Lighter side of the moon...Lasso the moon...Moon is the brightest at Shooting Star...Moon beams to the top...ah fuck it.
Local amateur Moon Kim* outlasted a field of 364 to capture the 2012 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star.
Kim, who has about a dozen cashes and $155k in earnings dating back to 1998, earned $960,900 for the win and a $25,500 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship.
Kim defeated Ubaid Habib ($570,200) heads-up for the title.
The biggest pro name in the field, Erik Cajelais, finished fourth for $256,300.
This was the first time in the tournament’s history that not one alleged/so-called “Shooting Star” made the final table.
Get full results here.
* No relation to Darvin Moon.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 3.12.2010 in Uncategorized | 3 comments
We expect Phil Hellmuth to be very humble if he wins his first WPT title.
Phil Hellmuth continued his good run at the
WPT Bay 101, making the final table second in chips, stacked at 1,433,000. Hellmuth has never won a WPT title…until…
dare we predict…today?
Hellmuth only trails the doubley-first-named Andy Seth with 2,164,000. In fifth overall is Hasan Habib, who is actually still alive, with 455,000.
Special mention of Scotty Nguyen, who finished 8th and cashed for $58,600. Take a quick look at his track record…it’s pretty sick and remarkably consistent.
Get full final table chip counts here.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 3.11.2010 in Uncategorized | no comments
Phil Hellmuth is in contention for that ever-elusive(TM) first WPT title.
While
Phil Hellmuth may have 11 WSOP bracelets and a NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship title to his credit, he’s still never one a
World Poker Tour event.
Maybe that changes this week. Could the re-evaluation of his game that Daniel Negreanu tweeted about last week be working this quickly?
With 27 players remaining, Hellmuth is the chip leader at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, stacked at 550,000. He’s followed by Hasan Habib, who is still alive, with 496,000.
Other notables remaining include Nick Schulman (381,500), a near shoe-in for WPT Player of the Year now Faraz Jaka (332,500), Chau Giang (307,500), and NAPT Venetian winner Thomas Marchese (117,500).
Get full chip counts here.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 3.10.2010 in Uncategorized | 2 comments
J.C. Tran (above) ended Day 1B at the WPT Bay 101 in a familiar spot: among the chip leader.
In total, the
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event brought in 333 players to create a first prize of $878,500. This is down from 391 last year and a $1,025,500 top prize. Damn you, The Economy
TM!
Day 1B ended with Eugene Katchalov as chip leader, stacked at 131,500. Other notable big stacks for the day include but are certainly not limited to Scotty Nguyen (99,000), Sorel Mizzi (97,600), and the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran (93,100).
Get full chip counts and follow Day 2 here.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 3.13.2007 in
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David Williams, the 2006 7-card stud world champion bracelet winner, WPT finalist and 2004 WSOP ME runner-up who will be appearing soon in his own reality series on RawVegas.tv so that “licks” comment is all you’re going to get from us for now, finished on top with the biggest stack (188,900) and a taste for victory in his mouth (woops) yesterday at the WPT’s Bay 101 Shooting Star Tournament. It’s a nice start for the tournament ace at the Bay 101, after finishing 4th in the event last year for a $280,000 cash.
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