Shankar Pillai Doubles Through Iaron Lightbourne

$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 1,207

Shanker Pillai opened to 23,000 in early position, and Iaron Lightbourne three-bet from the small blind. Pillai moved all in for about 400,000 total, and Lightbourne called, committing about 40 percent of his stack to put Pillai at risk.

Pillai: AhKc
Lightbourne: QhQd

The board ran out Kh8h3c5d5s, and Pillai won the race with kings up to double up.

Shankar Pillai – 820,000 (82 bb)
Iaron Lightbourne – 570,000 (57 bb)