None of the Shooting Stars made it to the final table at the $5,300 WPT Shooting Stars at Bay 101 Casino. The six remaining players have a break until December; the final table won’t be held until December 15 in Las Vegas.
There were still twelve Shooting Stars among the final 55 players when Day 3 began yesterday. Chris Moorman was eliminated early, going out short-stacked with 
against 
. Phil Hellmuth once again had the chance to claim his first WPT title, but not only did his son Nicholas Hellmuth go home early—Phil Hellmuth himself also had to settle for 48th place when he lost with 
against Michael Wang’s 9s on a board of 
came up short.
The field quickly thinned out. Chahn Jung pulled off a double knockout with his kings against Aaron Massey, who held pocket 3s, and Adam Hendrix, who held 
. The board was 10h: 
, and Chahn not only took down the massive pot but also both $2,500 bounties. Massey took home $41,500 for 10th place, and Hendrix $48,500 for 9th place.
Anyone who had bet on a tough battle at the 6-handed final table was proven wrong. Immediately afterward, Quoc Mai, holding kings, eliminated Jeremy Menard (
) and Joe Nguyen (pocket 3s). Mai earned a $2,500 bounty for eliminating Joe Nguyen, who was the last “Shooting Star” in the field. Nguyen took home $56,500 for 8th place, while Menard earned $72.00 for 7th place.
The final six players got down to business, and it was Quoc Mai who secured a narrow lead with 10,165,000 chips over Chahn Jung (9,075,000); the other four are well behind. Shawn Daniels is the only one who already has a title.
All six have $94,000 guaranteed, and the winner can look forward to $470,500 (including a $10k WPT World Championship ticket). However, the tournament won’t take place until December 15 in Las Vegas. You can find all the information at wpt.com.
Final Table
Seat 1. Eric Zheng – 2,065,000 (52 bb)
Seat 2. Ziao Guo – 4,095,000 (102 bb)
Seat 3. Chahn Jung – 9,075,000 (227 bb)
Seat 4. Shawn Daniels – 3,000,000 (75 bb)
Seat 5. William Davis – 700,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6. Quoc Mai – 10,165,000 (254 bb)
$5,300 WPT Shooting Stars
Entries: 584
Prize Pool: $2,613,200
Payouts:
| Rank | Name | Prize Money |
| 1 | $470,500 | |
| 2 | $305,000 | |
| 3 | $226,000 | |
| 4 | $168,000 | |
| 5 | $126,000 | |
| 6 | $94,000 | |
| 7 | Jeremy Menard | $72,000 |
| 8 | Joe Nguyen | $56,500 |
| 9 | Adam Hendrix | $48,500 |
| 10 | Aaron Massey | $41,500 |
| 11 | Vishtasb Mazdeh | $41,500 |
| 12 | Adam Adler | $35,000 |
| 13 | Mitchell Halverson | $35,000 |
| 14 | Haidang Nguyen | $30,500 |
| 15 | Joe McKeehen | $30,500 |
| 16 | Lee Pham | $27,000 |
| 17 | Stephen Graner | $27,000 |
| 18 | Mike Meskin | $23,900 |
| 19 | Matt Salsberg | $23,900 |
| 20 | Zhongtian Jiang | $23,900 |
| 21 | Jack Corrigan | $21,000 |
| 22 | Kelvin Ng | $21,000 |
| 23 | Jeffery McKee | $21,000 |
| 24 | Ron Fetsch | $18,200 |
| 25 | Charles Wiper | $18,200 |
| 26 | Dong Meng | $18,200 |
| 27 | Justin Zaki | $18,200 |
| 28 | Michael Wang | $18,200 |
| 29 | Quanliang Gao | $18,200 |
| 30 | Vijay Ramani | $18,200 |
| 31 | Adam Geyer | $18,200 |
| 32 | Rahul Konale | $15,500 |
| 33 | D.J. MacKinnon | $15,500 |
| 34 | Toko Luu | $15,500 |
| 35 | Srini Godavarthy | $15,500 |
| 36 | Lokesh Prakash Manohar | $15,500 |
| 37 | Brian Yoon | $15,500 |
| 38 | Timothy Lin | $15,500 |
| 39 | Faraz Jaka | $15,500 |
| 40 | Sang Sim | $13,100 |
| 41 | Soheb Porbandarwala | $13,100 |
| 42 | Bryan Chen | $13,100 |
| 43 | Viny Lima | $13,100 |
| 44 | Thien Tran | $13,100 |
| 45 | Tyler Patterson | $13,100 |
| 46 | Terrence Byrnes | $13,100 |
| 47 | Saurabh Patel | $13,100 |
| 48 | Phil Hellmuth | $11,400 |
| 49 | Nicholas Ralph | $11,400 |
| 50 | Chris Moorman | $11,400 |
| 51 | Nicholas Hellmuth | $11,400 |
| 52 | David Hallmark | $11,400 |
| 53 | Tsolmon Jargalsaikhan | $11,400 |
| 54 | Timothy Converse | $11,400 |
| 55 | Harvey Castro | $11,400 |
| 56 | Jeff Madsen | $10,300 |
| 57 | Andrew Ostapchenko | $10,300 |
| 58 | Mohammad Pourmandi | $10,300 |
| 59 | Shannon Shorr | $10,300 |
| 60 | Stanislav Kriventsov | $10,300 |
| 61 | Kevin Eyster | $10,300 |
| 62 | Antonio Vargas | $10,300 |
| 63 | Brian Park | $10,300 |
| 64 | Sanjeev Sisodiya | $9,600 |
| 65 | Jesse Stephens | $9,600 |
| 66 | Ky Nguyen | $9,600 |
| 67 | Loni Hui | $9,600 |
| 68 | Yang Zhou | $9,600 |
| 69 | Nicholas Palma | $9,600 |
| 70 | Jared Hemingway | $9,600 |
| 71 | Paul Richardson | $9,600 |
| 72 | Matt Affleck | $9,600 |
| 73 | Turbo Nguyen | $9,600 |