Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1e Started
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
Day 1e of THE COLOSSUS Kicks Off at Noon!
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
The First Batch of Notables for Day 1e
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Among those to be in their seats right at the start were Petr Jelinek, Ivo Donev, Oleksandr Shcherbak, Patrick Schuhl, Oliver Heidel and Sergei Petrushevskii. Shcherbak won the first gold bracelet here at King's Casino while Donev is also among those to have been crowned a WSOP champion previously already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Early Pot for Mrakes
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Joining the action on the 
flop, the player in the small blind and Michal Mrakes in the big blind invested 500 each with some 1,100 in the middle already. The 
fell on the turn and the small blind checked. Mrakes now bet 1,000 and his opponent eventually folded.
Mrakes came close at bagging up a stack for Day 2 last night but was eventually eliminated in the penultimate level of Day 1d.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,300 | 11,300 |
Gegic Hopes for Another Deep Run
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Rifat Gegic finished third in the 2017 World Series of Poker International Circuit Main Event here at King's Casino a few days ago and continued the good performances with deep runs in yesterday's two flights. Gegic finished 13th and 14th respectively but failed to bag up chips for Day 1. "I will probably finish 15th next," the German said sarcastically and joined the action just now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Up to 70 Entries
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Mid-way through the first level of the day, the numbers have climbed to 70 entries and below are further notables that just sat down and joined the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Heidel Starts Hot and Busts Two
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,500 | 19,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
The Next Notables for Day 1e
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
"I want revenge, I had 200,000 yesterday with 22 players left and didn't make it," Sander van Wesemael said when he sat down at the same table as Ivo Donev. Furthermore, Francisco Quevedo, Aneris Adomkevicius and Theodoros Aidonopoulos also took their seats towards the end of level one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
10,000 | |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0