For the first time at the final table, Andreas Krause has entered a pot. He raised to 77,000 on the button and Zsolt Vasvenszki called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Vasvenszki checked. Krause came out firing 125,000 and Vasvenszki laid it down, surrendering the pot to Krause.
Zsolt Vasvenszki raised to 65,000 on the button and Van Marcus defended his big blind.
The flop came 
and Marcus checked. Vasvenszki bet 73,000, getting a fold from Marcus to win the pot.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Van Marcus raised to 62,000 under the gun and Zsolt Vasvenszki called on the button. Hakan Dalokay went all in from the big blind for an additional 252,000. Marcus gave it up, but Vasvenszki called.
Vasvenszki: 
Dalokay: 
The flop came 
, giving Dalokay a flush draw to go along with his overcards. However, a hit the turn, leaving Dalokay down to flush outs. It did not come as the 
hit the river, ending Dalokay's tournament in sixth place for $55,220.
Vasvenszki is up to about 2,200,000.
On the first hand of the day, Hakan Dalokay moved all in from under the gun. Everyone folded and he won the blinds and antes.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
The players have been brought to the side of the stage and will be introduced to the audience shortly. While it appears that most of the players are a bit on the tense side, Van Marcus is enjoying the moment and atmosphere, commenting on the delay saying, "It feels like I'm getting married."
Play has been pushed back a bit as final preparations are being made by the TV crew.
Andreas Krause from Weinsberg, Germany boasts an amazing poker resume consisting of 21 tournament wins, over $1.7 million in career tournament winnings, 15 WSOP cashes and two WSOP final tables. Krause easily holds the largest collection of tournament accolades, but has only one six-figure score.
His largest score came from a second-place finish in the Vienna Spring Poker Festival Main Event in 2007, where he took home $125,678. In 2000, Krause came second in the $2,500 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo at the WSOP for $64,500 and then in 2007, he placed sixth in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $94,122.
Krause’s largest outright win was in November of 2005 when he bested a field of 246 players in a €520 Pot-Limit Omaha event with rebuys. Krause won €83,000 after beating a final table that included Simon Trumper, Rob Hollink and Noah Boeken.
Calm and methodical at the table, Krause will be looking to use his experience on the European circuit to help maneuver his way to the top spot. He enters the day with 849,00 chips.
An accomplished player with an excellent record in both the live and online realm, Van Marcus may have less career tournament winnings than Andreas Krause at this final table, but he is no doubt the most decorated player in the final six.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Marcus is a recently minted Full Tilt Red Pro. Although the high stakes player prefers cash games to tournaments, Marcus said that nothing tops the thrill of winning a tournament. Winning tournaments isn’t something that Marcus has done too often, but he’s felt the rush of tournament poker numerous times coming ever so close.
The one major event that Marcus won was APPT Manila in November of 2008. Marcus scorched through a field of 285 players to claim the top prize of $163,832. Even though that may be his only major win, Marcus has some other notable finishes in prominent events.
Marcus has cashed in a WSOP event on six different occasions. Out of those six, three have been final table appearances, good for half the time. In 2007, Marcus took third in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for $190,326. In 2009, he made two more final tables. The first was a seventh-place finish in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, winning him $55,687. The second was a third in the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha. That one was good for $278,049, his largest score on record. If he’s able to come second or better here in Cyprus, Marcus will have a new career high.
In total, Marcus has over $1 million in live tournament winnings. He’s won millions online and live across the globe in some of the largest cash games around playing anywhere from $25-50 to $500-1000. Marcus is going to be one tough cookie to take down here at this final table. Along with the game he brings, Marcus will enter the televised final table second in chips with 1.436 million.
