Mercier’s 27th place finish earned him $19,200. The board ran out giving both player’s two pair, but Mercier’s inferior two pair sent him to the rail and Duhamel collected his second bounty on the day. You see, the Shooting Star tournament was the creative product of Bay 101’s former owner Marko Trapani. Many have credited this year’s Shooting Star’s above average numbers to the tragic loss the tournament sustained in 2018. Later in the day, Duhamel also collected Jason Mercier’s bounty when Mercier got his remaining chips in preflop with against Duhamel’s. A total of 170 players will be pulling up to the felt today to determine Day 3’s field. The board ran out, giving Duhamel two pair and the $5,000 bounty on Grospellier’s head. According to the WPT Live Updates Team, the two got all their chips in preflop, with Duhamel holding and Elky holding.
JC Tran and Duhamel were the only two to make it through to Day 3.ĭuhamel served as executioner for Grospellier early in the day. Among those left is World Series of Poker 2010 Champion, Jonathan Duhamel.Īmong the Shooting Stars to return Wednesday were Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, Jason Mercier, Chau Giang, Vanessa Selbst, Allen Cunningham, JC Tran, Marvin Rettenmaier, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Fabrice Soulier, Linda Johnson, David Williams, Scott Seiver, Nam Le, Antonio Esfandiari, Mike Matusow, and Duhamel. On Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, the field was whittled from 149 to the final 20.
