Championship Day 1B: Michael Laake vs. Shawn Cunix 3r47d

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante Entries:  700 (Total: 1,405) 114g11

Shawn Cunix (background left) and Michael Laake (foreground right)

Shawn Cunix raised under the gun to 2,200, a player called from middle position, and Michael Laake reraised from the hijack to 10,000. Cunix called, and the middle-position player folded.

The flop came 8h4s3c, Cunix checked, Laake bet 8,000, and Cunix called.

The turn card was the 2h, and both players checked.

The river card was the Qc, Cunix checked, Laake bet 15,000, and Cunix thought for a while before he called. Laake showed Qs9s for a rivered pair of queens, and Cunix mucked. Laake won the pot.

Michael Laake  –  107,000  (134 bb)
Shawn Cunix  –  113,000  (141 bb)

Registration is about to close in a few minutes, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 11, around 12:30 am.