World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star, $10,000 No-limit Hold'em, San Jose, CA, March 16th-20th 2009

Entrants: 391

Buy-in: $ 10,000

Prizepool: $ 3,444,500

1. Steve Brecher, $ 1,025,500
2. Kathy Liebert, $ 550,000
3. Chris Moore, $ 291,500
4. Tony Behari, $ 230,000
5. Thao Le, $ 180,000
6. Chao Vu, $ 135,000


Full Tilt Poker Pro Steve Brecher won first place at the 2009 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, taking home more than $ 1 million in prize money and his first WPT Championship title. Brecher started the final table in third place, with over $ 2 million in chips and battled his way through the longest final table in WPT history - a record 319 hands dealt.