$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
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There are two players named Mike Sexton in the field this evening.

One of them is the Poker Hall of Famer and the voice of the World Poker Tour, who has more than $6.5 million in career tournament earnings and a stack of about 51,000 chips at the moment.

The other is a local grinder who is seated across the room at Table 48, where he was recently involved in a multi-way pot. It began with him limping under the gun, and Andy Spears did the same a couple seats over. The button raised to 2,100, the small blind called, and Sexton and Spears both called the remainder to see a four-way flop.

It came . The small blind checked, and Sexton led out for 3,600. Only Spears called, so it was heads up to the turn. Sexton bet 6,500, and Spears called again. The river was the , and Sexton emptied the clip with one last bet of 10,000. Spears didn’t seem to love it, but he shook his head, shrugged, and called.

“King?” Sexton half-asked. A dissatisfied nod from Spears indicated it was likely good, so Sexton showed to win the pot with a pair of kings.

“Other” Mike Sexton now has more chips than his Hall of Fame namesake.

Mike Sexton – 70,000
Andy Spears – 17,500