Handing Hansen the Tournament on a Trey
Perhaps we cursed him saying that he was making a recovery, or maybe he's just running bad - but Jim Collopy is now right down below the one million mark.
He did well not to go broke, to be honest.
Gus Hansen limped on the button (back to limping!) and Collopy checked to see a flop. Collopy led out for 28,000, but Hansen made it 62,000 to go; Collopy flatted, and they proceeded.
Collopy check-called 114,000 on the turn, and another 282,000 on the river. A massive pot - and at the end of it Hansen turned over for flopped trips which runner-runnered a flush. Collopy, laughing like the eternally cheery chap he is, showed Hansen the for a nasty cooler. Ouch.
Hansen - 2,940,000
Collopy - 900,000
The two of them went on a short break after that, but they're back at the table now.