Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,435,412
Entries
2,992
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Tedeschi Doubles Through Baars
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
With more than 50,000 already in the middle and the turn showing 
, Giuseppe Tedeschi moved all in for the last 36,500 and Nicolaas Baars was in the think tank. The Dutchman eventually called and Tedeschi showed 
for a pair of nines. Baars only had two outs with the 
and failed to get there after a blank 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 60,000 |
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
Valent No More
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
"You missed a big one," Julian Adamson said and indeed a big stack was missing from table 94, as the seat that formerly belonged to Vladimir Valent was now empty. The chips went just a few centimeters over and right into the stack of Gerrit Muller, who once again claimed the top spot on Day 1A: Word on the street is a limped pot gave both players two pair and Muller had the best of it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 130,000 |
|
120,000 | -70,000 |
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
50,000 | -30,000 |
|
Busted |
Miller Sends Roussis to the Rail
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Artem Miller raised to 7,500 and picked up one caller in Marcin Jaworski. A short-stacked Theodoros Roussis pushed for 27,500 and Miller raised, Jaworski folded.
Theodoros Roussis: 
Artem Miller: 
Much to the displeasure of Roussis, his opponent paired up on the 
flop. Both the 
turn and the 
river were blanks and Roussis was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | 50,000 |
|
135,000 | |
|
Busted |
Zukernik Folds the Flop
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Paul Berende raised the button to 5,500 and Julian Adamson three-bet out of the small blind to 16,000, which forced a quick fold from Berende.
Two hands later, Philipp Zukernik made it 6,500 to go from the small blind and Michael Braeutigam defended the big blind. Zukernik continued for 4,000 with the flop showing 
, but a raise to 13,000 did the trick for Braeutigam.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
95,000 | -40,000 |
|
80,000 | 35,000 |
|
45,000 | -36,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Another Break
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The third and penultimate break of the day has just kicked off with 41 players out of 154 entries remaining. In the 15-minute break, the T-100 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the remainder of the night.
Valent Busts Kratzer
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Daniel Prior had been eliminated not long ago and was replaced by Mirko Kratzer. However, the fortune in the seat remained the same as Kratzer bowed out soon after. Down to around 17,000 he was all in with the 
and Vladimir Valent had an easy call with 
. The board came 
and one king wasn't enough to keep Kratzer in contention.
In the meanwhile, Shaun Deeb has also been eliminated on a different table and will have to try again in one of the remaining seven flights in order to earn vital points for the Player of the Year leardboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 55,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Assorted Counts
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 85,000 |
|
125,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -40,000 |
|
75,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
45,000 | 22,000 |
|
44,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 8,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Payout Information for Day 1A
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The first of eight starting days of The COLOSSUS will play until the end of level 18 or until 10 players remain, whichever of the two comes first. Similar to the 2017 edition of this event in Rozvadov and also at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the money will be reached and there is a separate prize pool for each Day 1 and as of Day 2. The 154 Day 1A entries created a prize pool of €73,881 and the top 24 spots will get paid as follows:
| Place | Payout (in EUR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19,853 |
| 2 | 12,263 |
| 3 | 8,458 |
| 4 | 5,967 |
| 5 | 4,307 |
| 6 | 3,184 |
| 7 | 2,411 |
| 8 | 1,872 |
| 9 | 1,491 |
| 10-12 | 1,218 |
| 13-15 | 1,023 |
| 16-18 | 883 |
| 19-24 | 784 |
For those that bust in the money and lock up a cash prize already, another chance awaits in any of the remaining starting days and participants can also opt to surrender their stack upon bagging and tagging. All unused prizes will then go towards a separate prize pool for all players that reach Day 2.