WPT Rolling Thunder Championship Takes Place March 23-26 in NorCal
Thunder Valley Casino Resort is a popular World Poker Tour (WPT) destination, and it will play host to the $3,500 buy-in WPT Rolling Thunder Championship from March 23-26.
The event in Lincoln, California, a town near Sacramento, always attracts large fields. Prior to the Main Tour championship event, the WPT Rolling Thunder series, which begins March 7, features 21 events with buy ins ranging from $200 to $3,500.
Can Scott Eskenazi Defend Title?
The 2023 WPT Rolling Thunder attracted 590 entrants, with Scott Eskenazi winning it for $361,600 to join the WPT Champions Club. He defeated Jeremy Joseph ($234,000) heads up to finish it off. World Poker Tour commentator Tony Dunst also reached the final table, but was eliminated in sixth place for $73,400.
2023 WPT Rolling Thunder Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Eskenazi | $361,600 |
| 2 | Jeremy Joseph | $234,000 |
| 3 | Alejandro Jauregui | $172,000 |
| 4 | Albert Tapia | $128,000 |
| 5 | Victor Paredes | $97,000 |
| 6 | Tony Dunst | $73,400 |
Day 1 will begin at 11 a.m. on March 23, and it will be the only starting flight available. At the same time on March 24, Day 2 kicks off for those who bagged chips the previous night. Days 3 and 4 are set to follow also at 11 a.m. each day, with the final table scheduled for March 26.
Players will begin the tournament with 50,000 chips and play 60-minute blind levels all the way up until heads up play starts. The blinds will switch to 30 minutes once the tournament has reached its final two players. On Day 1, eight levels will take place before bagging chips, and there isn’t a planned dinner break scheduled.
The WPT Rolling Thunder series kicks off March 7 with a $300 buy in no-limit hold’em tournament that has a $50,000 minimum guaranteed prize pool. Other series highlights include an $1,100 no-limit hold’em deepstack event (March 14), which promises at least $1 million in the pot. On March 22, the one-day $1,100 pot-limit Omaha tournament should bring out plenty of PLO lovers to Thunder Valley. You can view the full series schedule below.
WPT Rolling Thunder Series Schedule
| Start Date | Event | Days |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Mar | $300 No-Limit Hold’em $50K GTD | 1 |
| 8-Mar | $300 No-Limit Hold’em | 1 |
| 9-Mar | $500 No-Limit Hold’em $100K GTD | 1 |
| 10-Mar | $300 No-Limit Hold’em 30/30/30 $30K GTD | 1 |
| 10-Mar | $300 No-Limit Hold’em $100K GTD* | 4 |
| 11-Mar | $200 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout $10K GTD | 1 |
| 12-Mar | $200 Omaha 8 | 1 |
| 13-Mar | $200 No-Limit Hold’em 20/20/20 $20K GTD | 1 |
| 14-Mar | $200 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors | 1 |
| 14-Mar | $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack $1 Million GTD* | 4 |
| 17-Mar | $570 No-Limit Hold’em $50K GTD | 2 |
| 18-Mar | $500 H.E.R.O.S. | 1 |
| 18-Mar | $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Jacked Stack $250K GTD* | 4 |
| 19-Mar | $500 Omaha 8 | 1 |
| 20-Mar | $500 Big O | 1 |
| 21-Mar | $500 T.O.E. | 1 |
| 21-Mar | $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em $100K GTD | 2 |
| 22-Mar | $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 |
| 23-Mar | $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship | 4 |
| 24-Mar | $1,500 WPT Bounty Confidential $100K GTD | 2 |
| 25-Mar | $500 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max | 1 |
| 26-Mar | $300 No-Limit Hold’em | 1 |
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