Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1i Completed
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1i
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
Ankucic Is The New Overall Chip Leader After Day 1i; Day 2 Continues Tomorrow At 3 P.M.
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The first of the last two flights of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS ended today with 70 players making it through to Day 2 tomorrow, Wednesday, November 1st. After more than 9 hours of play, Nebojsa Ankucic took the chip lead honor for Day 1i with 525,500 chips. This also means he has taken over the overall chip lead of all the players that have made it through to Day 2.
Day 1i had a total of 1,022 entries and 70 players made it through to Day 2. It was the second biggest flights of the series, only surpassed by Day 1j, which had 1,140 entries. Out of the 70 players today, second in the chip counts is Belgian Bjorn Bouwmans (420,500). The cash he will earn for this event will be his biggest ever and his second in his poker career. Thomas Hofmann is taking 407,000 chips with him, this is his first cash in Rozvadov so he will be looking forward to achieving some great results here.
Other notables making it through to Day 2 are two-time WSOP bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell (225,000), Master Classics of Poker winner Abdelhakim Zoufri (205,500) and Jaroslav Peter (143,500). Unfortunately, not everyone made it through today, players like Pedro Oliveira, Aneris Adomkevicius, Walter Treccarichi, Ivo Donev, Phil Hellmuth, William Kassouf, Manig Loeser and many others fell today.
Keep your eyes on PokerNews as the last flight ends today. Tomorrow all the action of Day 2 starts at 3 p.m. local time so make sure to come back to follow all the latest updates!
End-of-day Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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525,500 | 214,500 |
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420,500 | |
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407,000 | 407,000 |
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327,000 | -23,000 |
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321,500 | 321,500 |
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293,500 | 293,500 |
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274,000 | 274,000 |
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270,000 | 20,000 |
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225,500 | 225,500 |
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225,000 | 20,000 |
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219,000 | 219,000 |
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217,000 | 217,000 |
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212,000 | -3,000 |
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212,000 | 212,000 |
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212,000 | 212,000 |
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205,500 | 205,500 |
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204,000 | 204,000 |
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191,500 | 191,500 |
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178,000 | 178,000 |
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175,500 | 175,500 |
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175,500 | 175,500 |
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171,000 | 171,000 |
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169,500 | 169,500 |
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161,500 | 161,500 |
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153,000 | 153,000 |
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Play Ended
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Play has ended for today. A recap and full chip counts will follow as soon as possible.
Bouwmans Shot Up
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
In the last hand of the day, Bjorn Bouwmans eliminated another player for a pot which could possibly have shot him up in the chip counts, all the way to the top.
Bjorn Bouwmans was all in and called by his opponent.
Bjorn Bouwmans: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
- a set of queens for Bouwmans and he eliminated his opponent. He now has one of the bigger or maybe even the biggest stack of all the players aking it through to Day 2 via Day 1i.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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420,500 | |
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Last 4 Hands
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament organization has announced that the players have to play four more hands before bagging for the day.
Aidonopoulos Eliminated By De Berry
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Pierre De Berry raised to 12,000 from the cutoff but Theodoros Aidonopoulos shoved all in from the button. Action folded back to De Berry who called.
Pierre De Berry: 
Theodoros Aidonopoulos: 
The board ran out 
- no help for Aidonopoulos and he was on his way to the payout desk once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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215,000 | |
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Busted | |
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New Names
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The bust-outs have been coming fast and furiously after the bubble burst. It seems things have calmed down now and there are some new people to get to know:
Mihai Hanu just won an all in with 
against 
on a 
board and he doubled up for the 90,500 he had in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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311,000 | |
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190,000 | |
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130,000 | -11,000 |
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Break Chip Counts
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The players have just gone for their final break which lasts 15 minutes. When they return, they will play 2 more levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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350,000 | |
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205,000 | 65,000 |
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99,000 | 58,000 |
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89,000 | -1,000 |
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88,000 | 49,000 |
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65,000 | -11,000 |
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63,000 | 17,000 |
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50,000 | -30,000 |
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500