BAY 101 SHOOTING STAR

March 16-20 | Bay 101 | San Jose, California
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Steve Brecher Wins the 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star

05:08 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #319: Steve Brecher Wins the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star ($1,025,500)

04:24 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #234: Chris Moore Takes a Big Pot From Kathy Liebert

01:24 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #178: Steve Brecher Doubles Through Kathy Liebert

11:29 PM, 03/20/09

Hand #117: Tony Behari Eliminated in 4th Place ($230,000)

09:12 PM, 03/20/09

Hand #98: Kathy Liebert Doubles Through Tony Behari

08:27 PM, 03/20/09

Hand #11: Thao Le Eliminated in 5th Place ($180,000)

04:55 PM, 03/20/09

Hand #8: Chau Vu Eliminated in 6th Place ($135,000)

04:44 PM, 03/20/09

Official Seating & Chip Counts

12:05 AM, 03/20/09

Four Bounties Left in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

11:08 PM, 03/18/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - John Monnette

10:54 PM, 03/18/09

Vivek Rajkumar with a Dinner Break Makeover

08:35 PM, 03/18/09

Joe Sebok Collects the Professor's Bounty

05:10 PM, 03/18/09

Dan O'Brien Cracking Aces

02:51 PM, 03/18/09

Vivek Rajkumar on Missing Out on the $10k Bonus

01:33 PM, 03/18/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Isaac Baron

11:48 PM, 03/17/09

Day 1b Comes to an End (95 players)

11:25 PM, 03/17/09

Adam Levy's Sexy Pumps

09:55 PM, 03/17/09

It's Time for the Dan Update

04:54 PM, 03/17/09

Official Prizepool

04:15 PM, 03/17/09

Jeff Madsen Now and Then

04:13 PM, 03/17/09

Shooting Star Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated by Tony Gargano ($5,000)

02:23 PM, 03/17/09

Shooting Star Jennifer Tilly Eliminated by Vivek Rajkumar ($5,000)

12:52 PM, 03/17/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Shawn Buchanan

10:24 AM, 03/17/09

Day 1a Ends With 50 Players

11:21 PM, 03/16/09

Amanda Congratulates Freddy Deeb on His Win at the Invitational

09:40 PM, 03/16/09

Phil Hellmuth Explains How He Went Bust

05:11 PM, 03/16/09

Shooting Star Phil Hellmuth Eliminated by Scott Needleman ($5,000)

04:43 PM, 03/16/09

Layne Flack Clears the Air... Sort Of

04:17 PM, 03/16/09

Try Not To Bubble This Time Seebs

02:33 PM, 03/16/09

Shooting Star David Singer Eliminated By Shawn Buchanan ($5,000)

02:05 PM, 03/16/09

Shooting Star Andy Bloch Eliminated by Macario Escobedo ($5,000)

01:59 PM, 03/16/09

Today's Shooting Stars

01:43 PM, 03/16/09

From Rising Star to Shooting Star

11:30 AM, 03/13/09

Live Tournament Updates

Hand #291: Kathy Liebert

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Liebert limps for 50,000, and Brecher checks. Both players check to the river on a board of AclubQclub4club3diamondKspade. Brecher shows 10-x, but Liebert shows Jspade6diamond to win the pot with jack high.

Steve Brecher  -  6,285,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,535,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:44 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #290: Kathy Liebert

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Brecher folds.

Steve Brecher  -  6,335,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,485,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:43 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #289: Kathy Liebert

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Liebert limps for 50,000, and Brecher checks. The flop comes AclubKdiamond9heart, Brecher checks, Liebert bets 50,000, and Brecher folds.

Steve Brecher  -  6,360,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,460,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:42 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #288: Kathy Liebert Doubles Through Steve Brecher

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Brecher raises to 125,000, and Liebert quickly moves all in. Brecher calls with Qheart10heart, and Liebert shows 4diamond4spade. She'll need it to hold to stay alive.

The flop comes Qdiamond5heart4club, with a queen in the window. But Liebert takes a big lead with a set of fours. The turn card is the 7diamond, and Liebert clinches the pot. The river card is the Kspade, and Kathy Liebert wins the pot with a set of fours to double up.

Here are new official counts: 

Steve Brecher  -  6,410,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,410,000

Sorted In: Kathy Liebert, Steve Brecher, Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:41 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #287: Steve Brecher

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Liebert limps for 50,000, Brecher raises to 200,000, and Liebert folds.

Steve Brecher  -  6,765,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,055,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:37 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #286: Steve Brecher

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Brecher raises to 125,000, and Liebert folds.

Steve Brecher  -  6,715,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,105,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:36 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #285: Steve Brecher

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Liebert limps for 50,000, and Brecher checks. The flop comes 6diamond5club2heart, and both players check. The turn card is the 8club, Brecher bets 75,000, and Liebert calls. The river card is the Kspade, and both players check. Brecher shows 5-x for a pair of fives, and Liebert mucks. Steve Brecher takes the pot.

Steve Brecher  -  6,665,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,155,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:35 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #284: Kathy Liebert

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Brecher folds.

Steve Brecher  -  6,540,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,280,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:33 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #283: Steve Brecher Calls a Kathy Liebert Bluff

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Liebert raises to 150,000, and Brecher calls. The flop comes Kspade5spade4spade, Brecher checks, Liebert bets 200,000, and Brecher calls. The turn card is the 9club, and both players check. The river card is the 9heart, Brecher checks, Liebert bets 400,000, and Brecher thinks for about a minute before he calls.

Liebert says, "Good call," and Brecher shows 5-x to win the pot with two pair, nines and fives.

Steve Brecher  -  6,565,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,255,000

Sorted In: Steve Brecher, Kathy Liebert, Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:32 AM, 03/21/09

Hand #282: Kathy Liebert

Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Brecher folds.

Steve Brecher  -  5,815,000
Kathy Liebert  -  1,980,000

Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII
03:27 AM, 03/21/09

 

RANKING

1
Steve Brecher
$1,025,500
2
Kathy Liebert
$550,000
3
Chris Moore
$291,500
4
Tony Behari
$230,000
5
Thao Le
$180,000
6
Chau Vu
$135,000

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Payout Structure

Place Prize
1 $1,025,500
2 $550,000
3 $291,500
4 $230,000
5 $180,000
6 $135,000
7 - 8 $90,000
9 - 10 $60,000
11 - 12 $40,000
13 - 18 $30,000
19 - 24 $25,000
25 - 30 $20,000
31 - 36 $15,000
37 - 45 $12,500

Blind Structure

Level Blinds Ante
1 25-50 0
2 50-100 0
3 75-150 0
4 100-200 0
5 100-200 25
6 150-300 50
7 200-400 50
8 250-500 50
9 300-600 75
10 400-800 100
11 500-1,000 100
12 600-1,200 200
13 800-1,600 200
14 1,000-2,000 300
15 1,200-2,400 400
16 1,500-3,000 500
17 2,000-4,000 500
18 2,500-5,000 500
19 3,000-6,000 1,000
20 4,000-8,000 1,000
21 5,000-10,000 1,000
22 6,000-12,000 2,000
23 8,000-16,000 2,000
24 10,000-20,000 3,000
25 12,000-24,000 4,000
26 15,000-30,000 5,000
27 20,000-40,000 5,000
28 25,000-50,000 5,000
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