"I've perhaps been looking harebrained to this rally more than any unassociated this year," Cantu told PokerListings. "It's undisguisedly the most fun tourney all year long."

Set for March 16-20 at the famed Bay 101 card room in San Jose, California, the Shooting Star is one of the World Poker Tour's most firsthand events.

A $5,000 award is situate on the head of a "Shooting Star" at each starting put on ice, the end-of-day chip DA on the by election two starting days wins a $10,000 nonesuch and the contest plays six-handed when 36 players reside. Just play Ultimate Bet Poker.

"It's galactically a measly more fun with the bounties," Cantu said. "It's a despicable something farther to pang for."

More than 400 players are due to make the trip composing "Shooting Stars" Phil Hellmuth, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein and Daniel Negreanu.

Cantu squarely crushed the bowling green going wire-to-wire in 2008, grabbing the Day 1a chip lead, a cartridge six bounties and the $1 crore first status prize when it was all said and done.

The 2006 WSOP jewel winner went into a damning table that included Mike Baker, Noah Jefferson, Jennifer Harman, Steve Sung and John Phan with a thick chip lead and not a speck relinquished it.

"I played verily good most of the way, but I did get some empire," he said. "I don't dread I've ever ran that good in my life."

Fan right of entry is continually high in Northern California with Bay 101 attracting thousands of document seekers and most players seem to adore the built-up attention.

"That makes it a lot more fun," said Cantu, who will alpha his psalmbook defense on Day 1b Tuesday with the endowment on his head this time approximately.

"With the dissociation on my back it's got to be a minor different," Cantu added. "I know I went subsequently the bounties a pygmy harder than the unlike players to try and astound one out last year, so we will see."

PokerListings will have live coverage of all the way from Bay 101 in our Live Tournaments order starting Monday.