World Poker Tour -- Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1A

Day 1A of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event welcomed 142 runners into the fold in San Jose, California on Monday. There were 19 Shooting Stars among them and nine survived the day. The group of those star survivors includes a few players who are at the top of the leader board to end the night.

Kara Scott holds 137,100 chips heading into day 2, which will take place on Wednesday, March 16. Joining her will be notable contenders Layne Flack (131,100), Mike Matusow (127,200), and Brandon Cantu (117,000). The top spot on the leader board goes to Brian Schmidt with 187,700, which means he is the winner of the $10,000 prize as Day 1A chip leader.

Day 1B will take place on Tuesday and there will be 26 Shooting Stars in action tomorrow. In addition to those star players a larger field is expected and those who survive will join the 57 players who successfully waded through the minefield on Day 1A. Card Player will bring you news stories throughout the tournament day tomorrow. Read on below to see the tournament statistics from Day 1A, as well as some of the biggest hands from the felt:

Day 1A Notable Chip Counts:

Brian Schmidt: 187,700
Eric Moore: 160,100
Kara Scott: 137,100
Mehrdad Nouralishani: 136,000
Layne Flack: 131,100
Danny Smith: 128,000
Mike Matusow: 127,200
Richard Toth: 126,200
Brandon Cantu: 117,000
Brandon Crawford: 110,000

Day 1A Notable Eliminations:

Erik Seidel, Dan Shak, Frank Kassela, Freddy Deeb, Ali Eslami, Justin Smith, Scott Seiver, Victor Ramdin, Tony Dunst, Jeff Madsen, Gabe Thaler, Joe Sebok, Joe Tehan, Jonathan Aguiar, and Dan Harrington.

Notable Hands:

Shooting Star Erik Seidel Eliminated

Erik Seidel moved all in preflop and John Pries made the call. Their cards:

Seidel: J J
Pries: Q Q

Board: 10 8 4 K K

Seidel was eliminated on the hand and as he left the tournament field Layne Flack remarked, “I guess this proves that you can’t win ’em all.”

Shooting Star Freddy Deeb Triples Up only to be eliminated a Short Time Later

Freddy Deeb was all in on an 8 6 2 A J board. Two opponents were in the pot against him and when the three players flipped over their cards here is how things stood:

Deeb: A K
Opponent 1: 9 9
Opponent 2: K 10

Deeb tripled up with top pair and his stack stood at 42,000. A short time later Deeb was all in again, this time on a board that read A Q 4 J 7. When his opponent flipped over the K and the 10 Deeb mucked and he busted just before the last level of the night began.

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