Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS
Day 1d Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS
Day: 1d
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1d
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$6,644,102
Entries
16,301
Level
49
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Entries
5,933
Players Left
847
Players Left 1 / 16,301
Filter
(1)
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Are you ready to take on the Colossus? Today marks players' last chance to enter Event #19: $500 The COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em, which sees a slight increase in buy-in from the $400 of previous editions. The Colossus is one of the cheapest bracelet-awarding events on the 2025 WSOP schedule, so expect the crowds to keep growing at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas until registration closes for good today at about 8:15 p.m.
PokerNews live updates begin on Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, June 8.
Day 1 players start with 50,000 chips and play 40-minute levels throughout the tournament. Play on Day 1 lasts for 17 levels, with players heading on a 20-minute break every three levels or when the floor staff color up. A 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 12 (~7:00 p.m.). If you play this event and bust, you may reenter once per flight.
Day 2, on June 8, sees the surviving players from the four starting flights combine and fight it out over the course of 15 levels. June 9 is when the third and final day commences, although its start time is yet to be decided.
Last year's Colossus was the best-attended since the WSOP created it. Some 19,337 players bought in, creating a colossal $5,940,883 prize pool. Bulgarian grinder Martin Alcaide captured the lion's share of the pot, $501,250, and his first WSOP bracelet.
Speaking to PokerNews shortly after his victory, Alcaide said, "I feel so relieved mostly. I was mostly just scared of losing, which is not a good mindset, so I was just trying to concentrate on the hands, so I'm relieved more to be rid of the tension than the happiness right now, but I'm sure that will change."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,337 | Martin Alcaide | $501,250 | |
| 2023 | 15,879 | Moshe Refaelowitz | $501,120 | |
| 2022 | 13,565 | Paul Hizer | $414,490 | |
| 2021 | 9,399 | Anatolii Zyrin | $314,705 | |
| 2019 | 13,109 | Sejin Park | $451,272 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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59,800 |
In the 895th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Mike Holtz and four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen to dive into the world of the ultra-rich at the World Series of Poker. Which billionaires have participated in the WSOP over the years? How much money has the WSOP actually awarded? And who are the wealthiest players at the tables today?
After introducing the topics, Chad, Mike, and Jeff take a deep dive into WSOP statistics to determine just how many billions the World Series of Poker has awarded to players over the last five decades.
They also take a closer look at some of the most ultra-wealthy poker players and face off in a special WSOP Billionaire trivia challenge to see who knows the most about poker’s richest.
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