Brendan Taylor raised from the button and Ben Yu called from the big blind. Yu checked the 
flop and Taylor bet. Yu raised and Taylor made the call as the turn came the 
.
Yu led out for a bet and Taylor wasted little time in raising. Yu thought it over but ended up mucking, taking his stack down to 600,000.
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Brendan Taylor opened from under the gun (also the cutoff, now that we're four-handed) and was called by big blind Joseph McGowan. On a flop of 
, McGowan check-raised Taylor's continuation bet. Taylor called to the 
turn, where he got his own raise into the pot after McGowan led out. McGowan called to see the hit the river. McGowan checked it, then tanked for about a full minute before folding to Taylor's river bet.
Ben Yu raised and Joe McGowan reraised preflop. Yu called and the turn came down 
. McGowan bet and Yu called. McGowan then bet his last 50,000 in the dark and the 
came on the turn.
Yu called and showed 
. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead against the 
of McGowan. Yu was left with just 90,000 while McGowan doubled to around 500,000.
Brendan Taylor raised the small blind and was called by Jonathan Little from the big blind. Taylor fired again on an all-diamond flop, with Little calling behind. Both players checked when the board paired kings, 
. Taylor checked again on the river, prompting Little to bet. Taylor called, but couldn't beat 
for aces and kings.
Ben Yu, desperately short-stacked, raised all in from the big blind after Brendan Taylor opened the button with a raise. Taylor called with 
, two live cards against Yu's 
. But it was Yu who stayed best on a board of 
, making a ten-high straight to drag the pot.
With the limits as big as they are, huge swings are now quite common. Someone is going to wind up without a chair when the music stops very, very soon.
Ben Yu raised under the gun to 80,000 and Jonathan Little reraised to 120,000 from the big blind. Yu raised to 160,000 and Little repopped it to put Yu all in.
Yu: 
Little: 
The board ran out 
and Yu doubled to 380,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
||
|
|
780,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
550,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
340,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
Jonathan Little opened from the small blind with a raise that was called by Ben Yu. Little continued on a paired flop, 
. Yu, undeterred, made the call to see a third diamond hit the turn, 
. Little checked and called a bet from Yu. The river was a blank, . Again Little checked and again Yu bet. Little called but couldn't beat the straight, , that Yu turned over.
Little is now the littlest of stacks at the table.
Jonathan Little was under the gun and raised. Action folded and Taylor reraised from the big blind. Little raised all in for a total of 180,000 and Taylor made the call.
Little:
Taylor:
Taylor was looking for a king to eliminate Little but couldn't catch as the board ran out 
. Little doubled to 400,000 while Taylor is still the chip leader with 1.87 million.
