World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Starts TodayTed Forrest Defends As Last Year's Champion |
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Fifty of the world’s best poker players descend on Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California, today as targets in the $10,000 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star championship. There will, of course, be hundreds of other players in the event trying to felt the “stars” and pick up a bounty of $5,000 as they try to make the final table of one of the most popular WPT events.
Not even Wyatt Earp got paid that good.
CardPlayer.com’s tournament reporting team is in California to provide video reports and live updates for the entire tournament. The first of two starting days has already begun (10:30 a.m. PT). Click here to follow all of the tournament action.
As far as playing for poker bonuses goes, the Bay 101 Shooting Star doesn’t get much better. Knock one of the “shooting stars” out of the tournament and instantly win $5,000, as well as a t-shirt that with a picture of the player you just felted.
Also, the chip leader at the end of each of the first two days will receive a $10,000 bonus.
Last year, Ted Forrest, one of the stars, ended up with all of the chips and the top prize of $1.1 million by being the last of the 450 players standing. The final table of this event is usually loaded with talent, and last year was no exception. J.J. Liu finished second, James Van Alstyne fourth, and Bill Edler sixth.
The players with bounties on their backs are: Ted Forrest, Joe Hachem, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Freddy Deeb, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham, Scotty Nguyen, J.C. Tran, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Erik Seidel, T.J. Cloutier, John Juanda, Chad Brown, Jennifer Tilly, Patrik Antonius, Cyndy Violette, Mimi Tran, Sully Erna, John Cernuto, Kenna James, Roy Winston, Barbara Enright, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, J.J. Liu, Layne Flack, Chau Giang, Mike Gracz, Isabelle Mercier, Hoyt Corkins, Dan Harrington, Joe Sebok, Phil Laak, Kristy Gazes, Erick Lindgren, Tom McEvoy, Mike Mizrachi, Jerry Yang, Men Nguyen, Kathy Liebert, David Pham, Gavin Smith, Jennifer Harman, Amir Vahedi, David Williams, and Robert Williamson III.
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