Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Mike Dentale has cooled off a bit, but still has a big stack with over 300,000. Vlad Darie has overtaken Dentale, but Ryan Buckholtz has broken 400,000 and is currently in the chip lead.
Jesse Vilchez is sitting at 360,000 after busting Derek Gomez with pocket queens versus Gomez's pocket jacks. Vilchez flopped a set to pull even further ahead.
Yang Zhang is also now over 300,000 and over the next 20 minutes these players will likely be jockeying for the Day 1b chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Buckholtz | 400,000 | |
Vlad Darie |
360,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
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Jesse Vilchez | 340,000 | |
Mike Dentale |
320,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Yang Zhang | 320,000 | |
|
The opening day of Colossus III is in the books and Hunter Frey bagged 400,000 to lead the Day 1b field. Frey leads 64 players into Day 2 Monday.
Frey just beat out Ryan Buckholtz (386,000) and Scott Bohlman (346,000), both of whom came on late to overtake some of the bigger stacks throughout the day. Jesse Vilchez (331,000) and Yang Zhang (283,000) round out the unofficial top five stacks from Day 1b.
Frey also came on late in the evening, with Mike Dentale (217,000) hitting some bumps in the final level. Dentale was cruising through the middle parts of the tournament working his stack up to 400,000 with relative ease. He told us during the final level he lost at least two hands where his opponent hit a two-outer to win the pot. Dentale still managed to bag over 200,000 and is sitting comfortably for the Day 2 restart.
Mike Sexton (225,000) and Michael Rocco (133,000) have also made it through to Day 2. Meanwhile, Barry Greenstein, Dan O'Brien, Jesse Sylvia, and both former Colossus Champions Cord Garcia and Ben Keeline failed to find a bag in Day 1b.
There are still four more starting flights for Colossus III and four more chances for Ben Keeline, last year's winner, to defend his title. Follow all the updates right here on PokerNews, as the 2017 World Series of Poker continues through July.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hunter Frey |
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Ryan Buckholtz |
386,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Scott Bohlman |
346,000
346,000
|
346,000 |
|
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Jesse Vilchez |
331,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Yang Zhang |
283,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed