Ramaswamy Pyloore Leads the Way Going into Day 4 of The COLOSSUS
Play has ended for Day 3 of the Event #19: $500 The COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The day started with 103 players, and just nine remain to battle it out for the bracelet and the top payout of $542,540 during the final table, which will require an extra day.
Ramaswamy Pyloore started the day chipping up early after getting a shove through his opponents during the first level of the day. He continued to battle it out, knocking out a number of people, including Riley Dieckhoff, after turning a straight; David "the Dragon" Pham, after again finding the improver on the turn, and finally rivering a straight to close the day.
Pyloore returns with around a quarter of the total chips in play heading into Day 4. He is not shy of WSOP final tables, as he made two of them during the 2024 WSOP online bracelet events.
Courtenay Williams is the only remaining player who started the day in the top ten. He stayed consistent throughout the day's play, but a key point came when he woke up with pocket Aces and held to bust Danny Olenjiczak, nearly doubling his stack with just 17 players remaining. Williams climbed further up the ranks after knocking out Tam Nguyen, as kings were good enough to see him through.
Bobby Poe fell just short of making it to the final table when he was caught up in a double elimination in the last hand of the day, which also saw Agustin Mendez bust in 10th place. Ramaswamy Pyloore ran away with this pot as well as many others during Day 3 as he was top of the counts for the majority of the afternoon.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramaswamy Pyloore | United States | 224,700,000 | 45 |
| 2 | Sigrid Dencker | Austria | 101,300,000 | 20 |
| 3 | Kaiwen Wei | United States | 90,000,000 | 18 |
| 4 | Jason Blodgett | United States | 82,000,000 | 16 |
| 5 | Justin Gutierrez | United States | 74,400,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Antonio Trocoli Filho | Brazil | 61,000,000 | 12 |
| 7 | Matt Glantz | United States | 60,900,000 | 12 |
| 8 | Courtenay Williams | United States | 60,600,000 | 12 |
| 9 | Ryan Leng | United States | 60,400,000 | 12 |
Courtenay Williams is the only remaining player who started the day in the top ten. He stayed consistent throughout the day's play, but a key point came when he woke up with pocket Aces and held to bust Danny Olenjiczak, nearly doubling his stack with just 17 players remaining. Williams climbed up further in the ranks after also knocking out Tam Nguyen, as kings were good enough to see him through.
Bobby Poe fell just short of making it to the final table when he was caught up in a double elimination in the last hand of the day, which also saw Agustin Mendez bust in 10th place. Pyloore ran away with this pot as well as many others during Day 3 as he was at the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the afternoon.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $542,540 |
| 2 | $361,690 |
| 3 | $273,260 |
| 4 | $207,740 |
| 5 | $158,910 |
| 6 | $122,330 |
| 7 | $94,760 |
| 8 | $73,880 |
| 9 | $57,970 |
Two 25K Fantasy Draft picks remain in the tournament, Matt Glantz and Ryan Leng. Leng came back from a near bust-out situation early in the day when he was left with less than one big blind, but managed to double his way out of it and find a place at the final table. Glantz also had a good run throughout the day and consistently found himself climbing in the counts; A particularly pivotal spot came later in the day when Jason Blodgett doubled him up.
Day 4 will begin on Tuesday, June 10, at 1.p.m. Play will resume in Level 44 with 19 minutes left on the clock with blinds of 2,500,000/5,000,000 and a 5,000,000 big blind ante. A 15-minute break will take place after every three levels, while details regarding a dinner break have yet to be confirmed. Play will continue until a winner is crowned.
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