$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with 500 ante
Players Remaining: 205 of 1,309

On a flop of , the player in the big blind checked and the player under the gun bet 25,000. Joe McKeehen is on his direct left in early postion and raised to 67,000.

The cutoff and the big blind both fold. Under the gun called. The turn was the and under the gun checked. McKeehen went all in for about 140,000. Under the gun thought for a few moments and then called.

McKeehen tabled and was up against his opponent’s .

Only a king on the river would cost McKeehen the pot and the on the river sent it his way. The stacks were close and after the dealer broke down both stacks, she verified that McKeehen held the bigger stack and under the gun was eliminated.

Joe McKeehen – 380,000