Taylor Takes a Big Pot
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Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We walked up to a board of 
and Jay Graunstadt led out for 12,000 heads up against John Taylor who raised to 37,000 from the button. Graunstadt made the call and the turn brought the 
. Graunstadt checked and Taylor slid out 46,000. Graunstadt thought for a while before finally making the call.
The river was the 
and Taylor pushed all-in. Graunstadt couldn't stand the heat and folded as Taylor turned over the 
showing what he may have thought was a bluff. "Same hand," Graunstadt claimed.
Instead of a chop though, Taylor dragged the entire pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
247,000 | 183,900 |
flop, Alba was crushed and sighed, "Wow, you just hit everything there." Only one out could save Alba, but the 
turn changed nothing, and now the deck's lone remaining trey would see him survive. The 
river wasn't what Alba was looking for though, and he headed to the payout desk.
and was against the pair 
of Henderson.
. Baker survived and doubled up.
and his 
needed some serious help.
.
and immediately shut down all hopes of a comeback for his opponent when the dealer delivered the 
board and that was it.
, but Taylor had that beat with the 
. After the board ran out 
, Taylor cheered for the double up and high fived with Corey Emery who had just walked by.
needed some help against the 
