Day 1 at the Bay 101 Shooting Star $5,200 no-limit hold'em Main Event has come to a close with 106 players advancing to Day 2 on Thursday from 290 entries. There are 16 Shooting Star bounties among the group of survivors.
The chip leader at the end of play is Chino Rheem with 627,500. Other top stacks were bagged up by Munir Shahin (462,000), Balthazar Villa (362,000), Craig Varnell (311,500), and Noel Rodriguez (279,500) rounds out the top five.
The prize pool was set at $1,331,000 today. After paying out the bounties and end-of-day chip leaders, $2,070,000 will be awarded to the top 37 players. A min-cash is worth $9,040, while first place will awards $300,650. Here are the full payouts:
1st Place: $300,650
2nd Place: $201,615
3rd Place: $130,100
4th Place: $82,180
5th Place: $63,550
6th Place: $52,555
7th Place: $44,190
8th Place: $36,660
9th Place: $30,180
10th-12th Place: $24,860
13th-15th Place: $21,130
16th-18th Place: $17,595
19th-21st Place: $14,395
22nd-24th Place: $11,595
25th-27th Place: $10,265
28th-37th Place: $9,040
The Shooting Stars that didn't make it through the day were Jared Griener, Jake Schwartz, Mark Newhouse, Alex Foxen, Unlce Ron, Chance Kornuth, and defending champion Deep Pulusani.
Day 2 will resume at 10:00 am on Thursday, and that is when the field will return to continue their march down to the money. Tune back in tomorrow for live updates, chip counts, and photos from the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California.