Five of these players are aiming to become a WPT champion for the first time, earning a title that will to help define their poker career. Joining them were a host of top pros looking to claim their first WPT title and have their name etched on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup including Jesse Lonis, Dan O’Brien, Adam Hendrix, Farid Jattin, Bryan Piccioli, Angela Jordison, and Shannon Shorr.īut after three days of play, one six players remain. WPT Champions Club members like Taylor Black, Andy Frankenberger, Eric Afrait, David ODB Baker, Pat Lyons, Anthony Zinno, Brian Altman, and 2014 WPT Rolling Thunder champion J.C Tran all made an appearance. Not only was the tournament floor packed, but everywhere you looked there were notable names in the field. WPT Rolling Thunder kicked off the Main Tour of Season XXI of the WPT and in doing so, it really put on a show. It boasts the most entries (590), the largest prize pool ($1,888,000), and the winner is set to take home a $361,660 first-place prize, the largest poker payout in Thunder Valley history. If you’ve been following the action from WPT Rolling Thunder then you already know that this was one of the biggest events in the history of the casino and the largest WPT Rolling Thunder of all time. Meet the final table of WPT Thunder Valley Season XXI.
