The World Poker Tour is heading again to the Bay 101 Casino this yr. The WPT returns to the San Jose on line casino after a prolonged hiatus.
The major occasion’s return is about for Oct. 25-29 as a part of a two-week event competition spanning from Oct. 17-31.
The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star was a fixture on the tour from Season 2 in 2004 till the WPT’s fifteenth season in 2017.
Sam Panzica took down the latest operating of the primary occasion $1,373,000. Other notable champions of this storied occasion embrace Phil Gordon (2004), Ted Forrest (2007), James Carroll (2014), and Taylor Paur (2015).
The fan-favorite occasion lengthy featured a novel bounty format, with every beginning desk together with at the least one ‘Shooting Star’ participant with a $2,500 bounty on their head.
The in style construction is about to return this yr, together with one other traditional characteristic of the occasion: a $5,000 chip chief bonus for the massive stack on the finish of every beginning flight.
“Bay 101 Casino has long been a staple of the World Poker Tour’s rich history,” mentioned WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “The players, the fans, and the incredible team at Bay 101 create an amazing environment. We look forward to returning to this iconic venue once again.”
This yr’s occasion will characteristic a delayed ultimate desk that might be filmed in Las Vegas at a yet-unreleased date.
“The news of the Shooting Star returning to the World Poker Tour has been on everyone’s wish list for a long time,” mentioned Casino Manager Samuel Quinto. “We look forward to recapturing the excitement of one of poker’s most talked about events.”
More data could be discovered on the WPT’s official website.
