Event #51: $400 Colossus
Day 4 Started
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $400 Colossus
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$1,936,770
Entries
13,565
Level
49
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Entries
7
Players Left
1
Sam Laskowitz Leads Final Seven Seeking to Join List of Colossus Champions; Play Begins at 4 p.m.
They’ve been tournament grinders such as Cord Garcia and Ben Keeline, and Macau cash game regulars like South Korea's Sejin Park. Thomas Pomponio and Roberly Felicio did it as amateurs. There’s even been a past bracelet winner in last year’s champion Anatolii Zyrin.
By the end of today, one of seven players who have grinded their way past a massive field of 13,565 entries in Event #51: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em will join this list and be able to call himself the Colossus champion.
Sam Laskowitz, Paul Hizer, Jordan Pelon, Jeff Loiacono, Luong Quach, Anthony Ruttler, and James Scott are the seven names who will return to play at 4 p.m. local time today to determine a champion. Action will be streamed on PokerGo with a one-hour delay.
Lasowitz, the New York native with no reported live cashes, amassed a huge chip lead at the end of Day 3 and carries 206,500,000 into the final seven. Paul Hizer of Britain is in second place with 132,000,000. Combined, they have 62 percent of the chips in play.
The Frenchman Pelon, who was the chip leader for much of Day 3 (and even Day 2) before falling back in a clash against Laskowitz, is coming back with 68,000,000. Loiacono, with 12 WSOP cashes dating back to 2013 but no final tables before this event, has 56,000,000, while Quach (38,500,000), Ruttler (32,000,000), and Scott (13,500,000) each have fewer than 10 big blinds.
Event #51: $400 Colossus Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Laskowitz | United States | 206,500,000 | 52 |
| 2 | Paul Hizer | United Kingdom | 132,000,000 | 33 |
| 3 | Jordan Pelon | France | 68,000,000 | 17 |
| 4 | Jeff Loiacono | United States | 56,000,000 | 14 |
| 5 | Luong Quach | United States | 38,500,000 | 9 |
| 6 | Anthony Ruttler | United States | 32,000,000 | 8 |
| 7 | James Scott | United Kingdom | 13,500,000 | 3 |
Play will begin halfway through Level 43, with blinds at 2,000,000/4,000,000 and a 4,000,000 big blind ante. Each of the final seven is already guaranteed $66,670, which will be the largest tournament score for all of them except Hizer and Loiacono. The $414,490 first-place prize awaits the champion, as does the WSOP gold bracelet.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates throughout the day as a new Colossus champion is crowned.
Updates Begin at 5 p.m.
With this event being streamed on PokerGo at 5 p.m. local time, updates will begin at that time.
Level: 43
Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000
Ante: 4,000,000
Scott Scores an Early Double Up
Level 43
: 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
The action folded to James Scott, the short stack at the table, who shoved all in for 13,500,000 in the cutoff. Jeff Loiacono called on the button and the blinds quickly folded.
James Scott: 
Jeff Loiacono: 
It turned out to be a coin flip and the flop of 
gave Scott the lead with a pair of aces. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river changed nothing as Scott scored an early double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,500,000 | -15,500,000 |
|
37,000,000 | 23,500,000 |
Ruttler's Turn to Double
Level 43
: 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Sam Laskowitz raised to 8,000,000 from early position as action folded around to Anthony Ruttler on the button. He moved all in for 22,000,000 and Laskowitz called.
Anthony Ruttler: 
Sam Laskowitz: 
Laskowitz picked up a flush draw as the board came 
by the turn, but he missed the on the river as Ruttler doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
184,500,000 | -22,000,000 |
|
132,000,000 | |
|
68,000,000 | |
|
54,000,000 | 22,000,000 |
|
|
40,500,000 | |
|
|
37,000,000 | |
|
30,500,000 | -8,000,000 |
Level: 44
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 0
Another Double for Scott
Level 44
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 0 ante
The action folded around to Sam Laskowitz in the small blind who ripped all in with the big stack at the table. James Scott was in the big blind and called off his stack of 44,500,000 as he was at risk.
James Scott: 
Sam Laskowitz: 
The flop came 
to give Laskowitz a pair of threes but Scott was still in the lead with a pair of fours. The 
and 
runout did not help Laskowitz as Scott found another double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000,000 | -44,500,000 |
|
|
94,000,000 | 57,000,000 |
2022 WSOP Featured Females: Meet Wendeen Eolis, 1st Woman to Ever Cash Main Event
Level 44
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 0 ante
In the mid 1980’s, women were considered no factor in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and other than the famous rounder and professional gambler Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, poker players rarely made headlines in the mainstream press. That all changed when Wendeen Eolis became the first woman to cash at poker’s “Big Dance.”
In the 1986 WSOP Main Event, Eolis battled some of the best players in the world, including Amarillo Slim, in a field of 141 runners. She was on her way to a 25th-place finish for a $10,000, return on her buy-in, and permanent bragging rights as the first woman in history to cash in the WSOP Main Event.
Eolis attributes her 1986 WSOP performance to a year of poker tutoring from one of the best, a “relatively” conservative game plan, and cooperative cards. She told PokerNews, “Even today, women can win more by bluffing less than men.”
Two Three-Bets From Laskowitz
Level 44
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 0 ante
Paul Hizer raised to 10,000,000 in the cutoff before Sam Laskowitz re-raised to 30,000,000 from the big blind. Hizer quickly slid his cards back to the dealer to hand the pot, and the tournament chip lead, to Laskowitz.
Three hands, Hizer again raised to 10,000,000 and Laskowitz three-bet to 26,500,000 in the cutoff. Anthony Ruttler gave the decision some thought before folding before Hizer also folded as Laskowitz raked in another pre-flop pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000,000 | 30,000,000 |
|
|
137,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
|
|
94,000,000 | |
|
|
60,500,000 | -7,500,000 |
|
|
35,500,000 | 5,000,000 |
|
|
31,500,000 | -22,500,000 |
|
|
18,000,000 | -22,500,000 |