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Poker Tournaments, Professional Events and Poker Results from CardPlayer.com � The Poker Authority 2005 SHOOTING STAR BAY 101 SAN JOSE, CA Event: No-Limit Hold'em Professional Poker Tour Day 2 Chip Count Buy-in: $0 Number of Entries: 169 Total Prize Pool: $485,000 PPT Day 2 Ends with Toto Leonidis in the Lead On the second day of the Bay 101 Professional Poker Tour the field of players was whittled down from 45 to the six. The final table will play out for the top prize of $225,000 on March 12th. After almost 12 hours of action, here are the chip counts for the final six: 1. Toto Leonidis ($486,000) 2. Paul "X-22" Magriel ($360,000) 3. Hoyt Corkins ($262,000) 4. Tom McEvoy ($207,000) 5. Casey Kastle ($158,000) 6. Marsha Wagoneer ($158,000) The man who made the biggest move in today’s action was Toto Leonidis. Toto picked up over $240,000 in chips during a run of successful all-ins. Toto, with 4-6, knocked out Thor Hansen with his K-7. The players saw the cards all the way down to the river, 3-6-5-3-7, and Thor made a move with his pair of 7s. Toto, who made the 7 high straight on the river called and took a stack of about $60,000. Toto had another gift handed to him when the chip leader for the majority of the day, Don Barton, made an unsuccessful all-in move while holding a Q-7 after a A-8-7 flop. Toto called the all-in bet with his A-2 and pulled another $100,000 into his stack. Don was sent home in 15th place. On the final table Toto continued his strong play, knocking out Mickey Appleman after Mickey moved all in with A-Kh after a flop of 7h-6h-5. Toto called with pocket 7s and Mickey’s hopes for a bit win quickly dwindled. The turn and river showed no hearts Appleman was sent home in 8th place. The win put Toto out in front with $503,000, a lead that would hold up for the rest of the day. Paul "X-22" Magriel had a roller coaster type day ending up second only to Toto’s monster stack. He moved up from the middle of the pack after a big win against Paul Wolfe. Magriel moved in pre-flop with A-A and was called by Paul Wolfe's A-K. The final board read 9-Q-3-K-6. Interestingly, Tom McEvoy dropped a pair of queens, and a winning hand, due to the heavy pre-flop action. Later, after the final table stalled with an hour of extremely tight play, Magriel beat up on Leonidis, taking down a $400,000 pot. With a board of Q-6-2-8-K, Toto put down a $115,000 raise on the river that was called by Paul. When Paul showed his K-Q for top two pair, winning the hand and taking the overall chip lead. Toto was left with a short stack, which he quickly rebuilt over the next few hours. It seemed as though Marsha Wagoneer was getting involved in all the right hands today. She knocked out Chris Bigler, who started the day with $108,050. Chris held 9-9 and against Marsha's A-J. The board came A-K-J-2-6, giving Marsha the win and a huge stack. Bigler told Card Player that Marsha experienced a bit of divine intervention during the Day 2 action. "She is walking on water today,” he said “She needed a set to win twice and got it… and just keeps getting the cards.” Having the right cards at the right time paid off big for Marsha later in the day when she and Don Barton went at it in one of the most exciting hands of the afternoon. With a board of Kd-9c-7d-4d, Don, the chip leader at the time, threw out a $15,000 bet on the turn. Marsha re-raised it up to $20,000 more and Don re-raised all in. Marsha happily called, turning over the A-Jd nuts. Don showed the second nut flush, Q-10d. This win moved Marsha up to $194,000 in chips, knocking out Don and giving her the temporary chip lead. Marsha will be playing on the final table March 12th. Scott Fischman made a strong push forward in the chip leader standings early in the day. Scott took down the largest pot of the day’s early action. John Myung went all in with 3-3, Andy Bloch called with A-K and Scott Fischman, getting three to one odds from the short stackers, calls with his K-Q. The board of 10-9-4-J-9 gave Scott a straight and about $50,000 for his stack. Fischman’s momentum ended when he and Casey Kastle tangled during a series of head up contests. Kastle, who began the day with $43,000, made a pile of chips off Fischman and eventually knocked him out. The clincher came after a flop that dropped Q-10-5. Scott bet and was re-raised all in by Casey. Scott, after long deliberation and commenting that if he called, it would be an incorrect decision, called Casey’s all in bet and turned over Q-3. Casey showed Q-J and the J kicker held up. Casey’s continued his solid play all evening, winning himself a seat at the final table March 12th. Despite his questionable move against Toto in the late action, Don Barton was on a tear today, busting out more players than anyone else on the floor. It was overheard that he was moving all in very loosely in the early afternoon in order to catch a flight out of San Jose. After he doubled up on all of those occasions, he decided to tighten up and make a run at the money. Most notably was the beat he put on Padraig Parkinson’s pocket aces. Barton’s K-J made it to a straight with a flop and turn of J-10-9-Q. Padraig, who was running at the top of the pack all day, helped Don climb to the top of the field. Don continued to hold a commanding chip lead until he busted out during his exciting wrangle with Marsha Wagoneer.