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Harrison ''gibler123'' Gimbel, Mohsin ''sms9231'' Charania and Hafiz Khan have all made the 6-handed final table of the $3,500 buy-in WPT Rolling Thunder. The winner will receive $275,112 and if Mohsin Charania can take down this event, he will become the fourth player in WPT history to win three titles. Check out the live stream from the final table from 18:30 CET below!
The WPT Rolling Thunder kicked off on March 12 and a total of 409 players registered for the event, creating a prize pool of $1,308,000.
On Day 3 the remaining 52 players battled to reach the final table and the field was full of stars, including Ankush ''pistons87'' Mandavia, Taylor Paur, JC Tran, Darren Elias, Paul ''paulgees81'' Volpe, Anthony Zino, Ari Engel, Nick Rampone and former NFL player Richard Seymour.
There were 45 paying spots in the tournament and there were two eliminations on the bubble, Jaime Ronas and Sean Drake shared the $7,329 prize that belonged to the 45th place finisher. Ronas lost with JJ against AQ, while Drake lost with AQ against Marco Johnson's 5-2 suited.
After the bubble burst, Andy Frankenberger, Ari Engel, Kevin Eyster and many of the aforementioned pros were also eliminated. After Ankush Mandavia's elimination in 8th the remaining players continued on one table.
Seat 1. Matthew McEwan – 315.000 (16 bb)
Seat 2. Mohsin Charania – 2.596.000 (130 bb)
Seat 3. Russell Garrett – 4.442.000 (222 bb)
Seat 4. Hafiz Khan – 696.000 (35 bb)
Seat 5. Harrison Gimbel – 2.644.000 (132 bb)
Seat 6. Derek Wolters – 623.000 (31 bb)
Seat 7. Markus Gonsalves – 962.000 (48 bb)
During Level 25 (10,000/20,000-3,000 ante) Gonsalves opened to 45,000 from the button, McEwan shoved for 220,000 from the small blind and Gonsalves called.
Gonsalves: J-T
McEwan: 8-8
McEwan: 8-8
Gonsalves hit a Jack on the Q-J-3-6-K board and McEwan was eliminated in 7th place.
Russell Garrett will start the finale as the chip leader with 3,686,000 chips (184 big blinds) but he has tough competition to face.
Harrison Gimbel, the second player in the chipcount is a PCA Main Event champion, he has $3,462,694 in live tournament winnings and is also an accomplished online player, gathering $1,729,067 in the format.
The third player in the chipcount, Mohsin Charnia is an EPT Grand Final champion, two time WPT champion and also has an impressive online resumé with a SCOOP title and millions in winnings. If he wins, he will be the fourth player in WPT history to take down three events.
Hafiz Khan is also an accomplished player, he will start with a shorter stack then the other two big names but still has a healthy 38 big blinds to work with.
Final table:
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)
Payouts:
1. $275.112
2. $192.132
3. $123,.682
4. $91.616
5. $68.712
6. $54.970
7. $45.808
8. $36.646
9. $27.485
10-12. $20.025
13-15. $16.360
16-18. $14.004
19-21. $12.303
22-24. $10.994
25-27. $9.685
28-36. $8.507
37-45. $7.329
Check out the live stream from the final table from 18:30 CET below!