Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

10-27-2017 18:50 UTC+2

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count
81	1
81	2	Oleh Haisiuk	Czech Republic	55,000
81	3	Michael Sklenicka	Czech Republic	48,000
81	4	Sebastien Reiter	Germany	54,000
81	5	Zoltan Bartus	Hungary	78,000
81	6	Stanislav Mertsen	Czech Republic	120,000
81	7	Radu Florentin Chirila	Romania	11,000
81	8	Rene Crha	Czech Republic	67,000
81	9	Sorin Pruteanu	Romania	25,000

82	1	Ismael Bojang	Austria	35,000
82	2	Salvatore Camarda	Italy	70,000
82	3	Mike Leah	Canada	69,000
82	4	Stefan Bachmann	Germany	42,000
82	5	Ivaylo Sivinov	Bulgaria	65,000
82	6	Artan Dedusha	Romania	79,000
82	7	Martin Urbanek	Czech Republic	75,000
82	8	Kenny Hallaert	Belgium	87,000
82	9	Waldemar Kopyl	Germany	68,000

88	1	Jan-Axel Mollenkott	Germany	20,000
88	2	Khaled Ali	United States	64,000
88	3	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	39,000
88	4	Claude Noel	Luxembourg	30,000
88	5	Roland Israelashvili	United States	25,000
88	6	Fabrice Halleux	Belgium	33,000
88	7	Ngoc Minh Hoang	Czech Republic	75,000
88	8	Tommy Ankala	Germany	35,000
88	9	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	120,000

Kopyl Loses Some to Hallaert

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Waldemar Kopyl raised to 4,800 in the small blind and Kenny Hallaert defended his big blind.

The flop came and Kopyl continued for 4,500. Hallaert called. The turn was the and Kopyl bet 10,500 and Hallaert called again.

Kopyl checked the river and Hallaert bet 26,000. Kopyl folded and Hallaert chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Waldemar Kopyl	94,000 -10,000	-10,000
Kenny Hallaert	85,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Waldemar Kopyl

10-27-2017 18:25 UTC+2

Assorted Pots

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Krasimir Yankov raised to 3,500 from the hijack and Michael Sklenicka defended his big blind.

Sklenicka check-called a bet of 3,000 on the flop and both players checked the turn. The river was the and Sklenicka checked. Yankov bet 5,500 and Sklenicka called.

Yankov showed for two pair, kings and aces and Sklenicka let out an exasperated gasp and showed for, as he put it, "Three pair".

Meanwhile, Michal Krapinec opened to 3,500 in the cutoff and Mike Leah three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Krapinec folded and Leah took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	65,000 27,000	27,000

Krasimir Yankov	45,000 -2,000	-2,000
Michael Sklenicka	39,000 -16,000	-16,000
Michal Krapinec	30,000

Tags: Michael Sklenicka Mike Leah Krasimir Yankov Michal Krapinec

10-27-2017 18:15 UTC+2

Mustafov vs Sklenicka

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board Fahredin Mustafov checked blind to opponent Michael Sklenicka who bet 4,400.

"You have a heart?" asked Mustafov, "Do you have one or two?" He called.

The river was the . "I check blind," said Mustafov on seeing the river. Sklenicka bet 12,000.

"Hit the flush!" said Mustafov, "Do you have big flush or small flush?" Sklenicka remained silent. "See, now you don't speak!"

"No speak English," said Sklenicka, and the pair began to correspond in Czech.

In the end Mustafov folded and Sklenicka mucked face down.

"See? You don't fold. Never bluff, never bluff," said Mustafov,s howing .

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	90,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Sklenicka	55,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Michael Sklenicka

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

10-27-2017 17:56 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Waldemar Kopyl	104,000
Khaled Ali	73,000
Michael Sklenicka	53,000
Sorin Pruteanu	45,000
Sebastien Reiter	45,000
Claude Noel	42,000
Ngoc Minh Hoang	41,000
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Ozan Guruz	Busted

Fahredin Mustafov Well Placed

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With just 38 players remaining, the average stack is just over 40,000 chips at 500/1,000 with an ante of 100. There continues to be a steady stream of eliminations.

Fahredin Mustafov knows all about being chip-leader after day 1, after he bagged big on Day 1A of the €550 Pot-Limit Omaha event, and he's in a good position to finish well here on Day 1A of THE COLOSSUS.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	80,000 80,000	80,000
Zoltan Bartus	70,000
Krasimir Yankov	47,000 47,000	47,000
Albert Ryan	32,000 32,000	32,000
Jan-Axel Mollenkott	28,000 28,000	28,000
Ozan Guruz	23,000 23,000	23,000

Lawrence Whyte	22,000 22,000	22,000

10-27-2017 17:20 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Bachmann	80,000 10,000	10,000
Salvatore Camarda	71,000 18,000	18,000
Artan Dedusha	60,000
Kristen Bicknell	38,000 4,000	4,000

Ismael Bojang	38,000 11,000	11,000

Mike Leah	38,000 14,000	14,000

Ivan Fedor	36,000 2,000	2,000
Fabrice Halleux	33,000 6,000	6,000
Kenny Hallaert	23,000 3,000	3,000
Roland Israelashvili	18,000 -5,000	-5,000
Roberto Romanello	15,000 2,000	2,000

Alex Foxen	13,000 -10,000	-10,000

Felipe Ramos	12,000

Pierre Neuville	Busted
Rex Clinkscales	Busted
Andreas Klatt	Busted
Kevin MacPhee	Busted

Tomas Soderstrom	Busted
John Racener	Busted

Barny Boatman	Busted

Martin Kabrhel	Busted