Championship: Naing Thu Triples Up with Pocket Kings

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 2,290

Naing Thu
Naing Thu

Scott Bohlman raised from the hijack to 125,000, Naing Thu moved all in from the cutoff for 980,000, and Andrew Moreno moved all in over the top from the big blind.

Bohlman used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he called all in for 1,720,000, and all three players turned over their cards.

Andrew Moreno:  AdKh
Scott Bohlman:  QsQh
Naing Thu:  KdKc

The board came Js7s6sJh8c, and the pocket kings held up for Thu to win the main pot worth 3,030,000 as he tripled up. Bohlman won the side pot worth 1,480,000 with his pocket queens to stay alive.

Naing Thu  –  3,030,000  (51 bb)
Scott Bohlman  –  1,480,000  (25 bb)
Andrew Moreno  –  8,035,000  (134 bb)

With 42 players remaining from a field of 2,290, the average chip stack is around 2,725,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,300 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players). When the field is down to 40 players, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes.