WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: PokerNews Hosts Eliminated

Last weekend, 584 players competed in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. The tournament ended with a six-person final table, which will be played in December in Las Vegas during the WPT World Championship.

The tournament's best-known feature is the 2,500 dollar bounty placed on well-known poker players and their names. This year there were 55 Shooting Bounties, and all three PokerNews Podcast hosts were on that list. Mike Holtz lost to Nicholas Ralph on Day 1A with a pair of kings. Ralph's pair of aces was ahead in that hand. The flop gave Holtz a gutshot straight draw, but the turn and river did not come. Ralph collected the bounty, while Holtz returned to Las Vegas to chase the WSOP Online bracelet standings.

Chad Holloway went all in for 26,000 against Bruan Luo on Day 1B, and Luo called. The flop came J 5 4 and Holloway could not recover. Luo collected the 2,500 dollar bounty. Holloway re-entered for the second day, but before the first break he went all in against Jeff Madsen, who had a pair of aces. The board did not connect, and Holloway ended his WPT Bay 101 run.

Jeff Madsen survived until the end of the second day and was eliminated in 56th place. In his final hand he went all in with ace-king. Shawn Daniels called with a pair of jacks and won the bounty because the board did not help Madsen. Madsen earned 10,300 dollars.

Ben Ludlow also played on the second day but was short-stacked. With the blinds at 1,000/2,000/2,000, he went all in for 39,500 and was in a flip against Dan Maor. Ludlow was eliminated on the first hand.