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

10-31-2017 23:22 UTC+2

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are on their second break of the day, with 590 out of 1,105 entries still in contention. Late registration will be closed after this level.

10-31-2017 23:00 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Wouter van der Peijl	35,000	15,000
Roberto Romanello	30,000	30,000
Aneris Adomkevicius	30,000	-4,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	26,000	16,000
Aaron Durzak	26,000	26,000
Carlo Savinelli	18,000	-1,000
Raoul Refos	18,000	14,000
Tal Cohen	16,000	16,000
Vivian Saliba	15,000	5,000
Antoine Vranken	13,000	13,000
Eusebiu Jalba	9,000	-1,000
Marc MacDonnell	5,500	-4,500
Robert Auer	Busted

Some people are the one and done type. Some others opt for the occasional reentry. However, Marc MacDonnell is showing some serious perseverance as the Irish pokerpro just fired his ninth (!) bullet in THE COLOSSUS. MacDonnell is looking to take a page out of Sander van Wesemael's book, who fired eight bullets before bagging 472,000 last night.

9th and final effort in the colossus. Road trip to Prague could be needed after
— Marc Macdonnell (@sluglife87)

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc MacDonnell	10,000	10,000

Tags: Marc MacDonnell

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

10-31-2017 22:51 UTC+2

Nemtcov Gets There on the River

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

A player opened to 1,200 in middle position and Aleksandr Nemtcov three-bet to 3.200 in late position. His opponent called and check-called 2,500 on a flop. The turn was the and Nemtcov bet 4,200, which received another call.

On the river, both players quickly checked. Nemtcov's opponent showed and angrily mucked when Nemtcov tabled .

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Nemtcov	35,000

Tags: Aleksandr Nemtcov

10-31-2017 22:33 UTC+2

Day 1j Officially The Biggest Flight

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

The total number of players on Day 1j is currently at 1,045, making it officially the biggest of the ten starting flights. Late registration is open for another hour and the player total is expected to rise even further.

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

10-31-2017 22:12 UTC+2

Gotz Takes Down Two, Claims Lead

Yori Epskamp

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

One of the early front-runners in Day 1j is Manuel Gotz. With already over 30,000 in his stack to start the hand with, Gotz found himself in a three-way all-in situation on a board.

Manuel Gotz:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:

Opponent #1 had moved in with the short stack, Gotz raised, opponent #2 came over the top all in for 15,000 and Gotz called. The turn was the and the river the , giving Gotz the winner either way. The German moved up to 62,000 after the hand.