Event #51: $400 Colossus Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-26-2022 12:15 UTC-7

Karia Picks Up Aces to Leave Opponent With Crumbs

David Salituro

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

A player under the gun was all in for 394,000 and up against Siddharth Karia.

Siddharth Karia:
Opponent:

The under-the-gun player had run into a massive cooler and didn't get any help on the flop. He already had his backpack on and was headed for the exit before a count of the chips showed Karia only had 374,000.

Karia doubled up, while his opponent, left with 20,000, was all in from the big blind next hand and busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siddharth Karia	750,000

Tags: Siddharth Karia

06-26-2022 12:15 UTC-7

Gavrilov Doubles

Lewis Powell

Level 19 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Joining the action, Arthur Gavrilov was already all in and two other players were acting on the flop of .

The small blind bet 200,000 and the middle position player folded.

Arthur Gavrilov:
Small Blind:

The turn was and the river the which gave Gavrilov the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Gavrilov	300,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Arthur Gavrilov

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-26-2022 12:22 UTC-7

Capute Seeks to Emulate Her Brother

David Salituro

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Anthony Blanda made the final table of the first Colossus event in 2015. His sister, Donna Capute, is in the field today and just busted two players.

According to Capute, she held two aces against ace-queen and pocket fives to win the pot and climb up near 900,000.

"First brother-sister duo trying to make Colossus final tables," Blanda, supporting his sister on the rail, said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donna Capute	840,000 840,000	840,000

Tags: Donna Capute

06-26-2022 12:27 UTC-7

Flexx Just Keeps Winning

Lewis Powell

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The Day 1a chip leader has continued his form going into Day 2 as he was seen scooping in more chips into his mountain of a stack. He told PokerNews that he had just set over set his opponent to move up to 2,000,000 and likely continued to be the biggest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kao "Flexx" Saechao	2,000,000 486,000	486,000

Tags: Kao "Flexx" Saechao

06-26-2022 12:45 UTC-7

Some Big Stacks and Other Counts

David Salituro

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oscar Zavala	2,300,000
Marc Wolpert	1,750,000 1,093,000	1,093,000
Danny Grogan	1,300,000 292,000	292,000
David Ivers	1,200,000 532,000	532,000
Mary Dvorkin	970,000 -418,000	-418,000
Donnie Peters	810,000 -171,000	-171,000
Ren Lin	490,000 123,000	123,000

Marle Spragg	380,000 380,000	380,000

06-26-2022 12:54 UTC-7

Serrano Gets the Fold

Lewis Powell

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Joining the action on the flop of the big blind checked to Abraham Serrano who bet 40,000 from under the gun. The big blind called.

The turn was the and Serrano bet 100,000 when checked to. His opponent stared him down before deciding to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abraham Serrano	900,000 89,000	89,000

06-26-2022 12:57 UTC-7

Break Time

David Salituro

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Players are on their first break of the day and have been informed it will likely be upwards of 30 minutes instead of 15.

The tournament clock currently shows 893 players remaining, meaning we've lost nearly half the field through two hours of play.

06-26-2022 13:30 UTC-7

Barstool Nate No More

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The elimination of Eric Nathan, AKA Barstool Nate, went unreported when it happened earlier in the day, but PokerNews was able to learn some details after the fact.

The man himself explained that the small blind ripped it preflop with and he called off for 350,000 in the big with the .

Barstool Nate flopped two hearts to go with his overs, which made him a slight favorite, but he bricked both the turn and river to bust the tournament early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barstool Nate	Busted

Tags: Barstool Nate

06-26-2022 13:34 UTC-7

Registration for $1,100 Buy-In, $1 Million GTD PokerNews Up Open Until ~8:45 p.m. Tonight!

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Today is the final flight for the B]$1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 Guaranteed PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget Las Vegas! Late registration will close at approximately 8:45 p.m. local time.

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