The World Poker Tour California Swing series includes the L.A. Poker Classic, Bay 101 Shooting Star, and Rolling Thunder main events, which take place within a few weeks of one another. The WPT has tied the three events together via the "California Swing" and awards one player who best performs across these events with a prize.
This year's California Swing champion proved to be Ankush Mandavia, who booked a 23rd-place finish in Bay 101 Shooting Star from a record field of 753 entries to earn $30,310 and an eighth-place finish from a field of 409 in Rolling Thunder for $36,646.