Brendan Taylor raised and Joe McGowan called from the big blind. The flop came 
and it went check, bet, call. The same betting occurred on the 
turn and 
river.
Taylor showed 
and McGowan mucked. McGowan is down to just 170,000.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$739,800
Entries
548
Level
8
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
900,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
850,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
|
430,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
Brendan Taylor raised from the cutoff and Brian Tate three-bet from the small blind. Taylor made the call and the flop came down 
.
Tate bet and Taylor called. Tate then bet the 
on the turn and Taylor raised. Tate reraised and put himself all in. Taylor made the call and showed 
and was way ahead of Tate's 
. Tate needed to catch an ace on the river to stay alive but it was not meant to be as the dealer delivered the .
Tate was eliminated from the tournament and will take home $33,276 for his efforts.
Don't measure Brian Tate for a box just yet. He three-bet all in after Jon Little opened for a raise. Little called with 
, slightly behind Tate's 
. Tate promptly paired his ace on a flop of 
, giving himself almost no sweat. Little was drawing dead by the 
turn.
Tate's up to about 200,000.
Brendan Taylor and Jonathan Little saw a flop of 
. Little checked, Taylor bet, and Little raised. Taylor called and saw the 
hit the turn. Little bet and Taylor called.
When the came on the river, Little bet and Taylor raised. Little called but mucked when he saw Taylor's . Little dropped to 950,000 while Taylor is up to 1,300,000 and becomes the new chip leader.
Ben Yu opened his button with a raise. The extremely short-stacked Michael Schneider re-raised all in, with Yu making the call. They were racing -- Schneider's 
against Yu's . Schneider started to gather his things after the flop came with a nine but no trey, 
. The turn made things a little bleaker, and Schneider was eliminated with the river 
. He'll leave with $23,563 in prize money.
Michael Schneider got his last 20,000 all in and three players called. They checked down the 
board and Schneider showed for two pair and a quadruple up to 80,000.
An unlucky turn card really put Brian Tate in a bad spot. He defended his big blind pre-flop after Brendan Taylor raised the button. Tate checked and called a single bet on a flop of . When the turn came , Tate checked again. Taylor fired another bet that was check-raised by Tate. Taylor then three-bet, with Tate firing in the fourth bet, enough to put Taylor all in. Taylor quickly called with a set of fours, 
, in great shape against Tate's two pair, 
. The river blanked out 
to ship a double-up to Taylor. Tate now has about 100,000.
Jonathan Little raised from early position and Michael Schneider reraised from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Little made the call.
The flop came down 
and Little checked. Schneider bet and was called as the 
came on the turn. Little checked and Schneider bet. Little threw in a raise and Schneider called. Little then bet the 
on the turn and Schneider called. Little showed 
for a flush and Schneider mucked.
Little is up to 1.3 million while Schneider became the new short stack with just 20,000.
With the average stack down to 10 big bets, we expect to see some more eliminations very soon. The two shortest stacks at the moment, Brendan Taylor (300,000) and Mike Schneider (340,000) have five and six big bets each. That's not much room for error or bad luck.