Quoc Mai Leads WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table

The final table of the 2026 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star main event has been set. Six players remain from the no-limit hold'em tournament, which had 584 registered players and a $5,300 buy-in. The tournament began on October 23 at Bay 101 in San Jose, California.

The televised final table was set on the night of October 26. Play will resume on December 15 in Las Vegas, after a six-week break. The champion will win $470,500, the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup trophy, and a $10,400 seat in the WPT World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas.

Quoc Mai, who lives in San Francisco, holds the chip lead. Mai won the final three-way all-in hand of the night and now has 10,165,000 chips. That is equal to 254 big blinds in the Las Vegas play. Mai's previous best cash was $4,660, and reaching this final table is the best result of his career.

Other notable players include Chahn Jung with 9,075,000 chips, Shawn Daniels with 3,000,000 chips, and Ziao Guo with 102 big blinds. The first 73 players in the tournament finished in the money, and the total prize pool was $2,613,200. About $1.4 million in prize money remains to be distributed at the final table.