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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.
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.
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 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.
| 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 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.
Joe McGowan opened with a raise from under the gun. He was called only by big blind Ben Yu. The two players got in four bets on a flop of 
, enough to put McGowan all in. He was in the lead with a set of fours, , against Yu's top pair, 
. Once again there was no sweat as the turn came -- BANG! -- the 
for quads. Yu was drawing dead.
The last four players are on a twenty-minute break.
Level: 7
Blinds: /
Ante:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,440,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
810,000 | |
|
|
740,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
610,000 | |
