WPT Rolling Thunder is off to a strong start at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort, with 200 entries on Day 1A — 17 more than last year. At the end of the day, Chance Kornuth had amassed a stack of 178,100 to lead the field of 102 survivors.
Here’s the leader board for Day 1A:
1. Chance Kornuth – 178,100 (223 bb)
2. J.C. Tran – 166,000 (208 bb)
3. Robert Kuhn – 145,300 (182 bb)
4. Brian Altman – 141,400 (177 bb)
5. Russell Garrett – 134,000 (168 bb)
6. Matthew McEwan – 131,800 (165 bb)
T7. Taylor Paur – 124,000 (155 bb)
T7. Doke Kim – 124,000 (155 bb)
9. Michael Wang – 111,100 (139 bb)
10. Marcos Stokes – 105,100 (131 bb)
Official end-of-day chip counts posted here.
Two-time WPT Champion J.C. Tran (pictured below) won this event two years ago, while WPT Champions Club member Taylor Paur is last season’s WPT California Swing winner. The players who bagged today will return on Monday for Day 2, which starts at 12:00 pm.
Day 1B begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon, and players can enter or re-enter tomorrow even if they bagged up chips today (the best stack will be carried forward). Players are allowed two entries per starting day, plus a bonus entry on Day 2 for a maximum of five possible entries.
The WPT California Swing contest is finally taking shape, and a leaderboard of all the qualifying players from the first two legs — WPT L.A. Poker Classic and WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star — will be posted tomorrow.
Return to WPT.com for Day 1B coverage Sunday at 12:00 noon PT.