$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 564
With the board showing 
, Viet Vo checked from the big blind, the UTG+1 player bet 7,400, and Vo check-raised to 21,000. The UTG+1 player thought for a while before he called.
The river card was the 
, and Vo moved all in for 22,300. The UTG+1 player went into the tank for a fairly long time with a stack of about 22,000.
The UTG+1 player eventually folded, and Vo showed 
as he took the pot — a pair of sevens with a missed flush draw and a missed straight draw.
“I should have listened to my gut,” said the UTG+1 player. “That was a great bet.”
Somebody else asked him a question about the hand, and the UTG+1 player said, “I didn’t figure out shit. It just felt wrong to me.”
Viet Vo – 67,000 (112 bb)
The next hand, a player raised from middle position to 1,200, Jeremy Becker reraised from the hijack to 3,700, and Viet Vo four-bet it from the small blind to 11,000. The initial raiser folded, and Becker called.
The flop came 
, Vo bet 8,500, and Becker called.
The turn card was the 
, and both players checked.
The river card was the 
, Vo bet 20,500, and Becker folded. Vo took the pot.
Viet Vo – 89,000 (148 bb)
Jeremy Becker – 55,000 (92 bb)
The tournament clock shows 564 entries so far, generating a prizepool worth more than $1.8 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm).
There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.
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