Jim Collopy was all-in but managed to take down the pot uncontested. He raised to 47,000 from the but only to face a re-raise to 147,000 from Gus Hansen. His response was to position his two hands behind all his chips and push forward in an all-in maneuver. Hansen checked his cards once more and folded.
Gus Hansen limped from the button and both players checked the flop after Jim Collopy checked his option. Then Hansen led for 30,000 and 70,000 on turn and river. The final board read 
and Hansen revealed 
for a straight and the pot as Collopy mucked.
Jim Collopy opened for 70,000 and Gus Hansen flat-called before checking the 
flop. Collopy bet 63,000, but was met with a check-raise to 141,000 from Hansen. Back to Collopy - who now made it 299,000 to go.
After just the shortest of pauses, Hansen folded and the pot went to Collopy.
Collopy - 1.6 million
Hansen - 2.2 million
Jim Collopy scooped a pot to moved within a 100k of Gus Hansen. He raised to 57,000 from the button and Hansen called to see a 
flop. Hansen check-called a 63,000 bet before both players checked the 
turn. The river fell 
and Hansen led for 106,000. Call.
Hansen tabled 
but lost out to Collopy's 
.
Wow, we're only two hours in and we've already seen both players take and then lose big chip leads. And this latest pot has put them almost exactly back to even.
Jim Collopy raised from the button to 57,000, which Gus Hansen called. Hansen check-called another 63,000 on the 
flop, but check-folded to a bet of around 160,000 from Collopy on the 
turn.
They're at roughly 1.9 million apiece.
Gus Hansen has taken 463,000 off Jim Collopy after five-betting him pre-flop. Hansen limped (as he does 90% of the time) to face a raise to 82,000 from Collopy. His response was to bump it up to 221,000 but Collopy put it a four-bet to 463,000. Collopy let his hand go though when Hansen made it 1,021,000.
The very next hand Collopy raised from the button but folded to a Hansen three-bet.
Level: 4
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
We haven't seen anything particularly life-changing since that last biggie, but most of the small pots we have seen have gone Jim Collopy's way to put him back up to around 1.6 million.
Collopy picked up a tiny, mostly limped and checked pot with just 
on a 
board, and then another even smaller one when he showed a ten on an 
board.
The hand after that, Hansen and Collopy limped and checked their way to the turn of a at which point a small quantity of chips went in - we regret that we missed the action because at this point someone switched off the flop cam (the TV people seem to have got all the footage they needed and quit this tournament) and we had to run into the tournament area to see what the cards were. It was not a big bet, though, and as soon as Collopy had bet out 78,000 on the river, Hansen folded anyway.
...if you want to win a small pot, that is.
Gus Hansen seems to be a big fan of limping on the button, but this time he raised to 66,000. Jim Collopy called and they saw some community cards.
They both checked the 
flop and Collopy checked the 
turn as well before calling an 81,000 bet. A third check from Collopy on the river was followed this time by a second check from Hansen who quickly mucked to Collopy's 
.
Jim Collopy has raised his button almost every time - we don't recall him limping at all, and he's only given Hansen a walk once or twice.
His chosen raise amount this time was 75,000 and Hansen called to see a 
flop. He checked, Collopy bet 78,000 and Hansen called.
They both checked the turn and saw a river. This time Hansen bet out 206,000, and Collopy gave it up.
We're actually rather sad that the TV crew decided not to film this one in a serious manner, as it would have been most interesting to watch this one back with the hole card cams. As it is, many of these hands will remain a mystery to all but Collopy and Hansen.
