With seven players remaining on the final table bubble, Black used pocket aces to finish off the high-stakes legend. But the tides turned on Saturday when Black, who quickly spun his stack up following that cooler, won a couple of huge hands against poker's second all-time winningest tournament player.
On Day 3, Kenney won a flush over flush cooler in a massive pot that left Black with just 14 big blinds. And he got the last laugh in a series of monster pots against Bryn Kenney. Taylor Black isn't guaranteed to win the tournament, but he bagged a massive chip lead on Day 4 Saturday night.
One of those lucky and skilled individuals will walk away from the Strip casino with $1,241,430, and become the newest WPT Champions Club member. Following three grueling days of intense action at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the $10,400 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic is down to its final table of six.
