaka was all in preflop holding [Ah][Ac] and needed to hold against Ravee Mathi's [9s][9c].  The [4h][6h][3h] was a great flop Faraz, leaving Ravee drawing to just the [9d].  The [4d] turn was a blank, as was the [4s] river.  Faraz's stack was counted down to 1,420,000, so he now sits on just under 3 million.  Ravee was left with around 10 big blinds after paying off the allin.

9th Place: Ron Lewis ($67,320)


On a [Ah][3d][3h] flop, Isaac Baron check-raised enough to put Ron Lewis all in.  Ron said, "I'm ****ed but I have to call" and did exactly that.  Isaac tabled [Th][8h] for a flush draw, and Ron showed [Kh][Kd].  The dealer put out the [4s] on the turn, and Ron begged for a king on the river.  

Jacob Bazeley makes quads on the feature table


There was a full house on board as it read [Ts][5d][5c][Tc][5h], and Imad Allahham checked to Jacob Bazeley.  Jacob bet 200,000 which Imad quickly called.  Jacob tabled the unlikely [Td][5s] for a flopped full house that turned into quads on the river.  Jacob will take that pot and pad his stack to approximately 2,700,000.

Ravee Mathi gets some back from Taylor Paur


Taylor Paur opened the cutoff before Ravee Mathi moved all in from the small blind.  Action folded back to Taylor, and he reluctantly made the call.

Ravee [As][7s]
Taylor [Ac][5c]

It was a good flop for Ravee as it fell [9h][8d][Th].  The [3h] on the turn changed nothing, leaving Taylor drawing to a five.  The river fell the [4c] and Ravee pumped his fist in excitement, doubling up to over a million.

$25k High Roller Final Results


2015 BAY 101 $25,000 SHOOTING STAR
20 ENTRIES / $490,000 PRIZE POOL

1st Place: Anthony Zinno ($197,758)
2nd Place: Paul Volpe ($194,242)
3rd Place: Pratyush Buddiga ($98,000)

$25k High Roller is in the money

Jonathan Jaffe has been eliminated in 4th place, leaving the final 3 players in the money. Here are their chip counts:

Paul Volpe - 430,000
Anthony Zinno - 385,000
Pratyush Buddiga- 175,000

Ravee Mathi attempts a big bluff on Taylor Paur


On a [7h][Ah][7c][2d][Qs] board, Taylor Paur checked to Ravee Mathi, who eventually put out a bet of 900,000 into an already swelling pot.  Taylor took his time in thinking through the hand, and eventually settled on a call.  Ravee reluctantly turned over [Ts][4d] for complete air, and Taylor took down a massive pot with his [Ad][Kd].

10th Place: Quan Tran ($48,060)


On a [7c][6h][2d][Jh], Quan Tran and Ron Lewis were all in.  Quan had top pair, top kicker with his [As][Jc], but Ron had slowplayed his [Ad][Ac] and was in great shape to win the pot.  The dealer put down the [5c] river, and the stacks were counted down.  Ron had Quan only slightly outchipped, and Quan will be our 10th place finisher, taking home $48,060.

$25k High Roller Update

As the Main Event is on dinner break, we checked in with the $25k High Roller. As we walked up to count chips, Dan Smith and Jonathan Jaffe were all in on a [8d][3s][5d][6hy board. Dan held [Td][Tc] against Jonathan's [As][7h]. The river fell [4h] to complete Jonathan's straight draw, and he will double up to take the chip lead, while simultaneously crippling Dan Smith. He was eliminated a few hands later.

Here are the chip counts for the remaining four players:

Jonathan Jaffe - 300,000
Paul Volpe - 275,000
Anthony Zinno - 233,000
Pratyush Buddiga - 175,000

Players are now on dinner break

Eric Werner has the chip lead going into dinner break
The final 10 players are now on a one hour dinner break.  Play will resume at approximately 6:45pm PST, and the blinds will be 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante.

Ron Lewis doubles through Isaac Baron


On a [9s][Js][4h] flop, Ron Lewis was all in holding [Ah][Jh] and was up against the [Ks][Kc] of Isaac Baron.  Ron was on his feat rooting for a jack, but instead the [As] hit the turn.  Ron made two pair, but needed to dodge a spade on the river to survive.  When the river fell [5d], Ron raised his arms in the air and celebrated his double up with the local crowd.  Ron now sits on approximately 830,000.

11th Place: Justin Kindred ($48,060)


12th Place: Ryan Julius ($48,060)


13th Place: Haixia Zhang ($38,450)


14th Place: Giacomo Fundaro ($38,450)


Players are on their first break, $25k High Roller Update

The main event is now on their first break of the day. 14 players remain and they will be playing down to the final 6.


Meanwhile, the $25k High Roller has just reached the final table. Only the top 3 players are in the money, so the money bubble still looms. Here and chip counts and seating assignments:

Seat 1: Paul Volpe - 273,500
Seat 2: Dan Smith - 223,500
Seat 3: Anthony Zinno - 75,600
Seat 4: Pratyush Buddiga - 194,000
Seat 5: Jonathan Jaffe - 124,000
Seat 6: Jason Koon - 108,000
Seat 7: Jake Schindler - 30,500

Here are the payouts:

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

15th Place: Byron Kaverman ($38,450)


16th Place: Ari Engel ($32,680)


17th Place: Barry Hutter ($32,680)


Faraz Jaka doubles through Ari Engel


Faraz Jaka was all in with [Qd][Qc] against Ari Engel's [Ac][Tc].  The [Jh][Kd][5d] flop kept Faraz in front, but Ari had five outs to win.  The [7d] on the turn took away an out for Ari as the [Ad] would make Faraz a flush.  Amazingly, that's just the card that hit the river.  The crowd erupted, thinking Ari had won, but Faraz pointed at the board as both he and Ari knew that Faraz would double up for at least the third time today.

18th Place: Chris Moorman ($32,680)


Recent eliminations: 19th-27th Place: $28,360

Isaac Baaron (right) hits a runner-runner flush to eliminate Shawn Buchanan (left)
19th Place: Toby Lewis
20th Place: Shawn Buchanan
21st Place: Michael Loncar
22nd Place: Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
23rd Place: Ki Nam
24th Place: Mike McClain
25th Place: Oliver Price
26th Place: Ted Bui
27th Place: Steve Brecher

Recent eliminations: 28th-36th Place ($24,030)


Garrett Greer has been eliminated in 28th place when his [Ad][Tc] failed to improve against his opponent's [Ah][Kd].  Garrett will collect $24,030, along with the follow other recent eliminations:

29th Place: Paul Richardson
30th Place: Abraham Aboukhalil
31st Place: Tom Dobrilovic
32nd Place: Griffin Paul
33rd Place: Danny Wong
34th Place: Kuman Sapadam
35th Place: Gordon Vayo
36th Place: David Miscikowski

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

Bay 101 $7,500 Shooting Star Day 3 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (by table/seat)

2015 BAY 101 $7,500 SHOOTING STAR
19TH ANNUAL — MARCH 9-13, 2015
Day 3 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (by table/seat)

*Play resumes at 12pm PST / 33:48 left in Level 20 (5k/10k blinds w/1k ante)

TableSeatFirstLastChips
11GriffinPaul375,000
12OliverPrice558,000
13SorelMizzi906,000
14IsaacBaron883,000
15ShawnBuchanan120,000
16TomDobrilovic320,000
21ImadAllahham1,717,000
22MichaelLoncar670,000
23GarrettGreer270,000
24KumanSapadam111,000
25RaveeMathi859,000
26QuanTran830,000
31MikeMcClain383,000
32EricWerner1,060,000
33FarazJaka864,000
34ByronKaverman440,000
35DavidMiscikowski118,000
36TobyLewis799,000
41TedBui416,000
42SteveBrecher171,000
43ChrisMoorman560,000
44AriEngel388,000
45HaixiaZhang450,000
46BarryHutter800,000
51GiacomoFundaro1,082,000
52TaylorPaur1,096,000
53RyanJulius107,000
54ChaneKampanatsanyakorn1,049,000
55JacobBazeley179,000
56DannyWong464,000
61JustinKindred528,000
62PaulRichardson159,000
63RonLewis823,000
64AbrahamAboukhalil975,000
65KiNam420,000
66GordonVayo324,000

Bay 101 $7,500 Shooting Star Day 3 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments (by chips)

2015 BAY 101 $7,500 SHOOTING STAR
19TH ANNUAL - MARCH 9-13, 2015
Day 3 Chip Counts & Seating Assignments

*Play resumes at 12pm PST / 33:48 left in Level 20 (5k/10k blinds w/1k ante)

PlaceFirstLastChipsTableSeat
1ImadAllahham1,717,00021
2TaylorPaur1,096,00052
3GiacomoFundaro1,082,00051
4EricWerner1,060,00032
5ChaneKampanatsanyakorn1,049,00054
6AbrahamAboukhalil975,00064
7SorelMizzi906,00013
8IsaacBaron883,00014
9FarazJaka864,00033
10RaveeMathi859,00025
11QuanTran830,00026
12RonLewis823,00063
13BarryHutter800,00046
14TobyLewis799,00036
15MichaelLoncar670,00022
16ChrisMoorman560,00043
17OliverPrice558,00012
18JustinKindred528,00061
19DannyWong464,00056
20HaixiaZhang450,00045
21ByronKaverman440,00034
22KiNam420,00065
23TedBui416,00041
24AriEngel388,00044
25MikeMcClain383,00031
26GriffinPaul375,00011
27GordonVayo324,00066
28TomDobrilovic320,00016
29GarrettGreer270,00023
30JacobBazeley179,00055
31SteveBrecher171,00042
32PaulRichardson159,00062
33ShawnBuchanan120,00015
34DavidMiscikowski118,00035
35KumanSapadam111,00024
36RyanJulius107,00053