Joe McGowan raised from the cutoff and Brendan Taylor reraised from the button. The blinds folded and McGowan made the call. The flop came down 
and it went check, bet, call.
The same betting occurred on the 
turn and 
river. Taylor showed 
for a rivered pair of eights but McGowan showed 
for a bigger pair. Taylor dropped to 405,000 after the hand while McGowan is up to
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All of our pots have been raised, of course, so there was nothing different in a pot between Jonathan Little and Sijbrand Maal. Maal checked and called a bet on a queen-high flop, 
. When the turn fell a third Broadway card, the 
, Maal checked again. Little bet again but was greeted with a check-raise from Maal. Little called that raise and called on more bet on the 
river. Maal showed two pair, 
, to collect the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
760,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
452,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
||
|
446,000
-337,000
|
-337,000 |
|
430,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
||
|
382,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
316,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
95,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
|
|
||
After giving up on his last hand, Brendan Taylor took it to the hoop this time around against Jonathan Little. Taylor opened for a raise pre-flop, then called after Little re-raised him in position. Taylor checked and called a bet on a seven-high flop, 
. When the turn paired the board 
, he checked and then raised after Little fired a second time. Little called that raise, then called a final bet on the river. He couldn't beat Taylor's 
, which had flopped a pair of sevens.
We had the first moment of what could be considered "tanking" at this final table. Mike Schneider raised pre-flop and was three-bet by Brendan Taylor from the big blind. Schneider called to a flop of 
. Taylor bet and was called, then bet again when the turn paired the board . Schneider also called that bet, taking the two players to the river. Taylor finally slowed down and checked. Schneider took that as his cue to bet. Taylor took about twenty seconds (ages in limit hold'em) before mucking his hand.
Ben Yu raised preflop and Mike Schneider called from the big blind. The flop came 
and it went check, bet, call. The same happened on the 
turn and then the 
came on the river.
Schneider led out with a bet only to have Yu raise it up. Schneider called and showed for a straight which was good enough to beat Yu's two pair with 
. Yu dropped to 350,000 after the hand.
Sijbrand Maal has been struggling so far but he got a few chips back off o Joseph McGowan. Maal opened with a raise from middle position that McGowan three-bet from the button. Maal called, then checked and called another bet on an ace-high flop, 
. Both players checked the 
turn, leading Maal to fire out on the 
river. McGowan opted to fold.
Jonathan Little raised and Terrence Chan reraised from the button. The blinds folded and Little made the call as the flop came 
. Little checked, Chan bet and Little raised.
After Chan made the call the was put out on the turn. Little bet and Chan called. The same happened when the 
hit the river. Little showed and Chan mucked. Chan is down to 270,000.
Ben Yu raised preflop and was called by Michael Schneider. Yu then bet the flop and Schneider raised. Yu made the call as the came on the turn.
Yu checked, Schneider bet and Yu called. The same happened when the was put up on the river. Schneider turned over 
for a flopped set and took down the pot.
Brian Tate has been playing well and running good in the first few levels, but even he can't win every pot. He was in the blinds an called a pre-flop raise from Ben Yu. Yu fired every street, 
. Tate checked and called every bet, including the last, but had to muck his hand when Yu sh owed for two pair, queens and fours.
