Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
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
Thw Wild Ride Continues
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Abdelhakim Zoufri could all but smile after he scored a comeback double through Pietro Errante, taking some revenge for the massive pot the duo played just a few minutes ago. Zoufri turned two pair with 
to crack the 
of Errante on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | -16,000 |
|
35,000 | 19,000 |
Israelashvili and Freitez Eliminated
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Ivan Freitez doubled with 
versus 
for 5,400 after a flop of 
flop when the 
turn and 
river blanked out. Back up to around 15,000, Freitez then got into a big pot with table neighbor Stephane Schmitt and turned two pair with 
only for the Frenchman to turn over 
for a straight on the board of 
.
Another big name busted at almost the same time on a different table and another Frenchman was involved. Roland Israelashvili got his last 6,500 in with the 
and Frederic Delval called with the 
. The board came 
and Israelashvili was drawing dead on the turn on his second bullet to join the rail indefinitely for Day 1e.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Errante Doubles In Massive Pot
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000 | 42,000 |
|
40,000 | 5,000 |
|
35,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
16,000 | -29,000 |
|
15,000 | 1,000 |
Early Big Stacks
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Level seven has kicked off and the registration remains open for another hour and the following break. Below are assorted big stacks with Oliver Heidel back in action after winning a flip against Teunis Kooij.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 20,500 |
|
|
45,000 | 14,000 |
|
44,000 | 6,000 |
|
38,000 | 19,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
14,000 | -7,000 |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Chop It Up Some More
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Aneris Adomkevicius raised to 800 on the button and the small blind called, as did Roland Israelashvili in the big blind. On the 
flop all three players checked and the fell on the turn. The small blind checked and subsequently folded to a bet of 1,000 by Israelashvili and a raise to 3,000 by Adomkevicius. Israelashvili moved all in and was snap-called.
Aneris Adomkevicius: 
Roland Israelashvili:
The river was already meaningless as the split pot was guaranteed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,500 | 1,500 |
|
13,000 | 7,000 |
Pop and Halleux Chop it Up
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
In a min-raised pot to the flop of 
, the big blind checked as did Fabrice Halleux in the cutoff and Catalin Pop on the button. The 
turn and 
river were checked through also and the big blind mucked his cards. Halleux showed 
and Pop chopped it with . "Oh crap, I had ," the big blind said and added "but what do I beat?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 14,000 |
|
16,000 | 1,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
31,000 | -9,000 |
|
28,000 | 9,000 |
|
22,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
21,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
|
20,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
15,000 | 3,000 |
|
11,000 | 1,500 |
|
11,000 | 11,000 |
|
11,000 | 11,000 |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Jelinek and Boatman Eliminated
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Petr Jelinek was all in and at risk for around 8,000 with the 
and his table neighbor took the flip with . The board came and that was it for the Czech.
One table over, Barny Boatman got his stack in with against the 
of Jeff Cormier, who had just sat down for his second bullet, and the board came 
to bust Boatman. The same table also featured Sam Grafton and broke right after, Ivo Donev had busted there before as well.
Among the players to have already busted twice on Day 1e was Petr Targa, who will have to re-enter on Day 1f as of 6 p.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
19,000 | 19,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |