Seat 1: Brendan Taylor
Taylor has amassed an impressive five WSOP cashes totaling $196,898 including a fourth plce finish in Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold'em at the 2008 WSOP and a 274th place finish in last year;s main event.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$739,800
Entries
548
Level
8
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Level: 1
Blinds: /
Ante:
Schneider Draws First Blood
Michael Schneider raised to 12,000 and was called by Sijbrand Maal from the big blind. The flop came 
and Maal checked. Schneider bet 6,000 and received a call.
Maal checked the 
on the turn and Schneider bet 12,000. This time Maal raised to 24,000 only to have Schneider reraise to 36,000. Maal called and then checked when the 
appeared on the river. Schneider bet and Maal mucked. Schneider added 57,000 to his stack
A Note on Structure
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The players that have reached this third and final round of the shootout have each been given a stack of 450,000. With the initial limits at 6,000 and 12,000, that translates to a stack of 37.5 big bets -- not as deep as the starting stack of many of the fixed-limit events here at the WSOP, but still incredibly deep. We don't expect the first elimination will occur for a few hours.
Battle of the Blinds
Joe McGowan raised from the small blind and Brendan Taylor reraised from the big. McGowan made the call and the two saw a flop of 
.
Taylor bet and McGowan called. Both players checked the 
on the turn and saw the 
hit the river. McGowan bet and Taylor called only to muck when McGowan turned over 
.
McGowan added 36,000 to his stack while Taylor dropped that same amount.
Sick Value
In a pot that was three-bet before the flop, Brendan Taylor led every street of a 
board. Jonathan Little, sitting in the big blind, called every one of those bets. At showdown Taylor produced 
for a pair of tens. That one pair was enough to collect the pot.
More Sick Value
So far in the early stages of this final table, the players are giving a clinic on value-betting. Brian Tate opened with a pre-flop raise that was called only by the player in the big blind, Joe McGowan. McGowan checked and called another bet on a flop of 
. When the turn paired queens, 
, McGowan checked and then raised after Tate bet. Tate called to see the 
hit the river. McGowan checked again and Tate bet again. This time McGowan just called, but couldn't beat Tate's , queens and sevens.
Tate Flops a Straight
Sijbrand Maal raised to 12,000 under the gun and Brian Tate called from the big blind. Tate checked the 
flop and Maal bet 6,000. Tate wasted little time in raising to 12,000 and Maal made the call.
Tate bet 12,000 when the 
hit the turn, and again Maal made the call. The same happened when the 
appeared on the river. Tate showed 
for a flopped straight which was good enough to win the pot.
Maal dropped to around 335,000 on the hand while Tate added 51,000 to his stack.
Final Table Action!
Chan Announces His Presence
Terrence Chan has been quietly biding his time the first thirty minutes of this match, but he just got involved in a pot with Brian Tate. Chan opened with a pre-flop raise that Tate, in position, re-raised. Chan was the only player to call the three-bet. He checked a 
board, then raised after Tate bet. Tate called to see the hit the turn, then folded to a bet from Chan.