Erkut Yilmaz is the new favourite to win the Season XVII World Poker Tour Player of the Year race after taking down his second title of the season with the victory in WPT Thunder Valley.

Erkut Yilmaz has beaten 280-entrants to win the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Lincoln, California.

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It’s a second Season XVII title for Yilmaz after beating 1,075-entrants to take the $575,112 first prize in the $3m Guaranteed $3,500 buy-in WPT Borgata Poker Open back in September.