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The hands happen quickly here in fixed-limit hold'em. Brian Tate raised the cutoff and was called only by big blind Terrence Chan. Less than a minute later, Chan had check-called a bet on every street of a 
board. He couldn't beat the nuts, 
, a full house of aces full of sevens, that Tate showed down at the river.
Brian Tate raised to 12,000 from the button only to have Sijbrand Maal reraised to 18,000 from the small blind. Tate made the call and the two saw a flop of 
.
Maal bet 6,000 and Tate called. The 
came on the turn and again Maal bet and Tate called. When the 
hit the river, Maal bet 12,000 and Tate called. Maal showed 
for a pair of tens, which was good enough to take down the pot and increase his stack to 385,000.
Joe McGowan had the betting lead in a hand against Brian Tate until the turn. At the turn, with the board showing 
, Tate checked to McGowan, who fired out a bet. Tate then raised, with McGowan making the call. Tate fired a last bet on the river 
that McGowan called. Tate's 
, two pair kings and sevens, was ahead of McGowan's 
on every street.
Action folded to Ben Yu on the button. He raised and was three-bet by the small blind, Terrence Chan. Once Michael Schneider folded the big blind, Yu called to a flop of 
. Chan fired out a bet that Yu called. When the turn came another Broadway card, the 
, Chan checked and folded to Yu's bet.
On a flop of 
, Jonathan Little checked and Brian Tate bet 6,000. Little called and the two saw the come on the turn. Again Little checked and Tate bet.
Little called as the 
appeared on the river. Tate bet 12,000 after Little checked and received a call. He turned over 
which was good enough to take down the pot. He added 51,000 to his stack while Little dropped 42,000.
Ben Yu raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Terrence Chan three-bet from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Yu made the call.
The flop came 
and Yu checked. Chan bet 6,000 and Yu called to see the come on the turn. Again, Yu checked and Chan bet 12,000. This time Yu folded and gave Chan the small pot.
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.
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.
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.
