Joe McGowan raised from the small blind and Brendan Taylor called from the big. The flop came 
and McGowan bet. Taylor called and the turn was the 
.
Again McGowan bet and Taylor called, leaving himself only one bet behind. McGowan bet the 
on the river and Taylor instantly called.
McGowan: 
Taylor: 
Taylor won the pot and got a much needed double up to 240,000; meanwhile, McGowan took a 120,000 hit.
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Brendan Taylor looks quite calm sitting at the table at the moment, but we have to imagine he's mentally berating himself. He mis-played a showdown against Jonathan Little a few moments ago. Taylor opened for a raise from the button, then called Little's small-blind re-raise. Little continued on an all-small flop, 
, with Taylor calling. Both players checked the 
turn and river.
At showdown, Little said nothing as he opened 
. Taylor looked at Little's hands and, apparently not seeing the board straight, tossed his cards towards the muck, clearly surrendering them. Nobody at the table said a word. The dealer then pushed all five board cards up to show the winning hand, at which point Taylor tried to grab his cards back and open 
. The tournament director, standing over the table the whole time, instantly told Taylor that Taylor had surrendered his hand and that his cards were dead the moment he tossed them towards the muck pile. Taylor made only the mutest of protests before conceding the point and giving up his claim to half of the pot.
Ben Yu raised under the gun and Brian tate called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Tate checked. Yu bet and Tate called as the 
hit the turn.
Tate checked, Yu bet and this time Tate raised. Yu called and saw the 
come on the river. Tate led out with a bet and Yu called. Tate showed 
for a pair of aces but Yu flipped over 
for a set. Yu took down the pot and increased his stack to 900,000 while Tate dropped to 450,000.
Brendan Taylor opened yet another pot pre-flop, and was re-raised by button Brian Tate. Taylor was the only caller to a highly coordinated board of 
. Taylor checked and called a bet. When the turn fell 
, Taylor led into Tate, putting Tate to a decision. Tate took about wenty esconds before he called that bet and then one more on the river. Taylor showed down 
for a nine-high straight. It was the winner.
With that pot, Taylor is back up to 375,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Brian Tate's stack has been ground down relentlessly since we came back from dinner, especially now with the limits up to 30,000 and 60,000. He raised the button pre-flop and was called by big blind Mike Schneider. Schneider checked a flop of , then raised after Tate continued. Tate called to see the board pair on the turn 
. Schneider bet, prompting Tate to raise all in. It was less than a full bet to call, and Schneider did make the call. His was drawing mighty thin against Tate's 
. The necessary jack did not come in on the river. The river was the 
, giving Tate the double-up.
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.
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.
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.
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.
