Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1g | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

10-30-2017 17:56 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	53,000
Ryan Hughes	50,000	15,000
Chris Ferguson	43,000	5,000
Felipe Ramos	10,000	10,000
Roberto Romanello	10,000	10,000
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

10-30-2017 17:25 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

130 players remain from a starting field of 313 and they are going on a break, their second of the day.

10-30-2017 17:24 UTC+2

Hellmuth Gets the Needle After Chipping Up

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Phil Hellmuth has had a good start to his flight of THE COLOSSUS, chipping up to 18,000 following the elimination of one player.

"In how many years do you become a senior?" asked tablemate Peter Kamaras. Hellmuth removed his headphones and Kamaras repeated his question.

"Negative three," came the reply from 53-year-old.

We didn't quite catch the comment Kamaras made about his tablemate's youthful demeanour, but Hellmuth shot back "Happens when you act like a child!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Kamaras	29,000	29,000
Phil Hellmuth	18,000	8,000

10-30-2017 17:14 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts; Hellmuth Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Makarios Avramidis	85,000
Sam Grafton	53,000	9,000
Roland Israelashvili	42,000	12,000
Walter Treccarichi	39,000	1,000
Chris Ferguson	38,000	23,000
Hossein Ensan	35,000	35,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	32,000	-20,000
Anatoliy Zyrin	30,000	-19,000
Barny Boatman	28,000
Fred Andersson	11,000	4,000
Phil Hellmuth	10,000	10,000
Kristen Bicknell	9,000	9,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	7,000	-10,000
Martin Kabrhel	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

10-30-2017 16:42 UTC+2

Chris Ferguson Triples Up

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

It folded to Chris Ferguson in middle position who moved all in for 5,350. The hijack asked for a count before moving all in himself for 5,975. The player in the cutoff took slightly less time sliding his chips into the middle to call, putting both players at risk.

The remaining players all folded and the cards were turned over:

Chris Ferguson:
Hijack:
Cutoff:

Ferguson chuckled at his opponents' cards as the flop came giving Ferguson top pair. The turn was the and the rvier the and Ferguson tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Ferguson	15,000	9,000

Tags: Chris Ferguson

10-30-2017 16:39 UTC+2

Big Stacks and Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Pertea	67,000
Matous Houzvicek	62,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	52,000	-7,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	45,000	45,000
Sam Grafton	44,000	19,000
Yehuda Cohen	Busted
Sander van Wesemael	Busted