Seat 6: Andreas Krause (849,000)
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.