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Julius Colman moved all in with against Gus Hansen's . The flop was and Hansen took the lead. The turn was and the river was . The straight on the board meant that both players chopped the pot. Julius Colman survives.
Hans Martin Vogl moved all in with and Jimmy Fricke called with . The flop was and Vogl took the lead. The turn was and the river was . Fricke won the pot and Hans Martin Vogl was eliminated in 5th place. He won $400,000. Fricke has over 6.5 million in chips.
Julius Colman was all in with against Andy Black's . The flop was . The turn was and the river was . Julius Colman, the lone Aussie left in the field, was eliminated in 4th place. He won $500,000. Black has 4.14M in chips.
Jimmy Fricke now has over 50% of the chips in play. He raised preflop to 250K and Gus Hansen reraised him 500K. Fricke called. On a flop of , Hansen bet 800K. Fricke thought about what to do for three minutes before he re-raised to 1.6M. Hansen quickly mucked and Fricke took down the pot.
Jimmy Fricke won three small pots in a row then made a great call against Andy Black to take down a pot over 500K. On a board of , Fricke check-called a 300K river bet from Black with . Black mucked as he complimented the young gun saying, "Nice call."
Andy Black is second in chips behind Jimmy Fricke. Gus Hansen appears on slight bathroom tilt. He asked when the next break is, which is not for another 70 minutes. Andy Black, sensing that Hansen has to urinate badly, started joking with him. Black has been dominating the table chatter.