Wednesday, March 16, 2011

RED-HOT RAJKUMAR BEATS HELLMUTH, LEADS WPT SHOOTING STAR


PHOTO CREDIT: WPT.com

Ten days ago Vivek Rajkumar was heads for the WPT LAPC title. Less than two weeks later, Rajkumar is at it again, for a second straight WPT event, Vivek is the current chip leader with less than 80 players left at Bay 101's Shooting Star.

Rajkumar event earned some cash by eliminating one of those stars - he eliminated Phil Hellmuth earlier in the day.

Here are the other notable players still alive (unofficial chip counts)...
  • Ty Reiman 415k
  • Jonathan Little 330k
  • Chris Trapani 270k
  • JJ Liu 268k
  • Kevin MacPhee 265k
  • John Juanda 260k
  • Galen Hall 230k
  • Mike Matusow 220k
  • Shawn Buchanan 170k
  • Layne Flack 170k
  • Mike Sexton 165k

Shooting Stars who have recently been eliminated: Chris Ferguson, Shannon Shorr (not an official Shooting Star), Daniel Negreanu, David Williams, 2010 Shooting Star winner McLean Karr, Hoyt Corkins, Gavin Smith and Dwyte Pilgrim.

Here are the payouts:
1: $1,039,000
2: $595,300
3: $369,800
4: $295,800
5: $221,800
6: $148,000
7-8: $73,900
9-10: $48,100
11-12: $37,000
13-18: $29,500
19-24: $25,800
25-30: $22,100
31-36: $18,400
37-45: $15,000


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Shooting Star
Bay 101 Shooting Star
March 14-18, 2011

Bay 101 Casino
San Jose, California, USA

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $3,697,500
Entries: 415

Defending Champion: McLean Karr

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 129
2nd position 79
3rd position 49
4th position 39
5th position 34
6th position 29
7th position 29
8th position 14
9th position 14
10th position 14
11th position 14
12th position 12
13th position 12
14th position 12
15th position 12
16th position 9
17th position 9
18th position 9

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