Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1h Completed
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1h
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€2,078,075
Entries
4,115
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Sikora Takes The Absolute Chip Lead On Day 1h of THE COLOSSUS; Van Wesemael Looking For Another Deep Run
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Day 1h of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS ended today with 29 players making it through to Day 2 on Wednesday November 1st. After more than 9 hours of play Jaroslaw Sikora takes the chip lead honours for Day 1h with 507,00 chips. This also means he is the overall chip leader of all the players that have made it to Day 2 already.
Sikora has been here for a few weeks already having cashed three times this month during the WSOP Circuit events. Sikora is definitely no stranger to big tournaments and big cashes as he has accumulated more than $1,000,000 in live cashes already. Second in chips is Laszlo Toth from Hungary who has also been here in Rozvadov for a while already. He has two cashes in the earlier WSOP Circuit events here. He is taking 484,500 with him to the tables on Wednesday. Sander van Wesemael is third in chips today with 472,000. After nursing a pretty short stack at the beginning of the day, things started going a lot better for him in the second half of the day.
Other notables making it through to Day 2 are Michael Magalashvili (241,500), new WSOPE bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel (235,000), Erich Kollmann (217,500), Erik Cajelais (160,500) and Vladimir Burstein (120,000). Unfortunately, not everyone make it through today, players like Theodoros Aidonopoulos, Catalin Pop, Pierre Neuville, Sebastian Langrock, Chris Ferguson, Ryan Hughes, Dermot Blain and many others fell today.
The last two flights take place tomorrow here at the King’s Casino so stay tuned to PokerNews for all the latest news.
End-of-day Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
507,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
484,500
484,500
|
484,500 |
|
472,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
241,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
235,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
||
|
217,500
217,500
|
217,500 |
|
206,500
206,500
|
206,500 |
|
195,500
195,500
|
195,500 |
|
188,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
160,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
||
|
|
158,500
158,500
|
158,500 |
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
104,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
101,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
99,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
92,500
92,500
|
92,500 |
|
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
83,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
80,500
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
69,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
|
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
67,500
67,500
|
67,500 |
Play Ended
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Play has ended for today. A recap and the full chip counts of the 29 remaining players will be posted soon.
Last Hands of the Day
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped. The tournament director has announced that the players need to play five more hands before play ends for today.
Vranken Eliminated By Cudrinschi
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Antoine Vranken was all in and called by Iurie Cudrinschi. Vranken was at risk of being eliminated as he had the shorter stack.
Iurie Cudrinschi: 
Antoine Vranken: 
The board ran out 
- no help for Vranken and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Valk Loses Two Big Ones
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jaco Valk was down to his last 36,000 after losing eights against ace-queen earlier and then losing with pocket sixes against ace-king. The flop was good for him when it came six-nine-queen but then the jack came on the turn and the ten on the river to give his opponent a runner-runner straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
234,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
220,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
170,000
138,500
|
138,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
89,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
55,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
36,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Van Wesemael Eliminates Two
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jan Riha went all in from the cutoff and so did Christopher Back in the small blind with a bigger stack. Sander van Wesemael, seated in the big blind called.
Sander van Wesemael: 
Christopher Back: 
Jan Riha: 
The board ran out 
- Van Wesemael hit two pair, kings and queens and that was more than enough to eliminate Riha and Back from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Bittar Makes Wierzgon Bite The Dust
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Adam Wierzgon had gone all in from the button and action was now on Davood Mehrmand in the small blind. He went in the tank and eventually the clock was called on him. The floor came over and asked the dealer if he had had sufficient time to make a decision. The dealer confirmed so the floor gave Mehrmand 30 seconds to decide what he was going to do. When the time ran down to 5 seconds, the floor started counting down all the way to the end and declared his hand dead. Frederick Bittar, in the big blind, snap-called. Mehrmand angrily threw his cards into the muck, face open, which were 
.
Frederick Bittar: 
Adam Wierzgon: 
The board ran out 
- Bittar hit a nine on the flop giving him the better two pair with nines and sixes. The fact that the jack fell on the flop seemed to anger Mehrmand even more as he went into a bit of a rant. Wierzgon calmly grabbed his stuff and left the table. Bittar didn't say much either and just started stacking up his new chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500