Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

11-01-2017 17:40 UTC+1

Post First Break Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Simeon Todorov and fellow Bulgarian Stoyan Boyadzhiev busted in quick succession on different tables and joked, then headed to the payout desk with a smile on the face despite having to settle for €1,777. Among the other bigger names that busted in the same payout step were Ionut Voinea, Petr Stastny and Petr Svoboda.

There were already another 20 casualties after play has resumed and barely any minute passes without someone waiting for the payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Dolak	Busted
Aleksandr Pantiukhin	Busted
Nino Wagner	Busted
Kaloyan Markov	Busted
Miroslav Prosa	Busted
Daniel Granov	Busted
Miroslav Jozic	Busted
Michael Amann	Busted
Dirk Reinbach	Busted
Donato Alessi	Busted
Florian Gaugusch	Busted
Chih-Wen Chen	Busted
Petr Svoboda	Busted
Stoyan Boyadzhiev	Busted
Simeon Todorov	Busted
Petr Stastny	Busted
Ionut Voinea	Busted

Tags: Ionut Voinea Petr Svoboda Simeon Todorov

11-01-2017 17:32 UTC+1

Skorepa Takes a Beat

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Matous Skorepa called the shove of Leonardo Romeo for 79,000 with the and the Italian turned over on the button. The board came and Romeo rivered a straight.

Romeo then had Christian Thiry all in and at risk with the and Thiry turned over . The board ran out and Thiry doubled his short stack for 64,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matous Skorepa	390,000 63,000	63,000

Christian Thiry	150,000 63,000	63,000
Leonardo Romeo	90,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Christian Thiry Leonardo Romeo Matous Skorepa

11-01-2017 17:22 UTC+1

Rodriguez Rivers a Straight to Double Up

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Martin Thiel came into the day as the Day 1C chip leader and continued to run up a stack in the early parts of Day 2. He was sitting with nearly 700,000 chips when he got involved in a hand with David Rodriguez.

Thiel raised to 22,000 from middle position and Rodriguez defended his big blind. The flop came and Rodriguez check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thiel. The turn was the and Rodriguez checked again. Thiel fired another 50,000 and Rodriguez called.

The river landed the , putting four cards to a straight on the board. Rodriguez pushed all-in for 89,000 and Thiel called faster than Rodriguez could blink. Rodriguez turned over for a straight while Thiel held for just top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Theil	505,000 190,000	190,000

David Rodriguez	380,000 330,500	330,500

Tags: Martin Thiel David Rodriguez

11-01-2017 17:13 UTC+1

Kars Busts Adomkevicius

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Minutes after coming back from the break, Aneris Adomkevicius got his remaining ten big blinds in with the and Gert-Jan Kars looked him up with . The flop of spelled bad news for the Lithuanian, while the turn gave him a flush draw.

A jack would appear on the river, but it was the that improved Kars to a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gert-Jan Kars	270,000 137,500	137,500
Aneris Adomkevicius	Busted

Tags: Gert-Jan Kars Aneris Adomkevicius

11-01-2017 17:12 UTC+1

Players Eliminated in 163rd to 225th Place (€1,625)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Among those to bust in the second payout step of the day were such big names as Erik Cajelais, Antoine Vranken, Mike Leah, Max Pescatori and Roland Israelashvili. They all took home €1,625 for their efforts and will likely jump right into the next bracelet event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miklos Banyasz	Busted
Antoine Vranken	Busted

Kevin Holtz	Busted
Milan Skacel	Busted
Georgios Vrakas	Busted
Zurab Ejibia	Busted
Francesco Fama	Busted
Christos Paratsatidis	Busted
Rahul Marwaha	Busted
Fahir Han	Busted
Jakob Miegel	Busted
Przemyslaw Klejnowski	Busted
Andrei Boghean	Busted
Emma Fullarton	Busted
Alexander Scheiermann	Busted
Oleh Haisiuk	Busted
Jochen Geiselmann	Busted
Erik Cajelais	Busted

Achour Badal	Busted
Rudy von Rotz	Busted
Jaroslav Peter	Busted
Anastasios Parisis	Busted
Rafael Weber	Busted
Andras Kovacs	Busted
Alexander Neff	Busted

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Tags: Antoine Vranken Erik Cajelais Max Pescatori Mike Leah Roland Israelashvili

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

11-01-2017 16:49 UTC+1

First Break of the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 153 players are heading on their first 20-minute break of the day.

11-01-2017 16:48 UTC+1

Sikora Takes Revenge

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The pocket deuces of Przemyslaw Klejnowski were already in the muck and Jaroslaw Sikora had his tabled. Earlier today, Klejnowski was at risk with the worse pocket pair and spiked a lucky two-outer on the river. This time the board came and Sikora knocked out his fellow countryman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaroslaw Sikora	570,000 170,000	170,000
Przemyslaw Klejnowski	Busted

Tags: Jaroslaw Sikora Przemyslaw Klejnowski

11-01-2017 16:41 UTC+1

Hallaert Out-flops His Opponent

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Kenny Hallaert from earlier in the tournament

The action folded to Kenny Hallaert in the small blind who moved all-in for 165,000. The big blind looked down at his cards and quickly called for his last 90,000 chips.

Kenny Hallaert:
Opponent:

The flop came giving Hallaert a pair of fours. His opponent bounced out of his seat, shaking his head that he was now behind. The turn was the and the river landed the . Hallaert's pair of fours held on to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	276,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

11-01-2017 16:40 UTC+1

Players Eliminated in 226th to 258th Place (€1,500)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The first payout step guaranteed all players a payday of €1,500 and among those to settle for just that were Age Spets, Barny Boatman, Viliyan Petleshkov, Kevin MacPhee, Benjamin Chalot, Ivan Fedor and Frederic Delval among others.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Wittke	Busted
Gregor Gatterer	Busted
Mirko Mann	Busted
Beatrix Wolfsberger	Busted
Viliyan Petleshkov	Busted
Kevin MacPhee	Busted

Jochen Hippelein	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Haris Kovacevic	Busted
Itamar Turgeman	Busted
Angelo Toni Bamberger	Busted
Age Spets	Busted
Matthew Soyk	Busted
[Removed:320]	Busted
Zsolt Vass	Busted
Günter Fortkord	Busted
Joachim Wachholz	Busted
Maciej Lewandowski	Busted
Tomasz Chmiel	Busted
Oliver Kalabus	Busted
Nghi van Tran	Busted
Ting Ho	Busted
Benjamin Chalot	Busted
Jeffrey Szlanyinka	Busted
Frederic Delval	Busted

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Tags: Age Spets Barny Boatman Fedor Ivan Frederic Delval Kevin MacPhee Viliyan Petleshkov