Day 1a of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star is underway! Tournaments start early here at Bay 101, and play began about ten minutes after the scheduled 10:45 am start.

As is the custom here, there are 25 "Shooting Stars" for each starting day, and each one of them carries a $5,000 bounty -- bust the player, collect the bounty. (And an autographed Shooting Star t-shirt.) There is also a $10,000 bonus to the Day 1a and Day 1b chipleaders.

Brandon Cantu dominated this event last year from wire to wire. He collected the $10,000 bonus for being the Day 1a chipleader, and collected six more bounties along the way ($30,000) to add to his first-place prize of $1 million. On the playdown day with eight players left, Cantu went on one of the most amazing streaks we've ever seen, winning 17 hands in a row. Everything fell Cantu's way for more than 30 minutes, as his bluffs weren't called, and when people challenged him, he had the goods.

Here is the full list of Shooting Stars for the Bay 101 Main Event:

Day 1A

Michael Binger
Andy Bloch
Todd Brunson
Hoyt Corkins
Allen Cunningham
Freddy Deeb
Annie Duke
Layne Flack
Jamie Gold
Dan Harrington
Phil Hellmuth
John Juanda
Erick Lindgren
Jonathan Little
Mike Matusow
Nenad Medic
David Pham
Joe Sebok
Erik Seidel
David Singer
Gavin Smith
Marco Traniello
Paul Wasicka
Lee Watkinson
Robert Williamson

Day 1B

Brandon Cantu
Miami John Cerntu
David Chiu
T.J. Cloutier
Eli Elezra
Antonio Esfandiari
Chris Ferguson
Ted Forrest
Chau Giang
Barry Greenstein
Jennifer Harman
Phil Ivey
Phil Laak
Nam Le
Howard Lederer
Kathy Liebert
Jeff Madsen
Daniel Negreanu
Men Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen
John Phan
Jennifer Tilly
J.C. Tran
David Williams
Jerry Yang

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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

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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Steve Brecher Wins the 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star

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

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

Hand #178: Steve Brecher Doubles Through Kathy Liebert

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

Hand #98: Kathy Liebert Doubles Through Tony Behari

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

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

Official Seating & Chip Counts

Four Bounties Left in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - John Monnette

Vivek Rajkumar with a Dinner Break Makeover

Joe Sebok Collects the Professor's Bounty

Dan O'Brien Cracking Aces

Vivek Rajkumar on Missing Out on the $10k Bonus

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Isaac Baron

Day 1b Comes to an End (95 players)

Adam Levy's Sexy Pumps

It's Time for the Dan Update

Official Prizepool

Jeff Madsen Now and Then

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

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

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Shawn Buchanan

Day 1a Ends With 50 Players

Amanda Congratulates Freddy Deeb on His Win at the Invitational

Phil Hellmuth Explains How He Went Bust

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

Layne Flack Clears the Air... Sort Of

Try Not To Bubble This Time Seebs

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

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

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