WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: Quoc Mai Leads the Final 6, With $470,500 to Win on Dec. 15
Updated on October 29, 2026.
The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star is down to its final six. Quoc Mai of San Francisco leads with 10,165,000 chips after the $5,300 Main Event drew 584 entries in San Jose, California. The six return on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Wynn Las Vegas to play for the $470,500 first prize.
Quick summary
- Field: 584 entries in the $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, for a $2,613,200 prize pool.
- Chip leader: Quoc Mai, with 10,165,000 chips (254 big blinds).
- First prize: $470,500, including a $10,400 WPT World Championship seat.
- Final table: Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Wynn Las Vegas, about seven weeks after Day 3.
- Last Shooting Star: Shawn Daniels is the only WPT champion left and the last remaining Shooting Star.
How the WPT Bay 101 final table was set
Two double knockouts at the end of Day 3 cut the field from 10 players to six on the night of Oct. 26, according to Card Player. The tournament started on Oct. 23 with the first of three Day 1 flights at Bay 101 in San Jose.
In the first hand, Chahn Jung’s pocket kings held against Adam Hendrix’s ace-jack and Aaron Massey’s pocket threes. Massey finished 10th for $41,500, and Hendrix ninth for $48,500.
Then Mai found kings of his own. They held against Jeremy Menard’s ace-queen and Joe Nguyen’s pocket threes on a 9-2-2-4-9 board. Nguyen took eighth for $56,500, and Menard went out in seventh for $72,000, one spot short of the televised final table.
Several well-known pros cashed along the way, including Phil Hellmuth (48th), Faraz Jaka (38th), Michael Wang (28th) and 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen (15th).
Who is at the WPT Bay 101 final table?
Quoc Mai leads, and Chahn Jung is close behind; together they hold about two-thirds of the chips in play. Here are the counts, according to Card Player and PokerNews:
Rank | Player | Chips | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Quoc Mai | 10,165,000 | 254 |
2 | Chahn Jung | 9,075,000 | 227 |
3 | Ziao "Zeo" Guo | 4,095,000 | 102 |
4 | Shawn Daniels | 3,000,000 | 75 |
5 | Eric Zheng | 2,065,000 | 52 |
6 | William Davis | 700,000 | 18 |
Mai’s best recorded score before this event was $4,660, for 51st place at a RunGood Poker Series event at Thunder Valley this summer, according to Card Player. He is now guaranteed at least $94,000.
Jung finished second in a $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2026 WSOP and has nearly $2 million in recorded results. Daniels, a WSOP bracelet winner and the 2025 WPT Rolling Thunder champion, has more than $3.9 million in career cashes. PokerNews notes that he is also the last of the event’s 12 “Shooting Stars,” the featured players who carried a $2,500 bounty. Guo, a California regular, has played on Hustler Casino Live nearly 100 times since 2021, according to PokerNews.
How much does the WPT Bay 101 winner get?
The champion gets $470,500, which includes a $10,400 seat in the WPT World Championship at Wynn, plus the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup. Nearly $1.4 million is left to be paid at the final table:
Place | Prize |
|---|---|
1st | $470,500 |
2nd | $305,000 |
3rd | $226,000 |
4th | $168,000 |
5th | $126,000 |
6th | $94,000 |
With 254 big blinds, Mai has room to wait, while Davis has 18 and will need to double up early. With $165,500 between first and second place, ICM (the model that turns chips into prize equity) matters on every big pot. You can test spots like this one with our ICM calculator.
What it means for players in California and the US
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Frequently asked questions
When is the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star final table?
The final six play on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2026, at Wynn Las Vegas, during the WPT World Championship festival. Play stopped at Bay 101 in San Jose on the night of Oct. 26.
How much does the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star winner get?
The winner gets $470,500, which includes a $10,400 seat in the WPT World Championship, plus the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup. Sixth place pays $94,000, according to Card Player.
Who is the chip leader at the WPT Bay 101 final table?
Quoc Mai of San Francisco leads with 10,165,000 chips, or 254 big blinds. Chahn Jung is second with 9,075,000, and William Davis is the short stack with 700,000.
How many players entered the 2026 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star?
The $5,300 Main Event drew 584 entries and a $2,613,200 prize pool, with the top 73 paid, according to Card Player.
Sources
- Card Player: Quoc Mai leads World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star final table
- PokerNews: Who will be the next WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star champion? One of these six players
- World Poker Tour: Televised WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship final table is set
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