Taylor-made

Attempting to win his first WSOP bracelet after scoring a Circuit ring earlier in the summer, Michael "Life" Taylor moved a bit closer to that goal by taking down a recent pot.

Taylor raised from early position, making it 450 to go before the flop, and he was called in two spots. After a flop of , a c-bet from the man known as "Life" to Circuit regulars was enough to earn the pot.

As an aspiring rapper and producer who is widely loved in the Phoenix rap game, a former record label owner, and the boyfriend of Cassandra McCarville, Taylor has many accomplishments to his credit, but he is still chasing the one piece of jewelry that every poker player covets above all else. Today's Day 1 represents the latest opportunity to achieve that dream, and with more pots like this one, Taylor hopes to keep grinding towards the biggest score of his life.