Monday, March 6, 2017
2017 Shooting Star $2k Final Results
BAY 101 SHOOTING STAR $2,100 SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2017 300 ENTRANTS / $585,000 PRIZE POOL | ||
Place | Name | Prize |
1 | Yanki Koppel | *$104,860 + $7,500 Shooting Star Seat |
2 | Brad Gordon | *$100,030 + $7,500 Shooting Star Seat |
3 | Ryan D'Angelo | $50,820 + $7,500 Shooting Star Seat |
4 | Mike Heshmati | $43,170 |
5 | David Rudolf | $32,410 |
6 | Erik Christensen | $25,920 |
7 | Chris Bonita | $21,530 |
8 | Jonathan Borenstein | $17,260 |
9 | Saurabh Patel | $12,930 |
10 | Ayman Qutami | $9,420 |
11 | Austin Hinckley | $9,420 |
12 | Omar Savir | $9,420 |
13 | Kitty Kuo | $7,720 |
14 | David Fong | $7,720 |
15 | Cesar Romero | $7,720 |
16 | Marc Danai | $6,610 |
17 | Haixia Zhang | $6,610 |
18 | Kumar Sripadam | $6,610 |
19 | Chris Moorman | $5,760 |
20 | Mike Jacob | $5,760 |
21 | Troy Carson | $5,760 |
22 | Zachary Smiley | $5,150 |
23 | David Stamm | $5,150 |
24 | James Calderaro | $5,150 |
25 | Mimi Luu | $4,560 |
26 | David "Chino" Rheem | $4,560 |
27 | Dimitar Danchev | $4,560 |
28 | Andrey Plotnikov | $3,980 |
29 | Karthik Sundaram | $3,980 |
30 | Gary Collins | $3,980 |
31 | Ekrem Bozkurt | $3,980 |
32 | Wes Sage | $3,980 |
33 | Donald Landwirth | $3,980 |
34 | Benjamin Sarnaff | $3,980 |
35 | Jake Schwartz | $3,980 |
36 | Maria Ho | $1,327 |
37 | Najati Numan | $1,327 |
38 | Tom Madruga | $1,326 |
* denotes deal was made |
Brad Gordon dances with kings
In the $2,100 Event, play is down to three handed. Mike Heshmati was eliminated in 4th place, and it looked as if Brad Gordon was going to be eliminated in 3rd place. Yanki Koppel was all in on a J-T-9 flop with a set of nines, which had outflopped Brad's pocket kings. Brad failed to improve, and after doubling up his opponent, he was left with just over ten big blinds. A few hands later, Ryan D'Angelo called Brad's check-raise allin with [Ks]Kd], and Brad was in bad shape with [Qc][Js] on a [8h][2h][Jh] flop. The [3s] on the turn had Brad out of his chair and packing up, but the [Qd] river gave Brad the winning two pair. He will double up to 444,000 and play will continue three handed.
Mike Leah doubles up
Mike Leah was all in holding [As][Ah] on a [5d][Ad][Qc] flop and was up against [Qd][9d]. A pair and a flush draw is usually a strong hand, but if your opponent is holding top set, that means you're only drawing to a flush. The [Th] turn and [7s] river failed to bring that flush, so Shooting Star Mike Leah will avoid elimination and double up.
$2,100 down to 4 players
The $2,100 Event is now down to the final 4 players. As we were getting chip counts, Yanki Koppel three bet all in and was called by Ryan D'Angelo. It was a race as Yanki held [9h][9c] against Ryan's [As][Tc], but the [4c][2c][9d] flop left Ryan drawing to runner-runner. The [7h] turn meant Ryan was drawing dead, and the [9s] river gave Yanki quads and the pot. Here are chip counts after that hand, in seat order:
Mike Heshmati - 200,000
Yanki Koppel - 870,000
Ryan D'Angelo - 670,000
Brad Gordon - 1,290,000
Here are the final table payouts up to this point:
5th Place: David Rudolf ($32,410)
6th Place: Erik Christensen ($25,920)
7th Place: Chris Bonita ($21,530)
8th Place: Jonathan Borenstein ($17,260)
9th Place: Saurabh Patel ($12,930)
10th Place: Ayman Qutami ($9,420)
Players are now on dinner break
Dinner break has arrived for the players in Day 1A. Play will resume at approximately 6:30pm PST and we anticipate to have the live stream running at that time.
The final table from the $2,100 Event is now 8-handed.
$2,100 Final Table has begun
The final table from yesterday's $2,100 Event is now under way. The final 10 have taken their seats in the middle of the Shooting Star tournament room, and they will play down to a winner. The top three players will also earn seats into Day 1B of the Main Event. We will bring you select coverage of this tournament on this blog.
Players are now on second break
Players are on first break
Players are now on their first break of the day. The field size has grown to 313 players. Blinds will be 75/150 with a 25 ante when play resumes.
Cards are in the air
We hope to stream a feature table later in the day.
$2,100 Final Table Chip Counts & Seating Assignments
Seat | Name | Chips |
1 | Danny Qutami | 79,000 |
2 | Chris Bonita | 204,000 |
3 | Erik Christensen | 322,000 |
4 | Jonathan Borenstein | 284,000 |
5 | David Rudolf | 357,000 |
6 | Saurabh Patel | 232,000 |
7 | Mike Heshmati | 187,000 |
8 | Yanki Koppel | 523,000 |
9 | Ryan D'Angelo | 605,000 |
10 | Brad Gordon | 209,000 |
Final table reached
The final 10 players have been reached in the $2,100 Event. The players are now bagging up their chips and will return at 4pm to play down to a winner.
Chip counts will be reported shortly.
18 players remain
The field is down to the final 18 players. Here are recent eliminations:
19th Place: Chris Moorman ($5,790)
20th Place: Mike Jacob ($5,790)
21st Place: Troy Carson ($5,790)
22nd Place: Zachary Smiley ($5,150)
23rd Place: David Stamm ($5,150)
24th Place: James Calderaro ($5,150)
25th Place: Mini Luu ($4,560)
26th Place: David "Chino" Rheem ($4,560)
27th Place: Dimitar Danchev ($4,560)
Play down to 27 players, recent eliminations
28th Place: Andrey Plotnikov ($3,980)
29th Place: Karthik Sundaram ($3,980)
30th Place: Gary Collins ($3,980)
31st Place: Ekrem Bozkurt ($3,980)
32nd Place: Wes Sage ($3,980)
33rd Place: Donald Landwirth ($3,980)
34th Place: Benjamin Sarnaff ($3,980)
35th Place: Jake Schwartz ($3,980)
36th Place: Maria Ho ($1,327)
37th Place: Najati Numan ($1,327)
38th Place: Tom Madruga ($1,326)