Casey Sandretto Wins 2024 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event

Yesterday, I stated I would be stunned if Yunkyu Song didn’t win the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event, so … consider me stunned. Tune entered into the six-handed last table with three-fifths of the chips in play, appearing like he would roll to success. Poker is an amusing thing; it takes simply one or 2 cards to entirely alter one’s fortunes. In the end, it was Casey Sandretto who emerged triumphant, notching his very first WPT title and $296,600.

Tune was travelling early, still well in control after Michael Kinney got rid of Brock Wilson in 6th location. He then doubled-up Travis Egbert two times in a row, however Egbert was so brief, it didn’t harmed Song much. After doubling-up Sandretto, Song was down to 11.150 million chips, about 4 million listed below his preliminary last table stack, however still more than 7 million ahead of his closest competitors.

Then Sandretto doubled through Song yet once again and the video game was on. A couple of hands later on and Sandretto had the lead, 8.875 million to Song’s 7.225 million. Tune did take the lead back as soon as they were 4 handed, however at the end of Level 28, it was tight– no one was out if it any longer.

After the break, Sandretto and Kinney separated themselves from the other 2 gamers as Song sunk, ultimately gotten rid of in 4th location. On Hand 116 of the last table, Kinney knocked out Egbert to get to heads-up with a significant 15.950 million to 6.950 million chip lead on Sandretto. Sandretto rapidly connected it up and from there, it was a back-and-forth match for about 50 hands.

On the last hand, Sandretto raised to 650,000 pre-flop and Kinney called. On the flop of Kd-3d-2s, Kinney inspected, Sandretto wagered 400,000, and Kinney called. The action got with the Air conditioner on the turn, as Kinney examined once again, Sandretto wagered 975,000, Kinney check-raised to 3.200 million, and Sandretto called after a little bit of a tank.

With the Th on the river, Kinney pushed for 7 million and Sandretto called. Kinney had Ah-2h for a turned 2 set, however Sandretto revealed pocket Kings– he tumbled a set– to win the competition.

This was the very best live money of Sandretto’s profession, more than doubling his live competition incomes. Prior to Black Friday (April 2011), he played expertly online, however stated he got “damaged” by Black Friday and quickly provided it up for the stability of a “genuine” task. He stated he didn’t play any poker for 3 years.

When he did go back to poker, his viewpoint had actually altered.

“All of an unexpected the video games that I played before that felt huge to me, didn’t feel as huge any longer. Therefore it seemed like, alright, now I’m simply playing the video game,” he informed WPT.com in his post-game interview.

“In the 5 or 6 years I was playing live, I didn’t have any chances like this,” he stated. “But I had lots of excellent chances and it seemed like each time I got close, I ran [bad] and absolutely nothing went my method each time. It specified where it simply sort of drives you insane. After a while, you get so close, you can simply taste it.”

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