Event #55: $400 Colossus Day 1a | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-29-2021 11:02 UTC-8

A Few Early Starters in the Amazon Room

Tyler Foran

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bashar Ramahi	40,000 40,000	40,000
Haven Werner	40,000 40,000	40,000
Glyn Gracias	40,000 40,000	40,000
Maria Konnikova	40,000 40,000	40,000

Marvin Karlins	40,000 40,000	40,000
Craig Varnell	40,000 40,000	40,000

Peter Morris	40,000 40,000	40,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

10-29-2021 11:17 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Olmos	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tran Makes The Correct Call

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Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Theo Tran opened the action from under the gun to raise of 800. He was called by a player in middle position and a player in the hijack but when the action got to the player in the cutoff he raised it up to 2,000. It folded back to Tran and he min-raised four-bet to 4,000. The player in the cutoff called and they went heads-up to the flop.

fell on the flop and Tran led with a continuation bet of 2,500. His opponent called.

The turn card was the . Tran slowed down and checked to his opponent who quickly bet 6,000. Tran called the bet after some consideration.

The river brought the . Tran checked the action again to his opponent who bombed the river with a bet of 11,000. Tran was seemingly confused but threw out calling chips after a few seconds.

His opponent shook his head and tabled his hand.

Opponent:
Theo Tran:

Trans opponent had air and he scooped the pot with pocket queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Theo Tran	65,000

10-29-2021 11:36 UTC-8

Singh Keeps Firing

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Tyler Foran

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

After two limpers preflop Himmat Singh raised from the small blind to 1,200 and both limpers called.

On the flop, Singh continued for 2,700 and only the early position limper called.

The turn was the and Singh put in a bet of 6,100 which was good enough to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Himmat Singh	41,000

10-29-2021 11:41 UTC-8

Lopes Wins the Three-Way Pot

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Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

The action was picked up on the flop of and Fernanda Lopes made a bet of 1,300.

Two players were behind but only one made the call to see the turn which was .

This time Lopes made a bet of 2,000 and her opponent went into the tank before he mucked and Lopes scooped in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernanda Lopes	45,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Fernanda Lopes

10-29-2021 11:44 UTC-8

No Showdown For Molnar

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Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

A player in the hijack opened to a bet of 700 and he was called by the player on the button and Roger Molnar in the small blind.

The flop came . Molnar checked to the original raiser who continued for a bet of 800. The player on the button and Molnar called the 800.

The turn card paired the board when it came and the action checked through.

Molnar led the river with a bet of 11,000 and took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Molnar	45,000 45,000	45,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

10-29-2021 11:55 UTC-8

Flush Over Flush for McDonough

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Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

The action was picked up on the river with the board showing .

The pot was already over 15,000 and a player in the big blind bet 7,000.

Shannon McDonough raised to 18,400 and the big blind tanked for a while.

The big blind then made the call and showed but McDonough showed a bigger flush with and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shannon McDonough	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Shannon McDonough

10-29-2021 11:58 UTC-8

Kokubu Eliminates Two in Cooler

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Tyler Foran

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Shogo Kokubu raised in early position and the player on his left three-bet to 3,600. The action folded around to the button who jammed his stack of 19,800 in the middle. The blinds quickly folded and Kokubu ripped his entire stack in the middle as well. The player who originally three-bet instantly called off his stack of 36,500 and all hands were tabled.

Opponent:
Button:
Shogo Kokubu:

All three players had big pairs with Kokubu having the best starting hand possible and the board ran out for his aces to hold and eliminate both players.