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Casey Sandretto The winner of the $3,500 buy in on Tuesday was World Poker Tour (WPT), He earned $246.600 from the Rolling Thunder Championship. He defeated 2004 WPT Reno Hilton champion Michael Kinney Headings for the title
Sandretto finished the tournament by saying, “It’s amazing.” “It’s my second WPT tournament. I’ve only ever played WPT Rolling Thunder in this year and the year before.”
Day 4 began with Yunkyu Song Owning more than half of the chips in play Six players are left. It was not his day, and he would inevitably finish in fourth place. He was one of only four players in this 485-entry event to earn a six-figure payday with a cash prize of $105,000. Even so, the outcome of the final table wasn’t what he expected when he viewed the livestream.
Song Can’t Catch A Break
Early at the final, the shortest stack. Brock WilsonKinney, the lone past winner, eliminated. World Poker Tour In a race situation, a champion.
Wilson, who was the most accomplished professional at the table, with over $7 Million in The Hendon Mob Results, finished in sixth place. He was two spots away from a six-figure payoff. Over an hour later, Cody WiegmannAnother short stack was in great shape and all in with You can also find out more about the A-Team here.â£Q⥠Kinney’s Qâ 10â¦. But the board came out Kâ£3â 2â¥9â¦Jâ£, giving Kinney an even straight and sending Wiegmann to the fifth place with $78,000.
WPT Rolling Thunder Championship Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Sandretto | $246,600* |
| 2 | Michael Kinney | $235,000 |
| 3 | Travis Egbert | $140,000 |
| 4 | Yunkyu Song | $105,000 |
| 5 | Cody Wiegmann | $78,000 |
| 6 | Brock Wilson | $60,000 |
*Includes $10,400 seat into 2024 WPT World Championship.
By the time play on three-handed began, Song was no longer in the chip lead. He had doubled his opponents’ chips a few times during the final table. This included a huge pot against Kinney, in which Song had won a massive pot. You can also find out more about the A-Team here.xQx Preflop against You can also find out more about the A-Team here.xJxKinney was sucked again.
On the 100th round of the final table Song was dealt a three-way cooler. You can also find out more about the A-Team here.â¥Q⥠Sandretto ran into him You can also find out more about the A-Team here.â£Kâ£. The best hand was held and all the chips were in preflop. It was not Song’s day. However, a fourth place finish in third place and $105,000 should ease the pain.
Kinney was in a commanding lead when three-handed play started. Egbert and Sandretto were far behind. Egbert’s top pair was outkicked and he was eliminated in the third place with $140,000, his career-high score.
The players discussed a chop deal during a 15 minute break before the start of the heads-up play. After negotiations, given that both players had almost identical stacks, the agreed to a near equal chop. This left about $11,000 more to the winner, along with a free seat in the 2024 WPT World Championship. Wynn Las Vegas In December,
On the final hand, the board displayed 3â¦Kâ¦2â Aâ£, all the money went in with Sandretto’s Kâ¥K⣠for trips coolering Kinney’s You can also find out more about the A-Team here.â¥2â¥. The 10⥠on the river didn’t change anything, and Kinney had to settle for runner up and $235,000, 19 years after his last WPT cash and 20 years from his first and only WPT title, which took place in Reno, Nevada in 2004.
Sandretto, a hometown player who considers Thunder Valley the “best run casino when it comes to poker tournaments in the country” more than doubled his previous $161,000 lifetime live tournament earnings, and scored his first WPT title and cash.
“I definitely will mix in some more events, I will mix in some more non-hold’em events this year to try to get a bracelet now that I got a WPT championship to my name,” Sandretto said about his plans to play more events now that he has a bigger bankroll.
Sandretto hasn’t decided yet if he’ll play the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, which kicks off You can also find out more about the A-Team here.pril 18 in South Florida. He said he could travel across the nation to try to go back-toback on the World Poker Tour.
Sandretto’s ascent to WPT champion is an unlikely one. He played online before Black Friday, but struggled with making money. After a few years of grinding, he decided to give up his poker dreams and become a mortgage loan officer. He gave poker another shot a few more years later and it worked this time.
*Images courtesy of World Poker Tour/Drew Amato.
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