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
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.
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.
Julius Colman moved all in for 725K with and Jimmy Fricke called . The flop was an Colman took the lead. The turn was . The turn was and Julius Colman doubled up with an Ace high flush.
Jimmy Fricke came in for a 90K raise and Gus Hansen called. The flop was . Hansen checked, Fricke bet 150K and Hansen check-raised to 350K. Fricke called. The turn was . Hansen bet 465K and Fricke folded. Gus took over the chiplead from Fricke.
In early action on Hand #3, Kristy Gazes raised from the button and Gus Hansen called. The flop was. Both players checked. The turn was and Hansen checked. Gazes bet 250K and Hansen folded.
How did Chip Stack equal finishing order yesterday?
#1 stack Jimmy Fricke enters today #1 again!
#2 stack Gus Hansen is still #2
#3 stack Andrew Black is in #3 again today
#4 stack Patrik Antonius finished 13th yesterday
#5 stack Marc Karam is now in 6th
#6 stack Julius Colman is in 5th starting today
#7 stack Hans Vogl is still 7th
#8 stack Jonas Buskas finished 11th
#9 stack Kristy Gazes has moved up to 4th to start today
#10 stack Paul Wasicka finished 12th
#12 stack Jacok Glassl finished on the bubble at 8th
#13 stack Dennis Huntly went out in 9th
#14 stack Curly Seal was 10th
So, only one of the 7 stacks at the bottom of yesterday's list survived (Kristy Gazes and only one of the top 7 (Patrik Antonius) did not make the final table.