All but one of the WPT Rolling Thunder Main Events had over 400 entries through 2018. JC Tran emerged as the champ, winning $302,750. That first iteration was also the most popular until now, with 465 entries.

WPT Rolling Thunder came to life in 2014 at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento. Eskenazi and Joseph do have about 20 big blinds, so they aren’t in complete desperation mode yet. The bottom half of the table is comprised of Victor Paredes (3.125 million), Scott Eskenazi (2.15 million), and Jeremy Joseph (2.05 million). In third is Albert Tapia with the aforementioned 4.5 million-chip stack. Jauregui and Dunst seem to be the two in control right now, as nobody else has more than 4.5 million chips.

There is a sizeable gap between him and WPT announcer Tony Dunst, who has 7.125 million. The field was a tournament-record 590 entrants, generating a $1,888,000 prize pool and a first prize of $361,660.Īlejandro Jauregui is the chip leader going into Tuesday’s action, holding 10.450 million chips. The first Main tour title of the 2023 World Poker Tour season is about to be determined, as the WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event final table gets underway Tuesday afternoon.