Event #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-26-2019 12:43 UTC-8

Alloggio Hooks Arachov

Anthony Thompson

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was three-way action after the flop and 4,000 in the pot with a board showing .

Sitting under the gun was Kiarash Hamadani lead out with a 15,000 bet, Ben Alloggio three-bet jammed for 35,400 from middle position. Dimitry Agrachov called for less and Hamadani folded his hand.

Dimitry Agrachov:
Ben Alloggio:

Alloggio was ahead with his pocket jacks but needed to dodge a lot of outs with two cards still to come.

The turn came the and Agrachov needed a club to hit the river to stay alive.

The river came it brick as it fell the and Agrachov exited the playing field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Alloggio	75,000
Kiarash Hamadani	25,000
Dimitry Agrachov	Busted

Tags: Kiarash Hamadani Dimitry Agrachov Ben Alloggio

06-26-2019 12:38 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Fowler	Busted

Stabile Rivers Quad Fours

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

There was three-way action with 20,000 in the pot and a board showing .

Frida Anderson bet out 7,000 and was called by her opponent sitting to her left along with Anthony Stabile from the cutoff.

Anderson check-folded the river after the hijack player bet 10,000 and Stabile three-bet shoved for 31,300. Stabile was called by the hijack player.

Anthony Stabile:
Opponent:

Stabile was able to hit running fours to hit quads and he eliminated his opponent, whose full house was shot down in flames.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Stabile	110,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Anthony Stabile

06-26-2019 12:18 UTC-8

Flashback: 2015 Colossus Winner Cord Garcia

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Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Back in 2015, the inaugural 'Colossus' became the largest tournament in live poker history, attracting 22,374 entrants creating a staggering $11,187,000 (the largest in any live poker event under $5,000 buy-in).

By the time the tournament had reached the final table, Aditya Prasetyo was the chip leader with around a third of the chips in play, with Kenny Hallaert and Ray Henson also part of the final nine.

However, in the end, it was Cord Garcia who took down the tournament, winning his first WSOP bracelet and a cool $638,880 to go with it.

"I feel accomplished. I feel satisfied. Obviously, you can't ever picture winning a 22,000 person tournament," he told PokerNews at the time. "It is my breakthrough, but at the same time I know I'm capable of doing as good, better or bigger things."

Since 2015, Garcia has added a second WSOP Circuit ring to his collection and has already had a deep run here at the 2019 WSOP, finishing third in the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship.

Tags: Aditya Prasetyo Cord Garcia Kenny Hallaert Ray Henson

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

06-26-2019 12:05 UTC-8

Field Continues to Grow

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Day 1a of the 2019 WSOP $400 Colossus continues to grow, so much so that it has now eclipsed the high-water mark of last year's six starting flights.

In 2018, Day 1e attracted 3,202 entrants and the tournament clock today currently shows in excess of 3,300 entrants.

06-26-2019 12:04 UTC-8

Hurtado Pushes Sieh Off Pot

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Anthony Thompson

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 1,200 and Guillermo Hurtado three-bet to 4,300 sitting directly to his left. Action folded to Thomas Sieh in the big blind who four-bet to 10,800, the initial raiser folded and Hurtado called.

Sieh fired out 4,000 on the flop and Hurtado three-bet jammed for 25,300 which was enough for Sieh and he mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillermo Hurtado	55,000
Thomas Sieh	25,400

Tags: Guillermo Hurtado Thomas Sieh

06-26-2019 12:02 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Henry Mlekoday	90,000 5,000	5,000
Andrei Loghin	60,000 5,000	5,000
Francisco Trujillo	50,000
Ricardo Lima	42,000 14,000	14,000
Jon Gunter	40,000 10,000	10,000

06-26-2019 12:01 UTC-8

Hawkins Eliminated

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

According to his former tablemates, Maurice Hawkins lost a large percentage of his chips against Richard Wysocki before losing his last 5,000 with against the of Austin Myer.