Taylor's Mistake Costs Him Half

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Brendan Taylor looks quite calm sitting at the table at the moment, but we have to imagine he's mentally berating himself. He mis-played a showdown against Jonathan Little a few moments ago. Taylor opened for a raise from the button, then called Little's small-blind re-raise. Little continued on an all-small flop, {7-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {3-Spades} , with Taylor calling. Both players checked the {6-Spades} turn and {5-Clubs} river.

At showdown, Little said nothing as he opened {k-} {q-} . Taylor looked at Little's hands and, apparently not seeing the board straight, tossed his cards towards the muck, clearly surrendering them. Nobody at the table said a word. The dealer then pushed all five board cards up to show the winning hand, at which point Taylor tried to grab his cards back and open {k-Hearts} {j-Hearts} . The tournament director, standing over the table the whole time, instantly told Taylor that Taylor had surrendered his hand and that his cards were dead the moment he tossed them towards the muck pile. Taylor made only the mutest of protests before conceding the point and giving up his claim to half of the pot.