$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 675

Three players saw a flop of , it checked to Sean Yu who bet 2,500. Rainer Kempe and Jeff Banghart both called.

The turn brought the , and Banghart led out 10,000. Yu got out of the way and Kempe went into the tank. The decision was for most of his stack as he only had 4,200 left.

Kempe decided to put it in and said “Guess I need help”. He did, as Banghart tabled a flush.

Kempe turned over for trip kings. The river came , the fourth king, and Kempe said “That’s help” as he raked in the pot.

Rainer Kempe – 47,000 (78 bb)
Jeff Banghart – 107,000 (178 bb)
Sean Yu – 25,400 (41 bb)