Walking through the sea of 4,000 players PokerNews has spotted Maria Konnikova.
Konnikova has four cashes thus far this summer, bringing her lifetime career earnings $289,168 with her latest cash coming from Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack where she finished in 46th place for $6,690.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | |
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Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Players are now on their second 20-minute break.
The under-the-gun player open-jammed for 4,100, John Hernandez three-bet jammed over the top for 23,600 from middle position and action folded around to Matt Campbell who four-bet all in for 51,000 from the cutoff, the remaining players folded.
John Hernandez: 
All In Player: 
Matt Campbell: 
Campbell was behind but took a commanding lead after the 
flop.
Both Hernandez and the under the gun player picked up Broadway draws but it didn't come on the 
turn.
Campbell needed to dodge any ace or ten and he did just that as the river came the 
and he eliminated both opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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Busted |
One player checked out of the blinds on a 
flop and Gaelle Baumann bet 3,800. The third player in the hand called, with the first player folding.
Baumann bet again on the 
river for 10,500. Her opponent thought for a while before folding 
face up on the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Tony March had raised to 8,500 pre-flop and got one caller.
The pair checked both the flop and the 
turn.
His opponent bet 7,000 on the 
river and March snap-called with 
, beating the 
of his opponent.
"Should have just checked!" said his opponent as March chipped up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
44,000
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44,000 |
On a 
board a player in the cutoff bet 10,000 and James Ditter raised all in for 32,900 from the button. His opponent didn't look too pleased but called from a stack of 35,000.
James Ditter: 
Opponent:
The turn was the 
and the river the as Ditter's tens held to double up and leave his opponent with just 2,000 behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000 |
Mattia Festa opened for 800 from early position and had four callers headed to the flop.
The flop came 
and Festa fired out 3,000. His opponent sitting directly on his left called along with the big blind player.
Festa continued with a 5,000 bet on the 
turn and the opponent to his left jammed for his remaining stack. The big blind folded and Festa snapped him off.
Mattia Festa:
Opponent:
Festa was far behind the flopped set of nines by his opponent until the dealer peeled off a on the river giving him quad two's to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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85,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
With almost five full levels played here on Day 1a, the big names are slowly trickling into the Colossus field.
One of the latest we've spotted is French player Gaelle Baumann. With over a $1m in lifetime earnings - $700k of which came at the WSOP - she is perhaps most famous for her tenth place finish in the 2012 WSOP Main Event.
Baumann cashed five times at the 2018 WSOP, but it was a hand against Vanessa Selbst in the Main Event that attracted the most headlines, hitting a one outer to bust Selbst in Level 1!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | |
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