Julius Colman raised preflop and Gus Hansen called. The flop was . Hansen bet 130K and Colman moved all in for 1.5M. Hansen peeked at his cards and mucked.
Kristy Gazes - 7th Place
Kristy Gazes raised 100K preflop. Gus Hansen asked her how much she had behind.
"A little over a million," Gazes said before she flashed her million dollar smile.
Hansen fumbled with his chips for two minutes and then re-raised to 380K. Gazes counted out her chips before she went into the tank.
"I'm all in," she confidently said.
Her all in bet was 660K more. Hansen mumbled to himself before he called. Gazes had versus Hansen's . It was a race for Gazes.
The flop was . The turn was and the river was . Hansen's pocket nines held up as Kristy Gazes was eliminated in 7th place. She won $220,000. Hansen added to his chiplead.
Beginning Stacks:
#1 stack Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke (now 2nd)
#2 stack Gus Hansen ? place (now in 1st)
#3 stack Andrew Black ? place
#5 stack Julius Colman ? place
#6 stack Marc Karam ?place
#7 stack Hans Martin Vogl ? place
#4 stack Kristy Gazes out in 7th place
Gus Hansen raised preflop and Jimmy Fricke called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was and Fricke bet out 150K and Hansen called. The river was . Fricke bet 350K and Hansen reluctantly called. Fricke showed while Hansen flipped over for a chopped pot.
Gus Hansen raised 105K and Jimmy Fricke called. The flop was and Hansen bet out 140K. Fricke called. The turn was and Hansen bet out 330K. Fricke called. The river was . Hansen took two minutes before he bet 770K.
"I have no idea how I got to this decision with this hand," said Fricke.
He called with . Hansen showed and Fricke took down a $2.5 million pot.
The blinds were 90 minutes for the entire tournament with the exception of the final table where they increase every 60 minutes. We're on the second level of play at the final table.