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

06-27-2019 23:18 UTC-8

Lee Wins Blind vs Blind Battle against Prom

Tyler Foran

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded to Sreyleap Prom in the small blind and she shoved all-in. Sangjun Lee was in the big blind and called relatively fast.

Sangjun Lee:
Sreyleap Prom:

Lee had Prom dominated and the flop came , giving him top pair but Prom still had a double gut-shot to catch up. Unfortunately for her the turn and river were no help, taking almost 33 percent of her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sangjun Lee	172,000 172,000	172,000
Sreyleap Prom	45,000 45,000	45,000

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06-27-2019 23:09 UTC-8

Corbett Limp-Shoves and Doubles

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Tyler Foran

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Daniel Corbett limped in early position, the small blind completed and the big blind raised 25,000 on top to a total or 33,000. Corbett didn't need much thinking time and ripped all-in for 155,000. The small blind got out of the way in a hurry and the big blind called.

Daniel Corbett:
Big Blind:

Corbett had him dominated and the board ran out changing nothing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Corbett	326,000

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06-27-2019 23:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hunter Moss	1,200,000
Ian Steinman	1,000,000

Jean Gaspard	280,000 200,000	200,000

Maurice Hawkins	210,000 20,000	20,000
Kathy Liebert	200,000

Marcia Godinez	150,000
Chris Moneymaker	85,000 10,000	10,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-27-2019 23:03 UTC-8

Griener Drags In Biggest Pot Of The Day

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With over 100,000 in the middle and board reading , Jared Griener was heads up in a big pot with the table chip leader.

Action was on Griener as he made roughly a 30,000 turn bet.

His opponent, who had roughly 900,000 chips, quickly shoved all in and Griener snap called tabling for a flopped set. His opponent let out a sigh of disappointment and turned over for a middle pocket pair.

The river secures Griener a huge double to over 950,000. His opponent was left with around 600,000 and is still above average chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Griener	990,000 990,000	990,000

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06-27-2019 23:01 UTC-8

Carrion Doubles

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The under-the-gun player opened to 17,000 and Will Carrion moved all-in for 92,000, the table folded back around to the under-the-gun player who called quickly.

Will Carrion:
Under-the-gun:

The board ran out both players made a full house but Carrion's eights full of kings got him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Carrion	199,000

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06-27-2019 22:46 UTC-8

Peterson Keeps Stackin'

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a board of there was roughly 60,000 in the middle, Jack Peterson led out for 31,000 and his opponent called in the cutoff. The river got checked by both players on the and Peterson tabled to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Peterson	376,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Jack Peterson

06-27-2019 22:37 UTC-8

The COLOSSUS Continues to Set Records

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Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The fifth annual installment of the COLOSSUS has been nothing short of monumental. Since its inaugural event dating back in 2015, this event has entered into the record books each year, with this one being none different.

In just two starting days the 2019 COLOSSUS tallied 13,109 total entries which surpassed last years event that had 13,070 with six starting days,