The final table of six is set at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 Main Event from an initial field of 708 players. There were 36 that returned today at noon to play down to the final. A fast stretch of action kicked things off to get the field down to 10 players, and then a long period of slow play set in thanks to the deep stacks held by every remaining player. The final table was finally set after 11 p.m. tonight. Here is a look at the seating chart and chip counts for the final table.
Seat 1: Sorel Mizzi – 1,920,000
Seat 2: Isaac Baron – 6,715,000
Seat 3: Jacob Bazeley – 3,920,000
Seat 4: Taylor Paur – 4,270,000
Seat 5: Ravee Mathi – 1,470,000
Seat 6: Faraz Jaka – 2,920,000
Here is a look at the prize money still up for grabs.
1: $1,214,200
2: $704,200
3: $461,470
4: $310,060
5: $216,320
6: $168,260
Leading the way at the final table will be Isaac Baron with 6,715,000. There are some strong challengers remaining in the last two Shooting Stars standing – Faraz Jaka and Sorel Mizzi, and other big names include Taylor Paur, Isaac Baron, and Jacob Bazeley at this stacked final table.
There was a lot of top talent that fell short along the path to final table on Thursday in the San Francisco Bay Area. The fallen included Danny Wong (33rd), Tom Dobrilovic (31st), Shooting Star Garrett Greer (28th), former Bay 101 Shooting Star champion Steve Brecher (27th), Shawn Buchanan (20th), Shooting Star Chris Moorman (18th), Barry Hutter (17th), Ari Engel (16th), Byron Kaverman (15th), Giacomo Fundaro (14th), the last woman standing Haixia Zhang (13th), and Ryan Julius (12th).
Tune back in on Friday at 4 p.m. PT to see who will walk away with the WPT title and top prize. The WPT Live Updates team will have all of the action for you in hand-for-hand live updates, real-time chip counts, and photos from the television set by Joe Giron.