$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.