A short while ago the payouts in Day 1A of the WSOPE Colossus were confirmed, and the tournament is now on the direct money bubble with 25 players remaining and 24 places paid.
With 25 players left and 24 paid, hand-for-hand play has begun. Tournament officials will remove two minutes for every hand that passes whilst in hand-for-hand.
Sebastien Reiter limped from early position and was joined by fourth others to a flop of which was checked. The turn was checked by all five players too and the river was the .
Sorin Pruteanu, who was in the small blind, bet 4,000. The big blind folded and Sebastien Reiter min-raised to 8,000. It folded back to Pruteanu who called.
Reiter showed for the nut flush while Pruteanu showed for the second nut flush and counted out his opponents bet.
Ngoc Minh Hoang raised to 4,500 in the hijack and Tommy Ankala called in the cutoff. Fahredin Mustafov three-bet to 20,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Hoang folded. Ankala moved all in and Mustafov called. The cards were kept face down until the other hands had finished.
Meanwhile, Kenny Hallaert had raised to 4,700 on the button and Waldemar Kopyl had three-bet to 15,300 in the small blind. Hallaert, seeing the all in at the other table, raised all in and Kopyl folded.
Back at Ankala's table the cards were turned over.
On a flop Rene Crha bet and Oleh Haisiuk called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Crha moved all in and Haisiuk called for his remaining 43,400.
When the cards were turned over, Crha only held for ace-high with Haisiuk holding for pocket aces enough to take down the pot and double up.