Live Tournament Updates
Shooting Star Kenny Tran Eliminated by Bob Fox ($5,000)
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
With the board showing A
102K
on the turn, Robert Fox bets 15,000 from the small blind, and Kenny Tran calls from the big blind. The river card is the 5, and Fox moves all in. Tran only has 11,000 left, and he very reluctantly calls, asking "You have a flush?"
Fox shows J3 for a jack-high flush, and Tran mucks his cards.
Shooting Star Kenny Tran is eliminated, and Robert Fox collects the $5,000 bounty and the autographed t-shirt.
08:08 PM, 03/18/09
Level 16: Blinds at 1,500-3,000 (500 ante)
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Level 16 begins with increased blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 500 ante. There are 47 players left in the field, and the top 45 will finish in the money. Play will continue tonight until there are 36 left.
Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII07:59 PM, 03/18/09
Wil Wilkinson Eliminated by Joe Sebok
Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
Wil Wilkinson moves all in for 12,100, one player calls, Joe Sebok raises to 40,000, and the other player folds. Wilkinson shows K3, and he's dominated by Sebok's A
K.
The board comes 876A
9, and Sebok wins the pot with a pair of aces to bust Wilkinson.
Joe Sebok - 360,000
Wil Wilkinson - Eliminated
07:45 PM, 03/18/09
Bonyadi Doubles Up With Aces
Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
After a flop of QQ6 and with over 100,000 in the pot Freddy Bonyadi is all in for 85,000. Hoyt Corkins goes into the tank for several minutes. A crowd begins to gather around the table awaiting Hoyt's decision after almost ten full minutes. Finally a player at the table calls for the clock. Shortly after tournament director Matt Savage comes over to the table and informs Corkins that he has 60 seconds to act on his hand, he makes the call with 1010.
Hoyt's two black tens are way behind the AA of Freddy Bonyadi and Corkins will need to catch one of the remaining tens in the deck to end Bonyadi's day.
The turn is the 2 and the river is the 9 allowing Bonyadi to double through Corkins.
Freddy Bonyadi - 270,000
Hoyt Corkins - 49,000
07:41 PM, 03/18/09
Five Shooting Stars Remain as Field Nears Bubble
Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
With 49 players remaining, the money bubble is just a few spots away -- the top 45 are guaranteed at least $12,500.
There are only five Shooting Stars left, representing roughly 10.2% of the field. When the tournament started there were 50 Shooting Stars in a field of 391 (12.8%).
Joe Sebok - 246,000
Paul Wasicka - 230,000
Hoyt Corkins - 205,000
Kathy Liebert - 199,000
Kenny Tran - 49,000
07:10 PM, 03/18/09
Level 15 - Play Resumes
Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante
The 54 remaining players return from dinner break to Level 15 with blinds of 1,200 - 2,400 with a 400 chip ante. Play will continue until the tournament is down to the final 36 players.
06:25 PM, 03/18/09
One-Hour Dinner Break
Level 14: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
The remaining 54 players take a one-hour dinner break, and play will resume about 6:20 pm PT.
Sorted In: Bay 101 Shooting Star, Season VII05:23 PM, 03/18/09
Shooting Star Miami John Cernuto Eliminated by Matthew Lessinger ($5,000)
Level 14: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
Miami John Cernuto is all in preflop with 55 against Matthew Lessinger's 88. The board comes 10102KK, and the two pair on the board counterfeit both of them -- Surprisingly, Lessinger wins the pot with his eight kicker.
Shooting Star Miami John Cernuto is eliminated, and Matthew Lessinger collects the $5,000 bounty and the autographed t-shirt.
Matthew Lessinger - 85,000
Miami John Cernuto - Eliminated
05:23 PM, 03/18/09
Mohsin Charania Doubles Through Kathy Liebert
Level 14: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
Kathy Liebert raises to 6,000, Mohsin Charania moves all in for a little more than 30,000, and Liebert calls with 52. Charania shows A7.
The board comes Q1043K, and Liebert turns an open-ended straight draw, but misses. Mohsin Charania wins the pot with ace high.
Mohsin Charania - 67,000
Kathy Liebert - 166,000
05:18 PM, 03/18/09
Robert Mizrachi Eliminated
Level 14: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
David Fox raises to 5,500 from early position and Robert Mizrachi calls from the small blind. The big blind reraises to 21,000. Fox folds and Mizrachi tosses in his last few chips and is all in. He turns over 65 and is against the AA of his opponent.
The board comes A10495 and Mizrachi is eliminated from the tournament.
05:16 PM, 03/18/09
