Fifty-three players remain after Day 1A of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, California. The unique bounty tournament featured 17 targeted players on Day 1A, with 25 more taking to the felts on Tuesday for Day 1B. After one day of play, reigning WPT Championship victor Yevgeniy Jovial Gent Timoshenko (pictured at right) sits in fourth on the leaderboard with 97,600 chips and the entire field is looking up at Vanna Tea ’s mound of 143,900. Let’s recap Day 1A of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event. Owning the seventh spot on the leaderboard after the first of two starting days is PokerXFactor instructor Chris Fox Wallace (pictured at left). The longtime community member will come armed to Day 2 on Wednesday with 84,100 chips, an impressive result considering his competition on Monday. Among those seated at his table were four Shooting Stars: Chris Ferguson, Steve Brecher, Mike Matusow, and Gavin Smith

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Jovial Gent, Fox Top 10 in WPT Bay 101 After Day 1A









