On 8 March, the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star $7,500 Main Event six-handed final table began with Paul ‘paulgees81’ Volpe in the chiplead. He made it to the finale of the last WPT event as well: he was chipleader in the L. A. Poker Classic and ended up finishing 2nd.
Seat 1: Joe Nguyen – 2,175,000 (72 BBs)
Seat 2: Erik Seidel – 3,435,000 (114 BBs)
Seat 3: Chris Johnson – 2,740,000 (91 BBs)
Seat 4: Paul Volpe – 5,525,000 (184 BBs)
Seat 5: WeiKai Chang – 2,590,000 (86 BBs)
Seat 6: Joe Kuether – 2,830,000 (94 BBs)
The game running deep, it took 79 hands to get to the first elimination. Joe Kuether then 3-bet shoved on WeiKai ‘Kai’ Chang’s open to 125,000 (Level 28: 10,000/30,000/60,000). Joe Nguyen also pushed all-in with 4,280,000 and Chang folded. Kuether’s pocket jacks ran into Nguyen’s aces that even improved to a full house on the board, eliminating Kuether.
Chris Johnson came next, followed by Erik Seidel on Level 29 (10,000/40,000/80,000): the eight times WSOP champion went all-in with 1,285,000 from the SB after the folds, Volpe from the BB called.
Seidel:
J 
T
Volpe:
A 4
Board:J J 7 K 8
Volpe’s flush meant the beginning of the three-handed game.
Joe Nguyen – 10,355,000
Kai Chang – 5,880,000
Paul Volpe – 3,060,000
On Level 30 (15,000/50,000/100,000), Volpe played his last hand: shoving with 1,540,000 from the SB with Q-T, he got called by chipleader Chang with A-9 and the board came neutral.
Kai Chang – 12,515,000
Joe Nguyen – 6,780,000
In the last hand of the short heads-up, still on Level 30, Nguyen raised to 250,000, Chang called and the flop cameT 7 5 . Chang checked, Nguyen bet 325,000 and Chang called once again. The turn came 9 , Chang check-raised Nguyen’s 530,000 bet who 3-bet all-in to 7,010,000 and Chang insta-called.
Chang:8 6
Nguyen:T 2
River:
6
Chang won his first ever major tournament with a straight.
The end results are as follows:
1st: WeiKai Chang - $1,138,350
2nd: Joe Nguyen - $666,740
3rd: Paul Volpe - $435,610
4th: Erik Seidel - $295,590
5th: Chris Johnson - $208,910
6t: Joe Kuether - $162,240
Seat 1: Joe Nguyen – 2,175,000 (72 BBs)
Seat 2: Erik Seidel – 3,435,000 (114 BBs)
Seat 3: Chris Johnson – 2,740,000 (91 BBs)
Seat 4: Paul Volpe – 5,525,000 (184 BBs)
Seat 5: WeiKai Chang – 2,590,000 (86 BBs)
Seat 6: Joe Kuether – 2,830,000 (94 BBs)
The game running deep, it took 79 hands to get to the first elimination. Joe Kuether then 3-bet shoved on WeiKai ‘Kai’ Chang’s open to 125,000 (Level 28: 10,000/30,000/60,000). Joe Nguyen also pushed all-in with 4,280,000 and Chang folded. Kuether’s pocket jacks ran into Nguyen’s aces that even improved to a full house on the board, eliminating Kuether.
Chris Johnson came next, followed by Erik Seidel on Level 29 (10,000/40,000/80,000): the eight times WSOP champion went all-in with 1,285,000 from the SB after the folds, Volpe from the BB called.
Seidel:
J T Volpe:
A 4 Board:
J J 7 K 8 Volpe’s flush meant the beginning of the three-handed game.
Joe Nguyen – 10,355,000
Kai Chang – 5,880,000
Paul Volpe – 3,060,000
On Level 30 (15,000/50,000/100,000), Volpe played his last hand: shoving with 1,540,000 from the SB with Q-T, he got called by chipleader Chang with A-9 and the board came neutral.
Kai Chang – 12,515,000
Joe Nguyen – 6,780,000
In the last hand of the short heads-up, still on Level 30, Nguyen raised to 250,000, Chang called and the flop came
T 7 5 . Chang checked, Nguyen bet 325,000 and Chang called once again. The turn came 9 , Chang check-raised Nguyen’s 530,000 bet who 3-bet all-in to 7,010,000 and Chang insta-called.Chang:
8 6 Nguyen:
T 2 River:
6 Chang won his first ever major tournament with a straight.
The end results are as follows:
1st: WeiKai Chang - $1,138,350
2nd: Joe Nguyen - $666,740
3rd: Paul Volpe - $435,610
4th: Erik Seidel - $295,590
5th: Chris Johnson - $208,910
6t: Joe Kuether - $162,240
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