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

10-30-2017 17:56 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	53,000

Ryan Hughes	50,000 15,000	15,000

Chris Ferguson	43,000 5,000	5,000

Felipe Ramos	10,000 10,000	10,000

Roberto Romanello	10,000 10,000	10,000

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

10-30-2017 17:25 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

130 players remain from a starting field of 313 and they are going on a break, their second of the day.

10-30-2017 17:24 UTC+2

Hellmuth Gets the Needle After Chipping Up

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Phil Hellmuth has had a good start to his flight of THE COLOSSUS, chipping up to 18,000 following the elimination of one player.

"In how many years do you become a senior?" asked tablemate Peter Kamaras. Hellmuth removed his headphones and Kamaras repeated his question.

"Negative three," came the reply from 53-year-old.

We didn't quite catch the comment Kamaras made about his tablemate's youthful demeanour, but Hellmuth shot back "Happens when you act like a child!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Kamaras	29,000 29,000	29,000
Phil Hellmuth	18,000 8,000	8,000

10-30-2017 17:14 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts; Hellmuth Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Makarios Avramidis	85,000

Sam Grafton	53,000 9,000	9,000

Roland Israelashvili	42,000 12,000	12,000
Walter Treccarichi	39,000 1,000	1,000
Chris Ferguson	38,000 23,000	23,000

Hossein Ensan	35,000 35,000	35,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	32,000 -20,000	-20,000
Anatoliy Zyrin	30,000 -19,000	-19,000

Barny Boatman	28,000

Fred Andersson	11,000 4,000	4,000
Phil Hellmuth	10,000 10,000	10,000

Kristen Bicknell	9,000 9,000	9,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	7,000 -10,000	-10,000
Martin Kabrhel	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

10-30-2017 16:42 UTC+2

Chris Ferguson Triples Up

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

It folded to Chris Ferguson in middle position who moved all in for 5,350. The hijack asked for a count before moving all in himself for 5,975. The player in the cutoff took slightly less time sliding his chips into the middle to call, putting both players at risk.

The remaining players all folded and the cards were turned over:

Chris Ferguson:
Hijack:
Cutoff:

Ferguson chuckled at his opponents' cards as the flop came giving Ferguson top pair. The turn was the and the rvier the and Ferguson tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Ferguson	15,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Chris Ferguson

10-30-2017 16:39 UTC+2

Big Stacks and Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Pertea	67,000
Matous Houzvicek	62,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	52,000 -7,000	-7,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	45,000 45,000	45,000
Sam Grafton	44,000 19,000	19,000

Yehuda Cohen	Busted
Sander van Wesemael	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

10-30-2017 16:12 UTC+2

Hughes Chips Up

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a river Ryan Hughes watched his opponent bet 4,000. Hughes then raised to 12,000 in position and that got a fold from his oppoennt.

Also doing well is Walter Treccarichi and Sam Grafton, who is now on his second bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Treccarichi	38,000 28,500	28,500
Ryan Hughes	35,000 11,000	11,000

Anatoliy Zyrin	30,000 1,000	1,000

Barny Boatman	28,000 18,000	18,000

Sam Grafton	25,000 25,000	25,000

Khaled Ali	Busted

Tags: Sam Grafton Ryan Hughes Walter Treccarichi