On a flop of 
, Ben Yu checked and Michael Schneider bet. Yu then raised to 16,000 and Schneider called. Yu bet out on the 
turn and Schneider called.
The river was the 
. Yu bet and Schneider called. Yu turned over 
for a pair of queens but Schneider showed 
for a flush. Yu dropped around 64,000 on the hand.
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Terrence Chan opened the betting with a pre-flop raise on the button, but it was small blind Mike Schneider who took control from there. he three-bet the small blind and then bet every street of the 
board. Chan called every time but couldn't beat two pair, 
, that Schneider tabled at showdown.
We don't know what Joe McGowan called with on the river but chances are it had Jonathan Little beat on the turn. McGowan raised the button and was called by Little from the big blind. Both players checked a flop of 
. Little tried to bet the 
turn and was quickly called by McGowan. Little fired again on the river 
and again McGowan called. Little showed his 
, which had connected with the river to make two pair, sevens and sixes. McGowan mucked.
Sijbrand Maal raised from the cutoff only to have Terrence Chan reraise from the small blind. Michael Schneider called from the big blind and Maal called as well.
The flop came 
and Chan bet. Maal made the call after Schneider folded and the turn was the 
. Both players checked to the 
on the river. Chan checked, Maal bet, and Chan made the call.
Maal showed 
for a pair of jacks but was behind Chan's pair of aces with the 
. Chan took down the pot and added 72,000 to his stack.
Ben Yu was in the big blind for a hand in which Brendan Taylor opened with a pre-flop raise. Yu was the only caller to a jack-high fop, 
. He checked and then raised after Taylor made a continuation bet. Taylor called, then put in his own raise after Yu bet the turn. Yu would not be dissuaded; he called. Both players checked the 
river, where Yu's top pair of jacks, 
, took down the pot.
Brendan Taylor raised from the cutoff only to have Jonathan Little three-bet from the button. The blinds folded and Taylor made the call. It went check, bet, call on every street as the board ran out 
.
Little turned over for a pair of aces and Taylor mucked. Taylor was left with around 275,000 after the hand.
After one full level of play, Brian Tate has jumped out to the early lead. He's followed by Terrence Chan. The person taking the worst of it so far is Dutch player Sijbrand Maal.
Brain Tate did not slow down in the face of Brendan Taylor's attempts to control the betting. Tate, sitting in the big blind, three-bet after Taylor opened the button with a raise. Taylor called to a flop of . Tate fired out a bet and was called. The turn was a seeming blank, the 
, and drew another bet from Tate. Taylor tried a raise, but quickly surrendered his hand after Tate kept on telling the same story by re-raising.
In the last hand before the new level, Brendan Taylor raised from the small blind and Jonathan Little reraised from the big. Taylor called and the flop came . It went check, bet, call as it would when the came on the turn and 
on the river.
Little revealed 
for the ace-high flush and took down the pot. He increased his stack to around 330,000.
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