While not the chip leader, Mohsin Charania has more than 100 big blinds at the WPT Rolling Thunder final table at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, and can secure a piece of World Poker Tour history. With a victory, he would capture his third WPT title, and tie Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen, and Anthony Zinno as the only three-time champions on the World Poker Tour.
With more than 3.6 million chips – an astounding 184 big blinds – Russell Garrett leads the final table. Garrett only has one previous cash on his live tournament résumé – he finished second in WPTDeepStacks Northern California for $34,096.
Harrison Gimbel is second in chips at the final table with more than 3.3 million – he reached this final table last season, finishing in fourth place for $83,818.
Here are the official chip counts for the WPT Rolling Thunder final table, which begins at 12 pm PT (live stream at 12:30 pm PT).
Seat 1. Mohsin Charania – 2,716,000 (136 bb)
Seat 2. Russell Garrett – 3,686,000 (184 bb)
Seat 3. Hafiz Khan – 754,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4. Harrison Gimbel – 3,315,000 (166 bb)
Seat 5. Derek Wolters – 544,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6. Markus Gonsalves – 1,258,000 (63 bb)
This final table is surprisingly deep in chips, with an average chip stack worth 2.05 million (102 big blinds) — roughly twice of what we see at most WPT final tables.
The WPT Rolling Thunder final table begins Wednesday at 12 pm PT, and it will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay with hole cards and expert commentary. As always, there will also be live hand-for-hand coverage (no delay), so return to WPT.com to follow along as one of these final six players adds their name to the one and only WPT Champions Cup.
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