Robert Fox Eliminated in 34th Place ($15,000)

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Robert Fox moves all in from the small blind, and Tyler Cornell calls from the big blind with K9. Fox shows 55, and he'll need it to hold to stay alive. 

The board comes 98472, and Cornell wins the pot with a pair of nines to bust Fox in 34th place. 

Tyler Cornell  -  445,000
Robert Fox  -  Out in 34th Place ($15,000)

Frank Khadivi Doubles Through David Fox

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Frank Khadivi raises under the gun to 17,000, David Fox reraises from the big blind, and Khadivi moves all in. Fox calls with 99, and Khadivi is racing with KJ. 

The board comes QJ4A7, and Khadivi pairs his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up. 

Frank Khadivi  -  160,000
David Fox  -  100,000

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Through Matthew Lessinger

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Vivek Rajkumar moves all in from the small blind for 48,000, and Matthew Lessinger calls from the big blind with A3. Rajkumar shows 10-2, and he'll need to improve to stay alive. 

The board comes J87J9, and Rajkumar wins the pot with a jack-high straight to double up. 

Vivek Rajkumar  -  100,000
Matthew Lessinger  -  30,000

Shooting Star Paul Wasicka Eliminated in 35th Place ($15,000)

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Paul Wasicka moves all in from the cutoff for 7,000, Michael Kamran raises from the small blind to 32,000, and Gary Tighe calls from the big blind. Both players check all the way down on a board of 8322J. 

Kamran shows AQ to win the pot with ace high, and Wasicka and Tighe both muck. 

Shooting Star Paul Wasicka is eliminated in 35th place, earning $15,000. Michael Kamran collects the $5,000 bounty and the autographed t-shirt. 

Michael Kamran  -  595,000
Gary Tighe  -  520,000
Paul Wasicka  -  Out in 35th ($15,000)

Joe Sebok Doubles Through Tylor Cornell

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Joe Sebok is all in preflop from the small blind with AQ against Tyler Cornell on the button with A10. The board comes 9883J, and Sebok wins the pot with his queen kicker to double up. 

Joe Sebok  -  204,000
Tyler Cornell  -  382,000

Jeremy Meier Eliminated in 36th Place ($15,000)

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Jeremy Meier is all in preflop with 1010 against Kathy Liebert's AA. The board comes Q65JA, and Liebert wins the pot with a set of aces. Jeremy Meier is eliminated in 36th place. 

Kathy Liebert  -  530,000
Jeremy Meier  -  Out in 36th ($15,000)

Gary Tighe Cripples Paul Wasicka

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Gary Tighe raises preflop, and Paul Wasicka calls from one of the blinds. The flop comes 1083, Wasicka checks, Tighe bets 20,000, and Wasicka calls. 

The turn card is the Q, Wasicka checks, and Tighe rolls a die, getting a "1." Tighe says, "I've been getting a lot of ones lately." He bets 100,000, and Wasicka moves all in. Tighe immediately calls with AA, and Wasicka shows J8 for a pair of eights with a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw. 

The river card is the Q, and Gary Tighe wins the pot with two pair, aces and queens. Paul Wasicka is crippled. 

Gary Tighe  -  550,000
Paul Wasicka  -  9,500

Vivek Rajkumar vs. Lou Razzano

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Lou Razzano raises to 9,000, and Vivek Rajkumar calls from the big blind. The flop comes 1032, Vivek bets 14,000, and Razzano calls. The turn card is the Q, Vivek bets 26,000, Razzano min-raises to 52,000, and Vivek thinks for a while before he calls. 

The river card is the 5, and both players check. Vivek shows K-J for king high (missed his straight draw), and Razzano shows Q10 to win the pot with two pair, queens and tens. 

Lou Razzano  -  275,000
Vivek Rajkumar  -  48,000

Shuffle Up & Deal!

Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Internet problems have delayed our coverage a bit here at Bay 101, but we have been following the action and will be posting the big news that has already happened. 

It's the playdown day here at WPT Bay 101, which TD Matt Savage describes as "The Most Exciting Day in Poker." With six-handed tables, a gradual blind structure, and two-hour levels, there will be plenty of action -- and not the boring all-in preflop variety. 

The cards are in the air at 12:08 pm. 

There are about 61 minutes left in Level 17, with blinds at 2,000-4,000 and a 500 ante. All levels after this one will be two hours long today. 

Now that we have internet access, we will do our best to stay on top of the action while providing timely chip counts. 

Four Bounties Left in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante

This tournament began with 50 "Shooting Stars" -- players with bounties on their head. Anyone who busts them receives $5,000 and a custom t-shirt that the hunted player has to autograph. By the end of Day 2, there were only four bounties left: Kathy Liebert, Paul Wasicka, Hoyt Corkins, and Joe Sebok. 

The biggest bounty hunter of the day was John Monnette who busted Freddy Deeb and Brandon Cantu on the same hand when his A-Q paired up on the flop to beat their pocket tens and pocket fours, respectively. Deeb won the most recent event, so there won't be a two-in-a-row WPT champion. Cantu was the defending champion here at Bay 101, so there won't be a repeat WPT champion either. 

Hoyt Corkins barely survived the day. Hoyt was already short with 37 players left (the end-of-day bubble) when Matthew Lessinger doubled through him with K-7 suited over Hoyt's J-2 suited. That dropped Hoyt down below 10,000 -- less than three big blinds. 

Other short stacks were waiting for Hoyt to bust, but he quadrupled in his next hand when Paul Wasicka reraised big to chase out some other players, which gave Hoyt some protection and Wasicka an uncontested side pot. Hoyt flopped a pair and turned trips to win that hand and quadruple up to about 34,000. A few minutes later, he doubled up again when his A-7 held up against Luis Velador's A-5 (the board came low, and Hoyt's kicker played). That took Hoyt up near 80,000, and when play ended a few minutes later, he was all the way up to 124,500. 

There are 36 players remaining. Here's a look at the top five chip counts, along with the remaining Shooting Stars:

1.  Michael Kamran  -  570,500
2.  Tony Behari  -  553,000
3.  Chris Moore  -  539,500
4.  Dan O'Brien  -  478,000
5.  John Monnette  -  459,000

Remaining Shooting Stars: 
7.  Kathy Liebert  -  385,000
11.  Paul Wasicka  -  297,000
25.  Hoyt Corkins  -  124,500
29.  Joe Sebok  -  116,500

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:00 noon PT. Return to WorldPokerTour.com for live coverage of all the action as they play down at six-handed tables. A great blind structure (two-hour levels tomorrow) combined with short-handed tables gives the players plenty of opportunity to show their skills, and you won't want to miss it.