Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1e
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€2,078,075
Entries
4,115
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Break with 28 Remaining
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Vyacheslav Stoyanov raised and tank-called the three-bet shove of Ronald Keijzer for 79,700 to set up the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Ronald Keijzer: 
Vyacheslav Stoyanov: 
The board came 
and Keijzer hit a runner runner flush to crack the flopped set of Stoyanov. Right after, all 28 remaining players headed into a 20-minute break. Kai Münster and Petro Popovych can take a longer break, though, after they busted before the break still.
Münster check-called a jack-high flop and check-shoved the turn with 
for top pair, Pedro Oliveira snap-called with pocket sevens for middle set and that was it for Münster.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 80,000 |
|
18,500 | -106,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
A Chop and a Double on the Bubble
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Ronald Keijzer raised to 5,800 and called the shove of Lukas Klima for 26,500. Keijzer turned over 
and Klima had the 
, there was no sweat on the board 
.
Three players limped in including Kadir Uzunoglu, Cheng Ching-Weng and Patrick Schuhl on the button. Roman Volk pushed from the small blind for 22,800 and it folded back to Schuhl. "You want to gamble?" the Frenchman asked and Volk shook his head. "Maybe I want to gamble," Schuhl continued and called shortly after.
Roman Volk: 
Patrick Schuhl: 
The board came 
and Volk doubled with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 25,000 |
|
30,000 | -10,000 |
Pettersson Bubbles; Grafton Follows After
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
45,000 | 6,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Schuhl Builds Stack on the Bubble
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
On the four-way turn of 
, Patrick Schuhl bet 5,000 and picked up a call by Petro Popovyh, a fold from Cheng Ching-Weng and a call by Michal Mrakes. The trio checked the 
on the river and Mrakes was the first to show after the button, turning over 
. Schuhl had that beat with and Popovych mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | 62,000 |
|
95,000 | -25,000 |
|
38,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
35,000 | -17,000 |
Big Stack Action on the Bubble
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Pietro Errante and Jeff Cormier tangled in a pot that reached up to 50,000 until the 
river and Cormier checked behind to see Errante turn over 
for a flush. "Sick river," Cormier sighed and briefly flashed 
for the flopped flush that was no good anymore.
Fahir Han and Vyacheslav Stoyanov got into a big stack versus big stack battle as well and Stoyanov defended his big blind to a raise by Han. After check-calling the flop and checking through the turn, Stoyanov bet the river for 23,000. Han sighed and folded, then said "too much, if you bet 15,000 I call."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 15,000 |
|
135,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -15,000 |
|
80,000 | -5,000 |
Hand-for-Hand Play Underway
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Pedro Oliveira pushed his stack back up while one more hand was played, and it turned out to be a big one. Thorsten Böhringer and Michal Mrakes clashed and the former was all in after the turn of a board 
. Böhringer showed and Mrakes had pocket sevens, the 
on the river was a blank.
Play will now continue hand-for-hand with two minutes per hand being deducted on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
58,000 | -62,000 |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
25,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
20,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
12,000 | -12,000 |
|
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Schmitt Busts Münst
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
After a raise to 5,500, Christopher Münst moved all in for 23,200 from the hijack and Stephane Schmitt called on the button, the initial raiser folded.
Christopher Münst:
Stephane Schmitt:
The board came 
and Münst found no help to reduce the field to the last 32.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Another Two Eliminated
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Cheng Ching-Weng sent an opponent to the rail after winning a flip with versus on the board of 
.
Moments later, Karel Chaloupka ran with into the of Jean-Noel Thorel and the field was reduced to the last 33.
One bigger pot was played still as Vyacheslav Stoyanov raised to 4,500 and picked up calls by Rui Figueredo and Pedro Oliveira. On the 
flop the action checked to Stoyanov and he bet 9,000. Only Oliveira called and checked again the turn which prompted the shove of Stoyanov for more than 75,000. Oliveira spent minutes in the think tank and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
75,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
Busted |