Event #22: $400 COLOSSUS [Final Day], $3M GTD
Day 2 Completed
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #22: $400 COLOSSUS [Final Day], $3M GTD
Day: 2
Armando D'Avanzo Wins Event #22: $400 COLOSSUS ($409,007)
The latest 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet event is in the books, and when the dust settled, Armando D'Avanzo took down Event #22: $400 COLOSSUS NLH $3M GTD. He beat a massive field of 10,903 entries to collect a first place prize of $409,007. The overall prizepool for this event smashed the posted guarantee, finishing at $4,099,528.
The headliner coming into the final table was Damian Salas, who is no stranger to WSOP success. The Argentinian pro burst onto the live poker scene when he final tabled the 2017 Main Event, earning $1,425,000 for his seventh place finish. However, he is best known for winning last year's International WSOP Main Event for $1,550,969, and also defeated Joseph Herbert heads up for an additional $1 million. However, Salas had a big bluff picked off early, and then busted in 9th after flopping a flush draw.
D'avanzo laid low for the first half of the final table, content to let the other big stacks duke it out. He would take his first big step towards victory when he won a big coin flip to knock out Tarun "AreYouAhead" Goyal.
However, it was the knockout of Kenneth Smaron in fourth that was the biggest of the final table for D'avanzo. In that hand, he would flop bottom set of fives, and all of the chips got into the middle is what was at the time the biggest pot of the tournament.
D'avanzo continued the big knockouts when he busted Mirko "25Ezekiel17" Numerato in third. It was a cooler after the flop, as D'Avanzo had bottom two pair against the top pair of Numerato.
After a heads up battle that lasted about half an hour, D'avanzo won the event in style, flopping a king high flush to crack the pocket aces held by Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima. A full breakdown of the final table can be viewed below.
Event #20: $400 COLLOSUS NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando D’Avanzo | Italy | $409,007 |
| 2 | Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima | Japan | $306,707 |
| 3 | Mirko “25Ezekiel17” Numerato | Austria | $229,998 |
| 4 | Kenneth Smaron | United States | $172,474 |
| 5 | Tarun "AreYouAhead" Goyal | India | $129,337 |
| 6 | Diego “Shereka” Spataro | Brazil | $96,989 |
| 7 | Mathieu “Le_C0lombbi1” Giabiconi | France | $72,732 |
| 8 | Guillermo “Come on!!” Gordo | Spain | $54,451 |
| 9 | Damian Salas | Argentina | $40,900 |
Not much is know about Armando D'avanzo, who's only big score before this appears to be a WSOPC High Roller Event on May 13th, earning $43,875. Well, this new high score is nearly ten times that, along with of course D'avanzo's first ever WSOP bracelet.
That concludes our coverage of the COLOSSUS tonight. The next action coming up on Pokernews will be Event #23: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em on Tuesday August 31, and Event #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha on Thursday September 2. Be sure to come back for more bracelet coverage then!
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima Eliminated in 2nd Place ($306,707)
Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima raised to 10,000,000, Armando D’avanzo called, and the flop brought all spades, 
. D'avanzo checked, Tajima fired 10,600,000, and D'avanzo check raised to 24,377,411.
Tajima reraised to 70,000,000 even, and it was back on D'avanzo. He moved all in, and Tajima called with 
. Davanzo had outflopped him with 
, and would need to fade another spade coming to claim the bracelet. The 
turn meant that an ace or eight would also work now, but the 
completed the board instead.
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima will have to settle for over $306,000 for second place, but it is Armando D’avanzo who has completed the dream, turning $400 into a payday of over $400,000, along with his first WSOP bracelet.
Please stay tuned for a full recap from today's action!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
434,287,493 | 168,702,738 |
|
Busted |
D'avanzo Takes Lead Back With Bluff
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima raised to 10,000,000, and Armando D’avanzo three bet to 26,758,555. Tajima called, and the flop came down 
. D'avanzo fired 27,594,855, Tajima called, and both players checked the 
turn.
The 
completed the board, and D'avanzo fired 55,650,333, about half of the pot. Tajima folded, and D'avanzo immediately rolled over 
for nine high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,584,755 | 59,645,272 |
|
|
168,436,087 | -59,911,923 |
Tajima Takes the Chip Lead
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima raised to 10,000,000, and Armando D’avanzo called to see the flop come down 
. D'avanzo check called a bet of 15,500, and the hit the turn. After another check, Tajima went for a massive bet of 57,000,000, more than the pot, and D'avanzo folded.
With that pot, Tajima now has a small lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
228,348,010 | 41,224,155 |
|
|
205,939,483 | -41,200,000 |
Tajima Picks Off a Bluff
Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima raised to 8,000,000, and Armando D’avanzo called to see the flop of 
. D’avanzo check called a bet of 5,600,000, and both players would check the 
turn. The completed the board, and D'avanzo fired 21,759,560.
Tajima called with 
, and D'avanzo could only muster up six high, sending Tajima a much needed pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
247,139,483 | -40,239,400 |
|
|
187,123,855 | 40,215,245 |
D'avanzo Wins Biggest Pot of Heads up So Far
Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima raised to 9,200,000, and Armando D’avanzo called to see the flop of 
come down. D'avanzo check called a c-bet of 6,500,000, and the hit the turn.
D'avanzo check called another bet, 24,000,000 this time, and both players would check the river. D'avanzo rolled over 
for a rivered full house, and Tajima's hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
287,378,883 | -8,468,672 |
|
|
146,908,610 | 9,034,234 |
Mirko “25Ezekiel17” Numerato Eliminated in 3rd Place ($229,998)
Blinds: 1,750,000/3,500,000
Armando D’avanzo limped from the small blind, and Mirko “25Ezekiel17” Numerato made it 10,500,000 to go. D'avanzo called, and the flop came down . D'avanzo check called a bet of 11,000,000, and the 
came on the turn.
D'avanzo checked again, and Numerato fired 13,500,000 this time. D'avanzo check raised all in, and Numerato called with 
. He was trailing the 
of D'avanzo, and the 
on the river changed nothing.
With that hand, play is now heads up!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,847,555 | 120,467,842 |
|
|
137,874,376 | 11,587,122 |
|
Busted |
Numerato Doubles Through D'avanzo
Blinds: 1,750,000/3,500,000
Mirko “25Ezekiel17” Numerato raised to 7,000,000, and Armando D’avanzo defended his big blind.The flop came down 
, and D'avanzo check called a bet of 7,000,000. The 
hit the turn, and D'avanzo checked again.
Numerato fired 9,500,000 this time, but D'avanzo went for it all, betting enough to put Numerato all in. He would call with , well ahead of the 
of D'avanzo. Numerato caught an unnecessary third jack on the river, sending him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,379,713 | -3,919,895 |
|
|
92,210,148 | 19,605,076 |
Tajima Doubles Through Numerato
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Kosuke “PXR-51” Tajima and Mirko “25Ezekiel17” Numerato got into a raising war that saw all of Tajima's 60,000,000 and change get into the middle preflop. He was holding 
and was in great shape to score a massive double up against the 
of Numerato.
The board came down 
, and the king kicker played to spring Tajima into second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
126,287,254 | 5,711,610 |
|
|
72,605,072 | -64,353,604 |