Liebert's sixth: The final table at Bay 101
Kathy Liebert made her sixth final table on the World Poker Tour Thursday night as the 2009 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star final six was set.
When things get going Friday, Liebert said she's hoping to finally get over the hump.
"This is what I play for, to make the final table," she said. "I haven't won one yet so I'm going to try to win. It would be nice to get first."
When the final table begins around 4 p.m. PT in San Jose, Liebert will come in fourth in chips.
The relatively unknown Tony Behari and Full Tilt's Steve Brecher, who's made a WSOP, USPC and WPT Championship final table previously, are neck and neck for the lead.
2008 Wynn Classic champ Chris Moore is right behind them and just ahead of Liebert.
The short stacks coming in are Thao Le and Chau Vu.
With more than $5 million in career tournament earnings and the experience of five previous WPT final tables, Liebert said she likes her odds here.
"I've been playing pretty well," she said. "You always have to get a little lucky, but I feel good about my chances. It's far better than one out of six."
The unique tournament structure at Bay 101 sees $5,000 bounties placed on the heads of a series of "Shooting Stars," and Liebert's is the last uncollected bounty in the tournament.
Although no Shooting Star has ever won the event before, Liebert said being one makes for an interesting dynamic throughout.
"If you get short they come after you more, but fortunately I was never so short that I was really in trouble," she said. "Then once you get to this stage, the bounties aren't really that important anymore."
Bay 101 attracts more poker fans than anywhere else on the WPT, and Liebert says all the attention and support really make it a fun place to play.
"It's great," she said. "I walk in and everyone wants my autograph. The fans here are really great and it's always nice to have that support."
PokerListings will have live coverage of the final table starting at 4 p.m. PT on our Live Tournaments page.
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Comments
3ur bad
2009-12-16kathy is horrible. terrible person, worst attitude, loud, and no class!
Kathy Liebert
2009-09-16Wow. Such a nice comment. Thank you. Makes me feel good to read that
I'll try to win next time.
Maybe 7th time a charm?
Best of luck to all,
Kathy Liebert
pokerkat
Rosie Perez
2009-03-22Kathy Liebert is an amazing American Professional Poker Player !! She is the strongest & most focused player i have ever seen. Her stamina at the WPT BAY 101 Shooting Stars tournament, final table was INCREDIBLE !! IT WAS A GRUELING 12 HOURS PLUS & OVER 304 HANDS !! THAT IN FACT WAS A RECORD SET FOR THE TOURNAMENT. Kathy kept her mind & body focused throught its entirety. As a HUGE FAN of hers we watched every move she made on and off the felt, she is a PRO ALL THE WAY !! Her sense of Humor & Energy was so motivating we were exhausted after 8 hrs, however we were re-energized with each hand she played as her skill & thought process with each move was more and more educational we were amazed and not about to miss a minute of this record breaking 304 plus hands, 12 hour over all unbelieveable experience. In the last hours Kathy had back to back pocket A's, that were wasted to her heads up opponent folding on her, however her Professionalism showed both hands with a smile & wave to her Roaring out of control fans that just took our breath away !! what an expierence I have ever had watching this amazing, strong, smart & classy woman play poker!! I have never seen anyone play their heart, mind, body and soul out as Kathy Liebert !! She is a true inspiration to me and the rest of her fans at the Bay 101 WPT !! BTW Kathy really made our nite after the 11th hour when the director of the tournament Matt Savage brought out her bounty t-shirt and actually set it out on the pile of money next to the trophy & WPT bracelet, Kathy had won 3 or so hands in a row, then stood up picked the shirt up and turned it over, put a stack of money on it and blew the roof off with the crowd cheering uncontrollably, the energy level at that point of the marathon was an 11 !!!!! WOW !! The smile on her face from her fan's reaction......PRICELESS !!!! THANK U KAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!