Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$9,027,000
Entries
18,054
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
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Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Over 600 players took their seats this afternoon in at the start of Day 2 in the World Series of Poker Event #5: $565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em, but only 43 bagged chips at the conclusion of play.
Leading the way is Raul Martinez Requena, who ended the day with 5,270,000 chips after a huge surge toward the end of the night.
Several well-known players also remain in contention for WSOP gold in this event, including Matt Affleck, Robert Hankins, and Tom Hall.
However, many others weren't so lucky. Today's casualties included Cody Pack, Ismael Bojang, Sebastian Pauli, Cate Hall, Haixia Zhang, Jeff Gross, and Ryan Laplante. Both Chris Moorman and his wife Katie Lindsay were eliminated today as well.
Players will return Tuesday at 2 p.m. to play down to a final table. Follow all the updates here on PokerNews throughout the 2017 World Series of Poker.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Robert Hankins | United States | 2,400,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Jason Orrell | United States | 2,055,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Alexander Borteh | United States | 630,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Erkut Yilmaz | United States | 5,150,000 | 64 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Luke Brereton | United Kingdom | 2,190,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Yulius Sepman | Russia | 2,770,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Michael Telker | United States | 2,155,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Raul Martinez Requena | United Kingdom | 5,270,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Thomas Hall | United Kingdom | 930,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Ron Jenkins | United States | 1,140,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Pojana Jenne | United States | 4,700,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | John Hanna | United States | 1,285,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Guifang Liu | United States | 700,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Anthony Utnage | United States | 865,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 2,800,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 2,875,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Hugo Perez | United States | 3,935,000 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Justin Gish | United States | 1,050,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Robert Webb | United States | 1,640,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Ronald Lemco | United States | 630,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Mark Babekov | United States | 1,434,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Farid Labib-Kiyarash | United States | 2,245,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Luke Vrabel | United States | 2,600,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Daniel Placencia | United States | 855,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 9 | Taylor Black | United States | 4,275,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Massoud Eskandari | United States | 1,220,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Christopher Mitts | United States | 4,680,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Mark Johnson Jr | United States | 890,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Benjamin Jones | United States | 2,485,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Matt Affleck | United States | 2,890,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Taylor Pollard | United States | 2,820,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Gavin O'Rourke | Ireland | 3,000,040 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Thomas Pomponio | United States | 4,265,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Kent Coppock | United States | 2,125,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Chad Davis | United States | 460,000 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Satsuki Ochiai | Japan | 1,080,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Ardavan Yazdi | United States | 3,735,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Robert Elliott | United States | 1,800,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Ralph Massey | United States | 1,500,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Steven Lauson | United States | 380,000 | 5 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Alexandru Masek | United States | 1,005,000 | 13 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,270,000 | |
|
5,150,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
4,700,000
4,597,000
|
4,597,000 |
|
4,680,000 | |
|
4,275,000
4,194,000
|
4,194,000 |
|
4,265,000
2,865,000
|
2,865,000 |
|
||
|
3,935,000
1,610,000
|
1,610,000 |
|
3,735,000
1,435,000
|
1,435,000 |
|
3,000,040
300,040
|
300,040 |
|
2,890,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
|
2,875,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
2,820,000 | |
|
2,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
2,770,000
2,320,000
|
2,320,000 |
|
2,600,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
2,485,000 | |
|
|
2,400,000 | |
|
|
2,245,000 | |
|
2,190,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
2,155,000
1,055,000
|
1,055,000 |
|
2,125,000
1,942,000
|
1,942,000 |
|
2,055,000
1,817,000
|
1,817,000 |
|
1,800,000
1,567,000
|
1,567,000 |
|
1,640,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
|
1,500,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
The clock has been stopped and each table will play six more hands tonight before play draws to a close.
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Thomas Cuce bust just before the close of play with five tables remaining.
He summed it up eloquently to PokerNews as he lent on the pay-out desk.
“Kings into Aces.”
A cruel kind of beauty to the poetry of poker to finish his Colossus tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Champie Douglas opened the action and called a three-bet from Ralph Massey.
The flop was 
and it proved fatal to Douglas’s tournament hopes as all the chips went in the middle.
Douglas hit top pair with 
but was looking for even more help against the 
of Massey.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
.
Exit Douglas while Massey’s rail craned their necks to see how many chips he had.
“One point nine and change.” came the count as he held up the change for them to see.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
1,681,000
|
1,681,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Erkut Yilmaz has just become the first player in the field to cross the 5,000,000 chip milestone. The California native has an impressive tournament resume which includes a long list of WSOP cashes and a WSOP Circuit ring.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,050,000
3,250,000
|
3,250,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Robert Hankins started the action with a raise to 125,000 from under the gun, the player in the cutoff three-bet to 325,000, Hankins four-bet for the majority of his stack, the cutoff moved all in, and Hankins called to put himself at risk. However, when the cards were turned over, he found himself way behind with 
against his opponent's 
.
The 
flop was no help to Hankins, and neither was the 
turn, but the river was exactly what he needed to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Robert Webb moved all in from middle position for approximately 500,000 and the big blind called to put Webb at risk. The big blind tabled and Webb turned over 
. Webb was a significant underdog and needed help in order to double up.
The 
flop was exactly what he was looking for, and neither the 
turn nor 
river was any help to his opponent, and Webb doubled up with his pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Ellen Lambeth moved all in from early position and start of day chip leader Ardavan Yazdi sat to her left declared all in too.
No more players wanted to get involved so cards were one their backs.
Ellen Lambeth: 
Ardavan Yazdi: 
.
The board ran out 
.
SIck flush draw sweat on the all club flop but the remaing cards bricked out for Lambeth so she and her faithful dog went walkies to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
Busted |