Taylor-made
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Taylor opened the pot with a 350 pre-flop raise and both the player on the button and John Juanda made the call before the action returned to Friedman who had limped in from under-the-gun. Feeling frisky, Friedman opted to move all in in an apparent attempt to steal the ~1,000-chip pot. Holding pocket queens, Taylor made the call and all other players folded, Taylor and Friedman at the mercy of the community cards.
At the showdown, Friedman turned over
and was well behind Taylor's queens. The board filled out 
bringing no help to Friedman who was left with right around 5,500 after the hand. Taylor, meanwhile, piled up over 12,000 in chips with the win and soared near the top of the leaderboard.