Another day, another chance to take a shot at the €2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool of Event #5 THE COLOSSUS at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe awaits with Day 1e, the fifth of ten starting days kicking off at 12 p,m. noon local time. The event comes with a buy-in of €550 and has attracted a total of 760 entries throughout the previous four starting days, however the big fields are yet to come with hotel rooms near and far being sold out for the upcoming days.
Each starting day will play a maximum of 18 levels of 30 minutes each or down to a specific number of hopefuls, which happened to be 11 on all four starting days. The registration for the early flight on each day remains open until the start of level nine at approximately 4.40 p.m. local time and a single re-entry is allowed during that period.
So far, 44 players qualified for Day 2 on Wednesday November 1st 2017 when all remaining players and prize pools will be combined to potentially play down to a final table. The overall chip leader for Day 2 so far is Konstantinos Misailidis after amassing 419,000 last night on Day 1d, while other notables already through include John Racener (334,000), Brandon Cantu (283,500), Stanislaw Miadzel (273,000), Kenny Hallaert (206,000), Alex Foxen (189,000), Marcel Luske (184,500), Mike Leah (166,500), Viliyan Petleshkov (165,500), Ryan Leng (141,000), and defending WSOPE Main Event champion Kevin MacPhee (134,000).
THE COLOSSUS Event Schedule
Day
Date
Information
October 27th
Day 1a at 12pm
11 out of 155 advanced to Day 2
October 27th
Day 1b at 6pm
12 out of 210 advanced to Day 2
October 28th
Day 1c at 12pm
10 out of 196 advanced to Day 2
October 28th
Day 1d at 6pm
111 out of 199 advanced to Day 2
October 29th
Day 1e at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 29th
Day 1f at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
October 30th
Day 1g at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 30th
Day 1h at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
October 31st
Day 1i at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 31st
Day 1j at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
November 1st
Day 2 at 3pm
Levels last 60 min each, play down to final table
November 2nd
Day 3 at TBA
Levels last 60 min each, play down to a winner
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there throughout the event to provide all the action until a winner is crowned.
The first seat open was on the table of Oliver Heidel and the German had indeed raked in the massive pot. Both Heidel and Karel Chaloupka flopped a flush draw and the third heart on the turn saw the stacks go in. Heidel held and Chaloupka the to result in the first casualty of the day.
Rene Wullbrand followed soon after, and again it was Heidel that had the best of it. Wullbrand flopped top two with the and Heidel had bottom set with on a board of .
With some 12,000 already in the middle and the board showing , Rex Clinkscales from under the gun and [Removed:423] from two seats over. Leonardo Romeo moved all in for 4,000 and Clinkscales called.
Mathow was in the think tank and Clinkscales asked "Do you have king ten or king queen? One of the two?" Mathow folded face up and Clinkscales showed for second pair and Romeo mucked for the busted open-ended straight draw.
Thomas Pettersson picked up back-to-back kings and won both of them, doubling his stack through Oliver Heidel.
Then, Cosmin Joldis raised to 700 and Teunis Kooij called from one seat over, as did Pettersson. "Three in a row?" Jeff Cormier asked to Pettersson and announced all in soon after. Joldis asked for a count and reshoved to the 10,800 jam of Cormier, which forced out Kooij and Pettersson.
"You can't have black kings because I have one of them," Cormier joked and turned over . Joldis rolled over and the flop fell . "I am dead," Cormier sighed and added "I am so dead" on the turn when Joldis improved to quads, the river was already a formality.
Soon after, Joldis got value from for top pair after his opponent in tzhe small blind check-called bets of 1,800 on the turn and 3,400 on the river.
Abdelhakim Zoufri raised to 1,300 and was called by Pietro Errante, Oliver Heidel, Cosmin Joldis and Teunis Kooij. The big blind moved all in for around 9,000 and Zoufri reshoved for around 50,000. Errante snap-called for 30,275 and that forced out everyone else.
Big blind:
Pietro Errante:
Abdelhakim Zoufri:
The board came and Heidel let out a "thank you" while Kooij was somewhat sad not to have gambled.
Phil Hellmuth raised to 2,000 and Roberto Romanello moved all in from the button. Patrick Schuhl asked for a count and the shove of Romanello was for 9,900, in the very first hand of the Welshman. Schuhl tossed in a chip for the call and Hellmuth almost beat him into the pot with his starting stack as well.
Roberto Romanello:
Phil Hellmuth:
Patrick Schuhl:
The board came [KsQd9h10c9c| and that's all she wrote for Hellmuth and Romanello, who entered at the last possible minute and busted right away.
Robert Zipf, Fabrice Soulier and Marc MacDonnell have been eliminated while Ryan Hughes jumped in just before the registration closed.
MacDonnell raised to 1,800 and Andreas Klatt three-bet to 5,700 from one seat over before MacDonnell's four-bet to 13,700 was just called by Klatt. On the flop, MacDonnell moved all in and Klatt called instantly.
Marc MacDonnell:
Andreas Klatt:
The turn and river were of no help and MacDonnell headed to the rail.
In a three-bet pot between Teunis Kooij in the cutoff and Lukas Klima in the small blind, the latter bet the flop and was called before moving all in after the turn. Kooij eyed the stack of his opponent carefully and folded.
Soon after, Cosmin Joldis was all in and at risk for 18,200 on the turn and Jaromir Hanel asked for a count before calling with for top pair. Joldis showed and the river was a blank.
Right after coming back from the break, Viacheslav Belyaev was all in with the and Jeff Cormier looked him up with the . But there was also Rex Clinkscales in the hand with the and the board of gave Cormier quads to bust two opponents.
Thomas Pettersson shoved short for four big blinds with and Jaromir Hanel called in the big blind with to remain ahead and let the bubble burst.
Right after, Sam Grafton pushed for three big blinds with the from the small blind and Andrei Badulescu called from the big blind with . The board came and Grafton had to settle for a min-cash.
and Chaloupka the 
to result in the first casualty of the day.
and Heidel had bottom set with 
on a board of 
.
, Rex Clinkscales from under the gun and [Removed:423] from two seats over. Leonardo Romeo moved all in for 4,000 and Clinkscales called.
face up and Clinkscales showed 
for second pair and Romeo mucked 
for the busted open-ended straight draw.
. "I am dead," Cormier sighed and added "I am so dead" on the 
river was already a formality.
for top pair after his opponent in tzhe small blind check-called bets of 1,800 on the 
turn and 3,400 on the 
river.
turn and 
turn. Kooij eyed the stack of his opponent carefully and folded.
for top pair. Joldis showed 
gave Cormier quads to bust two opponents.
and Jaromir Hanel called in the big blind with 
to remain ahead and let the bubble burst.
from the small blind and Andrei Badulescu called from the big blind with 
