Gus opened this pot with a raise to $105,000 and Jimmy Fricke makes the call. The flop comes 4 K Q and both players check. The 6 on the turn brings a bet of $150,000 from Fricke which is called by Gus and the river is the 7. Fricke fires another bullet, this time $350,000, and after a few moments Gus makes the call. Both players turn over K-8 and they will chop this pot.

We've had our first elimination and it is Kristy Gazes. Kristy opens this pot with a raise to $100k and when the action gets to Gus Hansen he re-raises to $380,000 total. The action is folded around to Kristy and she takes a few seconds before announcing she's all-in. It's $660,000 more to Gus.

"I should have at least eighteen percent", comments Gus as he makes the call. When the cards are rolled we see he's in much better shape than that with pocket nines up against Kristy's A Q. They run the board and after it comes out J-8-5-2-4. Kristy is eliminated in seventh place and will receive $220,000.

With a pre-flop raise to $90,000 Jimmy Fricke picks up the blinds and antes. With $80,000 in the pot these small pots are no longer so small.

Hans Vogl is on the button and after the action is folded to Julius Colman he pops it to $100,000. It's folded to Gus Hansen who reaches for chips and makes the call. Everyone gets out of the way and it's heads-up to the flop. The board shows 3 4 6 and Hansen is first to act. He begins to count out chips and throws in a bet of $130,000. Colman looks stoic as he announces he's all-in. The count is about $1.5 million and Gus takes a few seconds before mucking his hand.

With a raise to $90,000 Marc Karam takes his first pot of the day.

After a raise from Gus Hansen to make it $110,000, Julius Colman announced he was all-in for a total of $725,000. Jimmy Fricke, next in line, makes the call and after Hansen gets out of the way the two players roll them. A Q for Colman is in a race against Fricke's pocket tens.

The flop comes Q 3 8 and Colman takes the lead with a pair of queens. Fricke needs a ten that's not a club for the win but the J on the turn gives Jimmy an inside straight draw. The 6 hits the turn and improves Colman's hand to a flush. With that hand Colman chips up to about $1.5 million.

After losing the last hand Jimmy Fricke throws in a pre-flop raise to make it $90k to go and picks up the blinds and antes.

This hand began with a pre-flop raise from Jimmy Fricke to $90,000 and a call from Gus Hansen. The flop came 2 T 2 and Fricke bet out $150,000. After a bit of deliberation Gus popped it to $350,000 total which Jimmy called. The K on the turn brought a $465,000 bet from Hansen and a slow fold from Fricke. With that pot Gus Hansen moves into the chip lead.

The players are at the table and the cards are in the air. We're starting with seven players and we'll play until we have a champion. The blinds will begin at $20,000/$40,000 with an ante of $5,000 and we'll be playing levels of sixty minutes. High cards have been dealt and Jimmy Fricke will have the button. Unfortunately we have no access to the final table and will be unable to bring you any photos of the action.