Day 3 Chip Counts

PLACE	FIRST	LAST	CHIPS/PRIZE	TABLE	SEAT
1	Phil	Hellmuth	530,000	22	3
2	Hassan	Habib	496,000	26	2
3	Andy	Seth	453,000	21	5
4	Daniel	O'Brien	439,000	26	6
5	Matt	Keikoan	426,500	23	2
6	Nick	Schulman	381,500	21	1
7	Faraz	Jaka	332,500	22	4
8	Brian	Rast	322,000	23	5
9	Chau	Giang	307,500	20	3
10	Dave	Forster	305,500	20	4
11	Joseph	Elpayaa	302,000	20	5
12	Vanna	Tea	279,000	23	1
13	Elon	Diamond	242,000	23	3
14	Lars	Elmore	216,000	23	6
15	Taylor	Raines	198,000	26	5
16	John	Monnette	179,000	21	6
17	Johnathan	Little	177,500	22	6
18	Dave	Gamon	170,500	20	2
19	Jonathan	Tamayo	154,000	21	4
20	John	Cernuto	134,500	21	3
21	Scotty	Nguyen	132,500	23	4
22	Thomas	Marchese	117,500	20	1
23	Ted	Jivkov	105,500	26	4
24	Timothy	McDermott	80,000	22	5
25	Thuy	Phan	78,000	22	2
26	Kfir	Nahum	73,000	21	2
27	McLean	Karr	30,500	26	3
28	Chris	Wallace	$17,600
29	Omar	Mehmood	$17,600
30	Richard	Harroch	$17,600
31	George	Ash	$14,700
32	Mark	Ketteringham	$14,700
33	Byron	Davenport	$14,700
34	Steve	Gross	$14,700
35	Mohsin	Charania	$14,700
36	Loi	Lam	$14,700

Play resumes at Level 16, 500 Ante 1,500-3,000 Blinds with 60:00 Remaining

YouTube video: Scotty Nguyen "The Hardest Bounty Hunter"

On one of the last hands of the night, Scotty Nguyen gets all in with K♦K♣ against his opponent's J♠J♦. When the flop falls 8♠7♠3♠, Nguyen's opponent picks up a flush draw. However, the turn is the 5♣ and the river is the A♣, and Nguyen doubles up.
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Play has concluded for the night.

Play has concluded for the night and the 27 remaining players are enjoying their dinner buffet and an early to their day of play. They will return tomorrow at 11am and play a long day until the final table is reached.

Scotty Nguyen doubles up

On one of the last hands of the night, Scotty Nguyen gets all in with [Kd][Kc] against his opponent's [Js][Jd]. When the flop falls [8s][7s][3s], Nguyen's opponent picks up a flush draw. However, the turn is the [5c] and the river is the [Ac], and Nguyen doubles up.

Chris Wallace - 28th Place - $17,600

Omar Mehmood - 29th Place - $17,600

Richard Harroch - 30th Place - $17,600

Richard Harroch was eliminated when his pocket kings ran into the pocket aces of Jonathan Little.

Down to 30 players

Shortly after the money bubble was burst, we have lost six players and are now playing five 6-handed tables. The players are playing 1500/3000 blinds with a 500 ante.

George Ash - 31st Place - $14,700

Mark Ketteringham - 32nd Place - $14,700

Byron Davenport - 33rd Place - $14,700

Steve "GBoro" Gross - 34th Place - $14,700

Mohsin Charania - 35th Place - $14,700

Loi Lam - 36th Place - $14,700

The bubble has burst!

Scotty Nguyen just knocked out the bubble boy with pocket aces against pocket tens. All remaining 36 players are now in the money, and we are now redrawing for seats.

YouTube video: Yevgeniy Timoshenko elimination hand

Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop with A♥K♠ and was called by Phil Hellmuth holding the T♥8♥. Hellmuth ended up with the best hand when the board ran out 8♠3♥3♦Q♣2♥, and Timoshenko has been eliminated.

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We are now hand for hand.

There are 37 players left in the tournament, so we are now hand for hand. One hand will be played on each table, and then play will hold up until all tables are finished. The next person to bust out will make no money, and the remaining 36 will be in the money and setting their sights on the first place prize.

Picture of Faraz Jaka's chips

We are down to 40 players.

With the last elimination, we are now at 40 players.  36 places pay, so four more players will walk away empty handed. Four Shooting Stars are still alive: Chau Giang, Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, and "Miami" John Cernuto.

Brian Rast doubles up

Brian Rast was all in preflop holding pocket jacks and was in trouble when his opponent flipped over pocket kings. But once the flop hit, Rast found himself with quad jacks, leaving his opponent drawing to perfect-perfect. As you can imagine, four jacks was the winning hand by the river, and Rast has doubled up.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko eliminated by Phil Hellmuth

Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop with [Ah][Ks] and was called by Phil Hellmuth holding the [Th][8h]. Hellmuth ended up with the best hand when the board ran out [8s][3h][3d][Qc][2h], and Timoshenko has been eliminated.

Blinds have been increased to 1200/2400 with a 400 ante.

Greg Mueller eliminated

Chau Giang doubles up

Chau Giang has just doubled up holding pocket kings vs. his opponent's AK.  He had previously doubled up five minutes earlier.

Tyler Reiman eliminated

Updated chip counts

Players are back from break and are now playing 1k/2k blinds with a 300 ante.  Here are select chip counts:

Faraz Jaka 319,400
Steve Sung 259,600
Greg "FBT" Mueller 200,000
Phil Hellmuth 196,000
Andy "BKiCe" Seth 187,800
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 170,800
"Miami" John Cernuto 110,500
Jonathan Little 54,300
Tyler Reiman 39,600

Freddy Deeb eliminated

YouTube video: Phil Laak elimination hand

Phil Laak is all in with J♥J♣ on the turn with the board reading 6♦2♥2♦3♣. His opponent tabled 5♠2♠ for trip deuces, and when the river hit the T♥, Laak was sent to the rail.

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YouTube video: Andy "BKiCe" Seth gets PAID!

We catch Andy "BKiCe" Seth getting paid by tournament director Matt Savage after knocking out two bounties within a few hands of each other at the 2010 Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament

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Updated chip counts

Players are back from break and are now playing 800/1600 with a 200 ante. Here are select chip counts:

Faraz Jaka 327,500
Andy "BKiCe" Seth 210,000
Vanna Tea 187,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 179,500
Mohsin Charan 164,000
Phil Hellmuth 133,600
Jonathan Little 124,300
Joe Cassidy 117,900
Carter King 86,500
Freddy Deeb 81,700
Steve Sung 63,000
Brandon Cantu 35,800
Shane Schleger 19,500

YouTube video: Daniel Negreanu interview

Daniel Negreanu is interviewed by tournament director Matt Savage at the start of Day 2 at the 2010 Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament

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Phil Laak eliminated

Phil Laak is all in with [Jh][Jc] on the turn with the board reading [6d][2h][2d][3c]. His opponent tabled [5s][2s] for trip deuces, and when the river hit the [Th], Laak was sent to the rail.

Jerry Yang eliminated

We just had our second bounty elimination in one orbit on our featured table. Jerry Yang was all in with [5d][5c] for a set of fives on a [9d][5s][2s] flop, but Andy "BKiCe" Seth had a set of nines with [9c][9h]. The turn came the [Td] and the river came the [4s], and Jerry Yang will be eliminated.

JC Tran eliminated

On the turn with the board reading [Kd][8h][5c][Tc], JC Tran called all in with [Ks][5s] but was up against his opponent's [8c][8d]. The [7c] on the river was not the two outer Tran was looking for, and he was eliminated.

YouTube video: Phil Hellmuth interview

Phil Hellmuth is interviewed by tournament director Matt Savage at the 2010 Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament

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Phil Hellmuth doubles up off JC Tran

Phil Hellmuth was all in on a [Td][9d][5s] flop holding [Ad][2d] against JC Tran's [Kd][Qd]. Hellmuth was in the lead with ace high and only had to a jack to complete dodge Tran's straight (the [Jd] would make Tran a straight flush). The turn came the [Ah] and the river came the [6s], and Hellmuth doubled up.

Mike Matusow eliminated

Mike Matusow is eliminated when his [Kh][Qs] failed to improve against his opponent's [Ah][Ts] when the board ran out [Ac][7h][3s][Td][6s].

Eugene Katchalov eliminated

After winning $10,000 for being the Day 1B chip leader, Eugene Katchalov has been eliminated shortly after the first break on Day 2.

Mike Sexton eliminated

Mike Sexton is eliminated when he was all in holding [Ks][Ts] vs. his opponent's [7h][7c] on a cooler board of [Kc][Kd][7s][7d][3d].

Eugene Katchalov loses a big pot

Eugene Katchalov lost a 200,000 chip pot when he ran into his opponent's set of queens. The money went in on the turn with the board showing [Jc][6c][2h][Qh], and the [6h] on the river failed to save Katchalov. He is now left with under 10,000.

On the very next hand Katchalov moved all in with [Ac][Kc] and received no callers.

Freddy Deeb doubles up

Freddy Deeb was all in preflop holding two queens against his opponent's [Kd][Td].  The 997 flop was safe, but the queen on the turn locked up the win for Deeb.

Barry Greenstein eliminated

Barry Greenstein is eliminated when his AT fails to improve against his opponent's 99, with a final board reading J82J7.

Howard Lederer eliminated

Howard Lederer is eliminated holding pocket jacks when his opponent's AQ rivers a straight to knock him out and pick up Lederer's bounty.

Steve Brecher eliminated

Steve Brecher is eliminated when his [Ah][Kh] fails to connect against his opponent's 77 on a T86J3 board.

Howard Lederer doubles up

Howard Lederer doubles up when his pocket aces hold up against his opponent's AQ.

Daniel Negreanu eliminated

Daniel Negreanu is eliminated when his AT could not outrun his opponent's pocket kings.

Day 2 has begun

Cards are in the air on day 2.  126 players have returned to play 90-minute levels today.  They will be playing until we reach the 36 players that are in the money, and tomorrow's Day 3 will play 6-handed until the final table.  You can watch live video by clicking on "Watch LIVE Video" at the top of the page.

Day 2 Chip Counts

PLACE	FIRST	LAST	CHIP COUNTS	TABLE	SEAT
1	Vanna	Tea	143900	26	1
2	Greg	Mueller	132800	29	5
3	Eugene	Katchalov	131500	32	2
4	Timothy	McDermott	118100	41	1
5	Grantland	Hillman	115100	23	2
6	David	Sands	106900	41	9
7	Oddie	Dardon	105500	29	2
8	Scotty	Nguyen	99900	24	5
9	Sorel	Mizzi	97600	19	3
10	Yevgeniy	Timoshenko	97600	28	5
11	Peter	Tran	95800	29	8
12	Moshin	Charania	94600	21	6
13	J.C.	Tran	93100	32	5
14	McLean	Karr	90300	19	8
15	Hasan	Habib	89700	27	3
16	Nick	Schulman	88100	41	4
17	Joseph	Elpayaa	87300	29	9
18	Scott	Montgomery	84800	25	3
19	Chris	Wallace	84100	32	7
20	Thomas	Marchese	84000	41	3
21	Luis	Velador	83000	24	8
22	Bruce	Kramer	81200	27	7
23	Daniel	LaFrance	79400	28	4
24	Michael	Woo	79000	32	9
25	Daniel	O'Brien	79000	42	8
26	"Miami" John	Cernuto	76700	26	5
27	Jerry	Yang	74300	19	5
28	Tyson	Marks	74000	26	2
29	Elon	Diamond	73300	32	1
30	Phil	Laak	72700	22	5
31	Richard	Harroch	72600	19	7
32	Loi	Lam	71800	21	3
33	Zachary	Hyman	70000	26	9
34	Andy	Wright	69100	32	3
35	Chau	Giang	68500	27	5
36	Hoang	Do	68500	42	2
37	Dave	Forster	68300	21	8
38	Matt	Keikoan	67800	24	6
39	Lars	Elmoe	67300	21	1
40	David	Rubin	64400	20	4
41	Steve	Gross	64200	28	7
42	Phil	Hellmuth	62800	22	7
43	Michael	Cooper	62500	20	2
44	John	Monnette	61800	28	2
45	Matt	Stout	61000	24	3
46	Mark	Ketteringham	59800	20	8
47	Brandon	Cantu	58100	27	8
48	Ted	Jivkov	57400	41	8
49	Thuy	Phan	57200	20	9
50	Brett	Switzer	56200	20	7
51	Thiago	Nishijima	55900	32	6
52	Leo	Mayo	55600	19	9
53	Karl	Will	54000	29	3
54	Thomas	Fuller	53900	42	1
55	Larry	Anderson	53600	41	6
56	Darren	Bortmas	53300	24	7
57	David	Chase	53300	25	2
58	Tuan	Le	52200	26	3
59	Faraz	Jaka	49000	22	6
60	Zachary	Clark	48500	23	9
61	Jonathan	Tamayo	48300	23	8
62	Dan	Gamon	47000	20	1
63	Phat Van	Nguyen	46900	19	6
64	Kfir	Nahum	46900	26	6
65	Michael	Tang	45900	26	8
66	Mike	Sexton	45800	21	5
67	Byron	Davenport	45300	21	7
68	John	Smith	45300	29	6
69	Brian	Rast	44900	27	6
70	Taylor	Raines	44700	19	1
71	Justin	Smith	44100	22	1
72	Paul	Smith	43100	21	9
73	Narinder	Khasria	42900	23	7
74	Pete	Gregory	42500	27	9
75	George	Ash	42100	28	9
76	Andrew	Talbot	42000	23	4
77	Bob	Campbell	41900	28	8
78	Omar	Mehmood	41300	27	4
79	Kevin	Vanderbeek	39400	24	2
80	John	Pires	39200	28	3
81	Jonathan	Little	38700	25	8
82	Tyler	Cornell	38600	22	2
83	Steve	Sung	38500	32	8
84	Cosimo	Cricchio	38100	24	1
85	Gregory	Liang	37900	41	7
86	Michael	Frazin	37500	20	6
87	Carter	King	37000	29	4
88	Masa	Kagawa	35100	21	4
89	Mike	Matusow	35100	41	5
90	Jonathan	Plens	33700	19	4
91	Ty	Reiman	33300	29	1
92	Ethan	Foulkes	33200	25	4
93	Josh	Schlein	33100	21	2
94	Daniel	Martin	33100	27	2
95	Craig	Issod	32700	25	9
96	Freddy	Deeb	30800	25	5
97	Wade	Griffith	30000	42	7
98	James	Mackey	29900	22	3
99	Neil	Blumenfield	29200	22	8
100	Yukinori	Yamazaki	28700	25	1
101	Mike	McClain	28700	42	4
102	Alex	Gurevich	28500	23	6
103	Shane	Schleger	25500	26	4
104	Joe	Cassidy	25400	23	3
105	Adam	Levy	24800	25	6
106	John	Dihn	24700	24	9
107	Christina	Lindley	23400	41	2
108	Scott	Seiver	22500	27	1
109	Howard	Lederer	20600	42	5
110	Nicholas	Mitchell	20500	28	1
111	James	Calderaro	20200	42	6
112	Daniel	Negreanu	19600	23	5
113	Charles	Dolan	19600	42	9
114	Jim	Anderson	18200	28	6
115	Chau	Vu	18000	22	4
116	Marco	Alves	17900	29	7
117	Amir	Shilly	17500	42	3
118	Wesley	Clark	14700	24	4
119	Jim	Viglizzo	13700	23	1
120	Barry	Greenstein	12900	26	7
121	Steve	Brecher	10800	20	5
122	Larry	Wright	10700	32	4
123	Fang	Tian	10400	20	3
124	Glen	Bickerstaff	9500	25	7
125	Jeff	Hannon	6300	22	9
126	Jan	Klaasen	5000	19	2

Day 2 Seating Assignments

PLACE	FIRST	LAST	CHIP COUNTS	TABLE	SEAT
1	Taylor	Raines	44,700	19	1
2	Jan	Klaasen	5,000	19	2
3	Sorel	Mizzi	97,600	19	3
4	Jonathan	Plens	33,700	19	4
5	Jerry	Yang	74,300	19	5
6	Phat Van	Nguyen	46,900	19	6
7	Richard	Harroch	72,600	19	7
8	McLean	Karr	90,300	19	8
9	Leo	Mayo	55,600	19	9
10	Dan	Gamon	47,000	20	1
11	Michael	Cooper	62,500	20	2
12	Fang	Tian	10,400	20	3
13	David	Rubin	64,400	20	4
14	Steve	Brecher	10,800	20	5
15	Michael	Frazin	37,500	20	6
16	Brett	Switzer	56,200	20	7
17	Mark	Ketteringham	59,800	20	8
18	Thuy	Phan	57,200	20	9
19	Lars	Elmoe	67,300	21	1
20	Josh	Schlein	33,100	21	2
21	Loi	Lam	71,800	21	3
22	Masa	Kagawa	35,100	21	4
23	Mike	Sexton	45,800	21	5
24	Moshin	Charania	94,600	21	6
25	Byron	Davenport	45,300	21	7
26	Dave	Forster	68,300	21	8
27	Paul	Smith	43,100	21	9
28	Justin	Smith	44,100	22	1
29	Tyler	Cornell	38,600	22	2
30	James	Mackey	29,900	22	3
31	Chau	Vu	18,000	22	4
32	Phil	Laak	72,700	22	5
33	Faraz	Jaka	49,000	22	6
34	Phil	Hellmuth	62,800	22	7
35	Neil	Blumenfield	29,200	22	8
36	Jeff	Hannon	6,300	22	9
37	Jim	Viglizzo	13,700	23	1
38	Grantland	Hillman	115,100	23	2
39	Joe	Cassidy	25,400	23	3
40	Andrew	Talbot	42,000	23	4
41	Daniel	Negreanu	19,600	23	5
42	Alex	Gurevich	28,500	23	6
43	Narinder	Khasria	42,900	23	7
44	Jonathan	Tamayo	48,300	23	8
45	Zachary	Clark	48,500	23	9
46	Cosimo	Cricchio	38,100	24	1
47	Kevin	Vanderbeek	39,400	24	2
48	Matt	Stout	61,000	24	3
49	Wesley	Clark	14,700	24	4
50	Scotty	Nguyen	99,900	24	5
51	Matt	Keikoan	67,800	24	6
52	Darren	Bortmas	53,300	24	7
53	Luis	Velador	83,000	24	8
54	John	Dihn	24,700	24	9
55	Yukinori	Yamazaki	28,700	25	1
56	David	Chase	53,300	25	2
57	Scott	Montgomery	84,800	25	3
58	Ethan	Foulkes	33,200	25	4
59	Freddy	Deeb	30,800	25	5
60	Adam	Levy	24,800	25	6
61	Glen	Bickerstaff	9,500	25	7
62	Jonathan	Little	38,700	25	8
63	Craig	Issod	32,700	25	9
64	Vanna	Tea	143,900	26	1
65	Tyson	Marks	74,000	26	2
66	Tuan	Le	52,200	26	3
67	Shane	Schleger	25,500	26	4
68	"Miami" John	Cernuto	76,700	26	5
69	Kfir	Nahum	46,900	26	6
70	Barry	Greenstein	12,900	26	7
71	Michael	Tang	45,900	26	8
72	Zachary	Hyman	70,000	26	9
73	Scott	Seiver	22,500	27	1
74	Daniel	Martin	33,100	27	2
75	Hasan	Habib	89,700	27	3
76	Omar	Mehmood	41,300	27	4
77	Chau	Giang	68,500	27	5
78	Brian	Rast	44,900	27	6
79	Bruce	Kramer	81,200	27	7
80	Brandon	Cantu	58,100	27	8
81	Pete	Gregory	42,500	27	9
82	Nicholas	Mitchell	20,500	28	1
83	John	Monnette	61,800	28	2
84	John	Pires	39,200	28	3
85	Daniel	LaFrance	79,400	28	4
86	Yevgeniy	Timoshenko	97,600	28	5
87	Jim	Anderson	18,200	28	6
88	Steve	Gross	64,200	28	7
89	Bob	Campbell	41,900	28	8
90	George	Ash	42,100	28	9
91	Ty	Reiman	33,300	29	1
92	Oddie	Dardon	105,500	29	2
93	Karl	Will	54,000	29	3
94	Carter	King	37,000	29	4
95	Greg	Mueller	132,800	29	5
96	John	Smith	45,300	29	6
97	Marco	Alves	17,900	29	7
98	Peter	Tran	95,800	29	8
99	Joseph	Elpayaa	87,300	29	9
100	Elon	Diamond	73,300	32	1
101	Eugene	Katchalov	131,500	32	2
102	Andy	Wright	69,100	32	3
103	Larry	Wright	10,700	32	4
104	J.C.	Tran	93,100	32	5
105	Thiago	Nishijima	55,900	32	6
106	Chris	Wallace	84,100	32	7
107	Steve	Sung	38,500	32	8
108	Michael	Woo	79,000	32	9
109	Timothy	McDermott	118,100	41	1
110	Christina	Lindley	23,400	41	2
111	Thomas	Marchese	84,000	41	3
112	Nick	Schulman	88,100	41	4
113	Mike	Matusow	35,100	41	5
114	Larry	Anderson	53,600	41	6
115	Gregory	Liang	37,900	41	7
116	Ted	Jivkov	57,400	41	8
117	David	Sands	106,900	41	9
118	Thomas	Fuller	53,900	42	1
119	Hoang	Do	68,500	42	2
120	Amir	Shilly	17,500	42	3
121	Mike	McClain	28,700	42	4
122	Howard	Lederer	20,600	42	5
123	James	Calderaro	20,200	42	6
124	Wade	Griffith	30,000	42	7
125	Daniel	O'Brien	79,000	42	8
126	Charles	Dolan	19,600	42	9