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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.
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.
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.
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
Level: 1
Blinds: /
Ante:
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.
Little has ten WSOP cashes prior to today's event totaling $60,316. In addition, he has multiple wins on the World Poker Tour including Season VI Mirage Poker Showdown, which helped him to be named that season's player of the year, and then in Season VII at the Foxwoods World Poker finals.
Tate is the relative unknown at today's final table. He hails from Tempe, Arizona and this is his first visit to the WSOP. As such, it is his first cash and final table. Will he be able to add a bracelet to his impressive run?
Coming all the from the Netherlands, Maal emerged victorious at the Belgium Poker Classic which brought him over the half a million dollar mark in career winnings. Maal's performance in this tournament is his first WSOP cash.
Ben Yu has three WSOP cashes including two already this year. His other cash was in the 2008 $1,500 Limit Shootout event where he finished 69th. No matter where he finishes today, it'll be his best finish and biggest cash to date.
