Fifty-three players remain after Day 1A of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, California. The unique bounty tournament featured 17 targeted players on Day 1A, with 25 more taking to the felts on Tuesday for Day 1B. After one day of play, reigning WPT Championship victor Yevgeniy Jovial Gent Timoshenko (pictured at right) sits in fourth on the leaderboard with 97,600 chips and the entire field is looking up at Vanna Tea’s mound of 143,900. Let’s recap Day 1A of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event.
Owning the seventh spot on the leaderboard after the first of two starting days is PokerXFactor instructor Chris Fox Wallace (pictured at left). The longtime community member will come armed to Day 2 on Wednesday with 84,100 chips, an impressive result considering his competition on Monday. Among those seated at his table were four Shooting Stars: Chris Ferguson, Steve Brecher, Mike Matusow, and Gavin Smith. Even live poker Triple Crown winner Gavin Griffin joined the fray for an hour.Wallace was elated to survive to Day 2 with a healthy stack and told PocketFives.com, “I have learned that the big-name pros are also human, so it's not scary anymore. Playing online with these guys is helpful too. Mike Matusow might not know that he's played a hand against me, but I have 20,000 hands against him. I've played with him so much that I know quite a bit about how he plays.” Wallace added that he’s tangled with Matusow extensively heads-up online and, despite his success, is looking forward to Wednesday’s redraw.
Christina lindeyloo22 Lindley collected a $5,000 Shooting Star bounty on Monday by knocking out Tom durrrr Dwan (pictured at left). A short-stacked Dwan, who was in the midst of a last-longer bet with Matusow, committed his stack with Q-J against Lindley’s wired pair of nines. The flop came K-10-3, giving Dwan an open-ended straight draw in addition to two overcards. However, the turn and river blanked out, sending Dwan to the exits. Lindley finished the day with 23,400 chips, the 46th largest stack in the room.Isaac mr. menlo Baron shoved all-in with 6-5 of diamonds and, after a two-minute deliberation, the Day 1A chip leader, Tea, called with pocket kings. Coverage found on the WPT’s official website painted a picture of the slowroll: “Most of the players at the table exchanged sideways glances at the perceived slowroll, but Baron seemed to take it in stride.” The board bricked for Baron and he was sent packing.
Former WPT Player of the Year Jonathan FieryJustice Little (pictured at right) sent a player to the rails with pocket aces against pocket tens. He ended the day in 36th place with a chip stack of 38,700. Also surviving were 2008 WSOP Main Event November Nine member Scott r_a_y Montgomery and Tyson POTTER Marks, who finished 372nd in last year’s feature tournament at the Rio in Las Vegas. At Bay 101, Montgomery and Marks hold the sixth and tenth largest stacks, respectively.Here are the top ten chip stacks after Day 1A of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament:
1. Vanna Tea - 143,900
2. Greg “FBT” Mueller - 132,800
3. Oddie Dardon - 105,500
4. Yevgeniy Jovial Gent Timoshenko - 97,600
5. Joseph pokerjoe9 Elpayaa - 87,300
6. Scott r_a_y Montgomery - 84,800
7. Chris Fox Wallace - 84,100
8. Bruce Kramer - 81,200
9. Daniel LaFrance - 79,400
10. Tyson POTTER Marks - 74,000
The blinds were 300-600 with an ante of 75 when play paused on Monday. Other members of the online poker community who advanced included:
36. Jonathan FieryJustice Little – 38,700
40. Dan Wretchy Martin – 33,100
46. Christina lindeyloo22 Lindley – 23,400
Players in the field for Day 1B include Corwin mig.com Mackey, Eric EFro Froehlich, Justin Boosted J Smith, and UB.com pro Adam Roothlus Levy. Stay tuned to PocketFives.com for the latest WPT coverage of online poker players.
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