Bay 101 Shooting Star Is Returning To The World Poker tour

Probably the most standard stops in World Poker Tour historical past is returning to the WPT schedule for the primary time since 2017. The Bay 101 Capturing Star has a wealthy historical past relationship again to 1997, however it hasn’t been held since 2020 when the COVID pandemic interrupted the ultimate desk and compelled the ultimate 10 gamers to finish issues with a chop.

The Bay 101 Capturing Star occasion had been working for seven years earlier than the eighth Annual occasion joined the schedule in 2004 as a part of the WPT’s second season. Phil Gordon gained that match for $360,000, whereas Chris Moneymaker, who the 12 months earlier than gained the World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Principal Occasion, was the final $5,000 bounty standing.

Returning to the Schedule

The newest WPT Bay 101 Capturing Star competition will run from October 17-31, highlighted by the $5,300 WPT Bay 101 Capturing Star Championship Occasion. The Championship Occasion will happen October 25-29, with a delayed televised closing desk to be performed at a later date in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Bay 101 On line casino has lengthy been a staple of the World Poker Tour’s wealthy historical past,” stated WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “The gamers, the followers, and the unimaginable group at Bay 101 create an incredible atmosphere. We sit up for returning to this iconic venue as soon as once more.”

In keeping with a press launch, the WPT Bay 101 Capturing Star Championship occasion will adhere to the traditional bounty guidelines of years previous. Every beginning desk may have at the least one “Capturing Star”, with a $2,500 bounty given to the participant who knocks the Capturing Star out of the match. If a Capturing Star wins the match, they are going to gather their very own bounty. Along with the bounties, there’s a $5,000 chip chief bonus for chip leaders of Day 1 beginning flights.

“The information of the Capturing Star returning to the World Poker Tour has been on everybody’s want checklist for a very long time,” stated On line casino Supervisor Samuel Quinto. “We sit up for recapturing the joy of certainly one of poker’s most talked about occasions.”

Historical past of the Bay 101 Capturing Star

Sam Panzica gained the final WPT Bay 101 Capturing Star again in 2017.

Since its inception occasion, Bay 101 has hosted 15 WPT Championship occasions. The final winner to etch their identify on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup was Sam Panzica, who gained the Season 15 match for $1,373,000.

SeasonYearBuy-InEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize -1997$1,060–Sam Service provider$29,000 -1998$1,000151$151,000Huck Seed$30,250 -2000$1,050123$122,850Chau Vu$44,550 -2001$1,000150$150,000Carlos Mortensen$44,550 -2002$1,560150$202,500Bernard Ko$66,825 -2003$1,560150$202,500David Sprenkle$80,000 Season 22004$5,200243$1,125,000Phil Gordon$360,000 Season 32005$10,000438$4,045,000Danny Nguyen$1,025,000 Season 42006$10,000518$4,702,800Nam Le$1,198,300 Season 52007$10,000450$4,490,000Ted Forrest$1,100,000 Season 62008$10,000376$3,336,000Brandon Cantu$1,000,000 Season 72009$10,000391$3,444,500Steve Brecher$1,025,500 Season 82010$10,000333$3,163,500McLean Karr$878,500 Season 92011$10,000415$3,942,500Alan Sternberg$1,039,000 Season 102012$10,000364$3,458,000Moon Kim$960,900 Season 112013$7,500643$4,444,950WeiKai Chang$1,138,350 Season 122014$7,500718$5,133,700James Carroll$1,256,550 Season 132015$7,500708$4,835,180Taylor Paur$1,214,200 Season 142016$7,500753$5,138,800Stefan Schillhabel$1,298,000 Season 152017$7,500806$5,722,600Sam Panzica$1,373,000 -2019$2,500440$2,156,000Sandeep Pulusani$354,400 -2020$5,200290$1,331,000Craig Varnell$159,710

*Photos courtesy of the WPT.