Everyone else steps aside (no bounty-win on this one, folks) and then Tran takes pause. Tran (pictured) opens for 16,000, action folds over to Michael Hahn who pauses, checks the scoreboard and places out a stack of 12 5k chips for a raise to 60,000. Shooting Star Joe Nguyen is in the BB and Tony Tran jokes before the cards come out that he plans to go after the $2,000 bounty on Nguyen. Here is a look at the players that went on to cash during the day.
The money bubble burst around 2:15 pm, and that was when the final 37 players were guaranteed at least $9,040 in prize money. Here is the seating chart with chip counts for Day 3. Half the field remaining are Shooting Star bounties, with Varnell, Bicknell, Tyler Patterson, Anthony Zinno, and Lexy Gavin still in the mix. Other top stacks were bagged up by Kristen Bicknell (2,110,000), and Navin Mohan rounds out the top three with 1,860,000. The chip leader at the end of play is Craig Varnell with 2,700,000.
There are five Shooting Star bounties among the group of survivors. (40 $2,000 bounties + 2 $5,000 chipleaders awarded)ĭay 2 at the Bay 101 Shooting Star $5,200 no-limit hold'em Main Event has come to a close with 10 players advancing to Day 3 on Friday from 290 entries after 106 returned to start the day.
