$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  991

A player raised from the cutoff to 2,200, Naing Thu reraised from the button to 6,700, and the player in the small blind reraised to 21,000. The cutoff folded, and Thu five-bet all in.

The small blind called all in for about 45,000 with , but needed to improve to stay alive against Thu’s .

The board came , and Thu won the pot with two pair, aces and kings, to eliminate his opponent.

Naing Thu  –  350,000  (350 bb)

With 991 entries so far here on Day 1B, the total field is up to 2,126, and the prizepool is worth more than $6.8 million, more than doubling the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.