2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€203,820
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,435,412
Entries
2,992
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000

Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em

Day 3 Completed

Tamir Segal Wins the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe COLOSSUS for €203,820

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Tamir Segal - 2018 WSOPE COLOSSUS Champion
Tamir Segal - 2018 WSOPE COLOSSUS Champion

After less than four hours of play, the first gold bracelet of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe has been awarded to Tamir Segal from Israel! Segal beat 2,991 other hopefuls on the road to the first-place prize of €203,820 for winning Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em.

The guaranteed prize pool for the tournament was set at €1,000,000 but was surpassed during the penultimate flight and exceeded the expectations by achieving a prize pool of €1,435,412 in the end. More than half of the entries were collecting over the last two flights here at the King’s Casino in rustic Rozvadoz, Czech Republic.

This is the biggest cash ever for Segal and he was very happy to be able to take this back to the bank after defeating Wojciech Wyrebski heads-up. The second-place prize of €125,966 is also the biggest ever for the Polish player and he will also have been very satisfied with his deep run today.

After eight starting flights and a hectic paced Day 2, ten players made it through to the unofficial final table. Hannes Neurauter, Krasimir Yankov, and Bjorn Bouwmans were the most notable players on the feature table.

2018 WSOPE COLOSSUS Final Table
2018 WSOPE COLOSSUS Final Table

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize (in EUR)
1Tamir SegalIsrael203,820 
2Wojciech WyrebskiPoland125,966
3Aksel AyguenBelgium92,385 
4Dariusz GlinskiPoland68,331 
5Hannes NeurauterGermany51,854
6Francesco DelfocoItaly38,349 
7Flavio DecataldoItaly29,104
8Krasimir YankovBulgaria22,281 
9Bjorn BouwmansNetherlands17,209
    
10Nelio GattaItaly13,410 

Action of the Final Day

The final day of the COLOSSUS started just after 3 PM local time on the TV table which would be live streamed with a 30-minute delay. Hole cards wouldn’t be shown until the final eight players had been reached. A mere twenty minutes into the day, Aksel Ayguen found a double-up through Dariusz Glinski when he shoved with pocket eights and was called by Glinksi with pocket aces. Ayguen rivered a straight to stay alive. Another fifteen minutes later, the official final table was reached when Nelio Gatta shoved his last 12 big blinds into the pocket fives of Segal and didn’t get enough help of the board.

Flavio Decataldo was the next to double his short stack up with ace-king against Yankov’s queen-ten just before the first official break of the day. Shortly after the restart of the tournament, which might have been the key hand of the tournament, Bouwmans had raised with ace-king and Segal shoved on him with ace-queen. Bouwmans tanked and then called to see the queen come on the turn to eliminate him in 9th place. The Dutchman finished in 24th place last year so has improved on that result but was pretty disappointed to not have come even farther this time.

Hannes Neurauter vs Wojciech Wyrebski
Hannes Neurauter vs Wojciech Wyrebski

With the hole cards now being streamed too, the momentum seemed to turn too. Wojciech Wyrebski doubled through Neurauter with pocket aces against queens. Yankov was yanked away from the tournament when he ran his ace-jack into the ace-king of Wyrebski. Yankov ran deep earlier this year during the summer when he finished in 64th place in the Main Event on Day 6.

Then it was Flavio Decataldo’s turn to double up when his ace-king held against the ace-jack of Glinski. Glinski himself then quadrupled up to just over seven big blinds with king-queen. But then the run of Decataldo was really over, his pocket kings couldn’t crack the pocket aces of Segal. The Italian kilt-wearing Francesco Delfoco had just over a big blind when he called Segal’s raise from the button. His ace-ten couldn’t beat the deuces of Segal who even flopped a set to eliminate Delfoco in 6th place for €38,349.

A double up for Glinski and one for Ayguen later, Neurauter’s shove with queen-five suited was called by Segal and Ayguen. The flop came seven-deuce-ten for Ayguen to shove too. Segal folded and Neurauter was behind against the pocket nines. Neurauter turned a flush draw but got no further help. He picked up €50,971 plus €883 he won in one of the starting days of the tournament. Five minutes later, The day 1A chip leader, Glinksi, was gone when his ace-deuce were beaten by the ace-eight of Ayguen.

Ayguen was slowly losing chips to Segal when the final blow came when he ran his pocket jacks into the king-seven of Segal himself. Segal rivered the straight to eliminate Ayguen in third place to go heads up against the Day 2 chip leader, Wyrebski. The chips when back and forth for about twenty minutes before Wyrebski raised with ace-queen and Segal shoved on him with king-ten. Wyrebski called but busted when the king came on the turn for Segal and Segal even improved to two pair on the river to win the tournament.

Tamir Segal vs Wojciech Wyrebski
Tamir Segal vs Wojciech Wyrebski

Right now, Event #2: €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Deepstack and Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed are ongoing with live updates coming in from the PokerNews live reporting team, so make sure to follow all the action in those events too!

Tags: Aksel AyguenBjorn BouwmansDariusz GlinskiFlavio DecataldoFrancesco DelfocoHannes NeurauterKrasimir YankovNelio GattaTamir SegalWojciech Wyrebski

Wojciech Wyrebski Eliminated in 2nd Place (€125,966)

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Wojciech Wyrebski
Wojciech Wyrebski

Wojciech Wyrebski raised to 3,000,000 from the button and Tamir Segal shoved for Wyrebski to snap-call with the shorter stack.

Tamir Segal: {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Wojciech Wyrebski: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

Both players got up from their chairs to see the board run out.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} with the king in the window.

The turn was the {8-Spades} for the ace to be the only out for Wyrebski to survive but the river was the {10-Spades} and Wyrebski finished the tournament as the runner-up for €125,966.

A full recap of today's action is to follow.

Player Chips Progress
Tamir Segal il
Tamir Segal
74,750,000 16,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Wojciech Wyrebski pl
Wojciech Wyrebski
Busted
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Tamir SegalWojciech Wyrebski

Raise, Shove, and Fold

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

- Wojciech Wyrebski raised to 2,100,000 from the button with {k-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Tamir Segal shoved putting Wyrebski all-in. Wyrebski contemplated for a bit but then folded.

- Segal shoved with {10-}{9-} and Wyrebski insta-folded.

- Wyrebski raised to 2,000,000 from the button with {j-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and Segal found {q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} in the big blind and decided to fold.

Tags: Tamir SegalWojciech Wyrebski

Level: 39

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000

Aksel Ayguen Eliminated in 3rd Place (€92,385)

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Aksel Ayguen
Aksel Ayguen

Aksel Ayguen shoved on the button for 6,850,000 after having lost part of his stack in various little pots before. Tamir Segal was sitting in the big blind and asked for a count, the dealer confirmed the amount and Segal called.

Aksel Ayguen: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Tamir Segal: {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} to keep Ayguen ahead.

The turn was the {a-Diamonds} to give Segal a straight draw so Ayguen just needed to avoid a jack or king but the {j-Clubs} came on the river to blow Ayguen out of the tournament in 3rd place for €92,385.

Segal and Wojciech Wyrebski have been sent for a short break while the table is set up for the heads-up match.

Player Chips Progress
Tamir Segal il
Tamir Segal
58,550,000 14,075,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Wojciech Wyrebski pl
Wojciech Wyrebski
16,200,000 775,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Aksel Ayguen be
Aksel Ayguen
Busted

Tags: Aksel AyguenTamir SegalWojciech Wyrebski

Not Much Action

Level 38 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Tamir Segal raised to 1,800,000 from the button with {k-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, Aksel Ayguen three-bet to 4,200,000 from the small blind with {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}. Action folded back to Segal who considered it for a bit and then folded.

Ayguen then shoved with {a-Clubs}{2-Hearts} from the button and got no call.

Player Chips Progress
Tamir Segal il
Tamir Segal
44,475,000 1,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Wojciech Wyrebski pl
Wojciech Wyrebski
15,425,000 800,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Aksel Ayguen be
Aksel Ayguen
15,025,000 -1,225,000

Tags: Aksel AyguenTamir Segal

Level: 38

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

Dariusz Glinski Eliminated in 4th Place (€68,331)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Dariusz Glinski
Dariusz Glinski

Aksel Ayguen raised from under the gun and Dariusz Glinski shoved from the button. Action folded back to Ayguen who made the call.

Dariusz Glinski: {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Aksel Ayguen: {A-Spades}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for Ayguen to flop top two pair and no help came for Glinski on the turn for him to be drawing dead by the time the river was dealt. Glinski picked up some pay jumps and was eliminated in fourth place for €68,331.

Player Chips Progress
Tamir Segal il
Tamir Segal
43,275,000 -2,600,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aksel Ayguen be
Aksel Ayguen
16,250,000 5,250,000
Wojciech Wyrebski pl
Wojciech Wyrebski
14,625,000 -1,500,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Dariusz Glinski pl
Dariusz Glinski
Busted
Day 1A Chip Leader

Tags: Aksel AyguenDariusz Glinski

Hannes Neurauter Eliminated in 5th Place (€51,854)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Hannes Neurauter
Hannes Neurauter

Hannes Neurauter shoved from the button for 2,300,000. Tamir Segal asked for a count in the small blind and called. Aksel Ayguen looked at his cards in the big blind and considered his options. After a few seconds, Ayguen made the call.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Segal check-folded to Ayguen's shove.

Hannes Neurauter: {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Aksel Ayguen: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

Ayguen was ahead with the pocket nines and Neurauter needed hearts or a queen.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} to give Neurauter a flush draw but the {6-Diamonds} on the river wasn't what he needed and Neurauter was sent to the cashier to pick up €51,854 for finishing in 5th place (which also includes an earlier cash in the COLOSSUS).

Player Chips Progress
Aksel Ayguen be
Aksel Ayguen
11,000,000 4,650,000
Hannes Neurauter de
Hannes Neurauter
Busted

Tags: Aksel AyguenHannes NeurauterTamir Segal