Hand #159: Shawn Daniels Wins! ($229,000); Harvey Castro Finishes as the Runner-Up ($193,600)

Photo:  WPT Rolling Thunder Champion Shawn Daniels and His Parents

HAND #159  –  Harvey Castro moves all in for 2,350,000, and Shawn Daniels calls from the big blind with .

Castro turns over , and he needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Daniels pairs his six on the flop and hits another on the turn to win the pot — and the WPT title — with trip sixes.

Harvey Castro finishes as the runner-up, earning $193,600.

Shawn Daniels wins the WPT Rolling Thunder Championship, earning $229,000. That amount includes his $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. In addition, Daniels will have his name engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside every other champion from all 23 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Shawn Daniels!

1st:  Shawn Daniels  –  $229,000*
2nd:  Harvey Castro  –  $193,600
3rd:  Eric Afriat  –  $122,000
4th:  Paul Richardson  –  $91,000
5th:  David Ha  –  $69,000
6th:  Benjamin Primus  –  $53,000

Photo:  Runner-Up Harvey Castro

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.