Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS
Day 4 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2025 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$6,664,102
Entries
16,301
Level
49
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Over the course of four days of registration, a massive field of 16,301 came out to Event #19: $500 Colossus. This generated a massive prize pool $6,664,102 to be divided up among the cashing 2,326 players. At 1:00 p.m. today, just nine players returned to play for their chance at a bracelet and over half a million dollars.
Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Courtenay Williams began the day in eighth place in the counts having already secured his first ever WSOP bracelet cash. After being at risk all in with the worst hand early at the final table, but getting a fold from the eventual runner up Ramaswamy Pyloore, Courtenay propelled up the counts and eventually took home his career best score of $542,540 and his first bracelet.
“I honestly don’t know which means more,” the new champion honestly said when asked about the importance of the money versus the bracelet. “I think the bracelet is really cool, the money is really cool, at this moment they are both equal.”
The massive fold at the beginning of the final table was a moment that particularly stuck out in Williams’ mind.
“I found out about that hand at the first break. I think I talked him into a fold which played into some other stuff later. When we got heads up, it played to my advantage because I think he thought I was going to be bluffing a lot.”
Despite this being Williams’ first WSOP bracelet cash, he is no stranger to tournaments, particularly around the Los Angeles area.
“I live in LA now. I play a lot of tournaments at Bicycle and Commerce. It used to be Hustler in Commerce Park, but they don’t run that anymore so whenever there are series there, I play multi day events. When I’m working I’ll usually play a couple that rotate around my work.”
This tournament had barely been on Williams’ radar and he talked honestly about how he almost skipped the final flight.
“I’m usually off for a few months a year. I’ll come here for a week, but I barely fire in the WSOP. I usually fire the smaller stuff around the city. I wasn’t even going to play this on Saturday, because I had already busted twice. A couple of my buddies talked me back into playing, and here we are.”
Having earnings prior of $122,220, Williams reflected on how his own perspective helped him significantly at the final table.
“I don’t really get caught in the Hendon Mob mob stuff. It is what it is. I think not knowing who anyone was also really helped me out, because I can just play and not be intimidated by anyone.”
Williams plays recreationally and does not consider himself a professional poker player. The 45-year old works in Television, but had made reference to the fact that the industry had been coming under hard times as of late.
“It’s a great start to the summer and to the year. I’m not working at the moment and while I do have money, this is going to make it easier to not be so stressed.”
With that, Williams collected his new piece of jewelry and exited the tournament area.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtenay Williams | United States | $542,540 |
| 2 | Ramaswamy Pyloore | United States | $361,690 |
| 3 | Matt Glantz | United States | $273,260 |
| 4 | Kaiwen Wei | United States | $207,740 |
| 5 | Jason Blodgett | United States | $158,910 |
| 6 | Antonio Trocoli Filho | Brazil | $122,330 |
| 7 | Ryan Leng | United States | $94,760 |
| 8 | Sigrid Dencker | Germany | $73,880 |
| 9 | Justin Gutierrez | United States | $57,970 |
Final Table Action
The first big all in confrontation of the final table came when Courtenay Williams three-bet ace-queen suited against Ramaswamy Pyloore’s king-ten. Both players saw a flop and Williams moved all in flopping second pair against Pyloore’s top pair. Fortunately for Williams, Pyloore pitched his hand and his time in the tournament continued.
Justin Gutierrez had begun the final table as one of the more active players at the table, but eventually lost a flip to Matt Glantz to leave himself as the shortest at the table. His last chips went over to Pyloore after Williams opened with ace-ten, Pyloore three-bet with pocket kings, and Gutierrez got in his last chips with pocket tens. Pyloore’s kings held up to maintain the chip lead while Gutierrez finished in ninth place for $57,970.
After that the next all in confrontation would occur between WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Leng and UFC fighter Antonio Trocoli Filho when Leng would get in his chips holding king-jack against Filho’s dominant ace-king. The board favored Leng to propel him into third while Filho fell to the short stack.
Sigrid Dencker came into the final table as the lone woman at the final table, and her run would end in eighth place shortly after the prior all in confrontation. She would jam in her final stack with pocket fours over Kaiwen Wei’s open and Wei would call her holding pocket sevens. No help would be brought to her on the board and she collected $73,880 for her efforts.
Leng’s earlier double up would not propel him to his fourth bracelet as he would find himself at the end of Wei’s blade as well. He would jam with ace-seven and Wei would look him up with pocket tens, with no help materializing on the king-high runout. Wei would continue to ascend up the counts while Leng would finish in seventh place for $94,760.
It would be Filho next on the chopping block as he moved in his last few chips with queen-seven suited from the hijack right into Pyloore’s aces in the big blind. Despite flopping a myriad of straight and flush draw outs, nothing would complete and the UFC fighter collected $122,330 for his sixth place finish.
Earlier in the final table Jason Blodgett had made a laddering motion to his rail in reference to his short stack survival. He reached the top of his ladder shortly after getting in his ace-two up against Pyloore’s pocket tens. His wheel draw would not complete and he collected $158,910 for his fifth place finish.
Despite the strong start to the final table, Wei would be the next to go in fourth place. His demise would come at the hands of Glantz as he jammed with ace-four after Glantz opened, and Glantz looked him up with queen-jack to flop a queen. Glantz would ascend up the chip counts while Wei collected $207,740 for his efforts.
The three-handed affair began with Pyloore in the lead, Glantz in second, and Williams in third. The leaderboard would even out as Williams would call Pyloore’s shove holding ace-three to put himself at risk. A three on the flop would keep Williams in the tournament while the stacks all evened out.
Glantz seemed all set to double up through Williams when he got his stack in holding pocket nines against Williams’ ace-queen. With one card to come, Glantz had to fade just six cards in the deck, but the ace of diamonds connected on the river to send out the WSOP regular in third place for $273,260.
Heads up began as both players would share a decent amount of time each in the chip lead, with several big pots swinging back and forth between the two of them. It would all come crashing down for Pyloore as he called Williams’ shove holding ace-eight for nines and eights with the best kicker. He was up against the pocket kings of Williams for kings and nines and no improvement on the river would see Williams take over the lead in the tournament as Pyloore was all but forced all in the following hand. Williams held pocket nines on the final hand as he flopped a set against Pyloore’s queen-four. It was over on the turn and the two competitors shook hands as Pyloore collected $361,690 for his runner up finish.
Thank you for reading along with the coverage of Event #19: $500 Colossus. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the exciting updates throughout the rest of the 2025 WSOP at Paris and Horseshoe Casino.
Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Courtenay Williams defeated a colossal field of 16,301 entries to win the 2025 edition of the $500 COLOSSUS.
It was Williams' first-ever cash in a WSOP bracelet event, and he made it one to never forget, bagging $542,540 and a shiny WSOP bracelet with his victory.
Stay tuned for an interview with the winner and a recap of the final table.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtenay Williams | United States | $542,540 |
| 2 | Ramaswamy Pyloore | United States | $361,690 |
| 3 | Matt Glantz | United States | $273,260 |
| 4 | Kaiwen Wei | United States | $207,740 |
| 5 | Jason Blodgett | United States | $158,910 |
| 6 | Antonio Trocoli Filho | Brazil | $122,330 |
| 7 | Ryan Leng | United States | $94,760 |
| 8 | Sigrid Dencker | Germany | $73,880 |
| 9 | Justin Gutierrez | United States | $57,970 |
Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Ramaswamy Pyloore committed his final 12,000,000 on the button, and Courtenay Williams quickly called in the big blind.
Ramaswamy Pyloore: Q♦4♠ 
Courtenay Williams: 9♠9♥
Williams flopped a set on 8♣5♥9♣ to leave Pyloore with just runner outs. The 4♣ turn meant the tournament had come to an end as Pyloore as no outs remaining in the deck.
The 10♥ river was dealt as a formality. Pyloore and Williams shook hands before the former went to his rail to discuss his runner-up performance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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816,000,000
12,000,000
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12,000,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Courtenay Williams raised to 40,000,000 on the button and in the big blind, Ramaswamy Pyloore called.
The flop rolled out 8♥9♣3♠ and Pyloore check-called a bet of 55,000,000 from Williams.
On the turn 9♦ Pyloore checked over to Williams who moved all in for 299,000,000 and Pyloore called.
Courtenay Williams: K♥K♠
Ramaswamy Pyloore: A♠8♦
Williams held up on the river 7♦, and he took a commanding lead over the heads up match.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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804,000,000
414,000,000
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414,000,000 |
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12,000,000
414,000,000
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414,000,000 |
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Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
One of the biggest coolers we'll see at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) took place in the biggest buy-in event so far this summer.
Aces versus kings is always a brutal set-up, but a set-over-set involving those two premium holdings is as painful as it gets. But that's exactly what happened near the money bubble on Day 2 of Event #32: $50,000 High Roller.
PokerNews' Calum Grant captured the hand between Ben Tollerene and Joey Weissman, which took place at the end of Level 13 with blinds of 15,000/30,000/30,000 and 34 players remaining with 26 spots paid.
Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Courtenay Williams called in the small blind holding J♣6♣ and in the big blind Ramaswamy Pyloore checked with K♥Q♣.
The flop rolled out 9♣6♦J♦ and both players checked to 7♦ turn where Pyloore check-called a bet of 40,000,000 from Williams.
On river 5♠, both players checked and Williams' jacks up were good to hop back into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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426,000,000
36,000,000
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36,000,000 |
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390,000,000
36,000,000
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36,000,000 |
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Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
In another limped pot, Courtenay Williams checked from the big blind on the 5♦6♦K♣ flop. Ramaswamy Pyloore checked behind, prompting Williams to bet 20,000,000 on the A♦ turn.
Pyloore tossed in a call to the 5♠ river, where Williams quickly assembled 60,000,000 chips and put them in the middle. Pyloore, after some thought, looked Williams up.
Williams could only show 10♦3♣ for ten-high, leaving Pyloore to take the pot with 2♦2♣ for a measly underpair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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462,000,000
112,000,000
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112,000,000 |
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354,000,000
112,000,000
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112,000,000 |
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Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Courtenay Williams raised to 32,000,000 on the button with 8♦7♦ and in the big blind Ramaswamy Pyloore called holding 5♦3♣.
The board rolled out 10♥J♦3♥ and both players checked to the J♥ turn where Pyloore checked over to Williams who bet 40,000,000 and Pyloore called.
On the river 9♦, Williams moved all in for 306,000,000 after Pyloore checked and Pyloore folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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466,000,000
104,000,000
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104,000,000 |
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350,000,000
104,000,000
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104,000,000 |
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Level 49
: Blinds 8,000,000/16,000,000, 16,000,000 ante
Courtenay Williams limped in on the button, and Ramaswamy Pyloore checked in the big blind.
Williams continued with the minimum bet of 16,000,000 on the 7♥3♥4♣ flop, which Pyloore check-raised to 35,000,000. Williams quickly called, revealing the Q♣ turn.
Pyloore kept up the aggression with a bet of 55,000,000. Williams swiftly called again, after which the 3♠ river completed the board.
Two quick checks followed, and Pyloore tabled 3♦3♣ for quad threes. Williams sent his A♠4♦ into the muck as he saw the sizable pot being shipped to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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454,000,000
112,000,000
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112,000,000 |
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362,000,000
112,000,000
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112,000,000 |
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