Craig Varnell Wins Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event After 10-Way ICM Deal, Navin Mohan & Anshul Kulshrestha Post FT Scores

The Bay 101 Shooting Star $5,200 No-Limit Hold ’em Main Event came to a dramatic close owing to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Main Event had played to the 10-handed final table on the penultimate day’s play. Owing to the increasing fear surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, all 10 survivors quickly agreed to an ICM chop even before the chop, wrapping up the tournament.

According to the deal, WSOP bracelet winner Craig Varnell, who was the chip leader at the start of the final day’s play, won the title and walked away with $159,710 in prize money. As per ICM numbers, GPI Female Player of the year Kristen Bicknell placed second and locked up $141,52.

Keeping up with the trend of an increasing number of Indian-origin players making deep runs in major tournaments, here again, we had two Indians on the final table. Relatively lesser-known names, Navin Mohan (3rd for $132,780 ~₹98.20 Lakhs) and Anshul Kulshrestha (5th for $101,430 ~₹75.01 Lakhs) both picked up their respective career-best scores in the Main Event. Mohan has a bunch of scores to his name, dating back to 2013 and boasts of two titles and multiple final table finishes. For Kulshrestha, this was his second live score to-date.

The Main Event clocked in 290 entries to create a prize pool worth $1.33 Million. The top 37 places got paid with a min-cash worth $9,040.

Phaly Nou was the last player to fall out empty-handed, while other notables like Darren Elias (11th for $24,860), Chino Rheem (13th for $21,130), Nischal Collura (14th for $21,130), Mike Matusow (15th for $21,130), Munir Shahin (18th for $17,595), Maxwell Young (24th for $11,595), David Kelsey (29th for $9,040), John Clenney (30th for $9,040), and Jonathan Bryan (33rd for $9,040) did relatively better.

Final 10 agreed to an ICM deal with 2 locals @Anshul_scorp @NavinBits, 5 Bounties including @ImGrinding1, @KrissyB24Poker, @TylerPoker, @LexyGavinPoker, and @AntZinno plus @Holdplz, @MichaelTureniec, and @JohnEa6

Craig Varnell is declared the winner!https://t.co/DmENiEabWE pic.twitter.com/2J81ESMyzF

— Bay101 Casino (@Bay101Casino) March 13, 2020

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Craig Varnell – $159,710*
2. Kristen Bicknell – $141,520*
3. Navin Mohan – $132,780*
4. Tyler Patterson – $113,860*
5. Anshul Kulshrestha – $101,430*
6. Michael Tureniec – $91,180*
7. John Andress – $88,800*
8. Anthony Zinno – $55,600*
9. Anthony Spinella – $50,000*
10. Lexy Gavin – $41,060*

*denotes 10-way ICM deal

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