Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Started
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
The 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Kicks Off! Day 1A of The COLOSSUS Starts at 6PM
The waiting time is over as the highly anticipated chase for the World Series of Poker bracelets recommences at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. The biggest poker room in Europe hosts the World Series of Poker Europe for the second year in a row and features a total of 10 bracelet events.
Up first is The COLOSSUS, which comes with a price tag of €550. The tournament features a total of eight starting days and will determine a champion within a week's time, the starting stack is set with 25,000. All participants are allowed a single re-entry during each flight and the registration remains open for a total of 10 levels.
Each Day 1 will play a total of 18 levels of 30 minutes each and roughly 15% of each field are paid.
Defending champion of the WSOPE The COLOSSUS is local player Matous Skorepa, who defeated a 4,115 entry-strong field and claimed the lion's share of the €2,078,075 prize pool. In the 2018 edition, a guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 awaits and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish.
Here's a look at the entire schedule for the 2018 WSOPE The COLOSSUS:
| Day | Date | Starting Time | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Tuesday October 9th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1B | Wednesday October 10th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1C | Thursday October 11th | 12:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1D | Thursday October 11th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1E | Friday October 12th | 12:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1F | Friday October 12th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1G | Saturday October 13th | 12:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1H | Saturday October 13th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 2 | Sunday October 14th | 15:00 | Level duration increases to 40 minutes |
| 3 | Monday October 15th | tba | Play Down to a champion |
The King's Casino is ready for another very successful festival right after the end of the World Series of Poker Circuit, which featured 14 ring events. Once again it was Martin Kabrhel that clinched the overall ranking after winning two gold rings and final-tabling another tournament at his new "home casino." Kabrhel now has four gold rings and one gold bracelet to his name, all of which he won right here at King's Casino.
Eyal Bensimhon narrowly missed out on another gold ring after finishing runner-up to Switzerland's Emil Bise in the WSOP International Circuit €1,650 Main Event yesterday. Bise came out on top of a field of 565 entries and claimed a payday of €185,652 as well as the coveted gold ring, while Bensimhon had to settle for €116,964.
12 Tickets in the Satellite
At 3 p.m. local time, a €75+5 Satellite for Day 1A of The COLOSSUS kicked off and gathered a field of 96 entries. Only 16 remain and the top 12 will receive entry to the €550 Event, while the 13th place finisher takes home €240 for his efforts.
That being said, Day 1A is expected to kick off shortly as the screens show more than 40 entries. The first players have already taken their seats and currently fill out the obligatory information sheet before the start.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
First Familiar Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Aliosha Staes reached the final table of the WSOP International Circuit €1,650 Main Event just yesterday and finished in 9th place for €16,833. The Belgian is among the first familiar faces on Day 1A. One table over is Dutch Boyd, who usually calls Las Vegas his home and ventured out of the US for the first time to compete for a bracelet here in Rozvadov.
Also in: Martin Wendt, Philipp Zukernik, Anatoly Korochenskiy and Paul Berende.
Wiljan van Woerkum claimed the first meaningful pot when he three-bet an open raise to 300 and a call. The Dutchman three-bet to 1,700 in the small blind and found no resistance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 26,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Boyd Busts Volkov
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Soon after sitting down, Dutch Boyd and Andrey Volkov clashed in a battle of pocket pairs and it was Boyd that had the best of it heading into the showdown. The Russian was already on the way out of the tournament area while Boyd's stack was counted to make sure that Volkov was indeed covered, the board still showing 
.
Volkov's 
were not mucked yet, while Boyd was secured the essential double up with his 
. Indeed, Volkov was covered and can re-enter once in the first ten levels to take another shot at the first gold bracelet of the series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Another Bracelet Winner on Board
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Guoliang Wei won Event #68: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em in Las Vegas this year after defeating Francois Tosques in heads-up and the player from China made it to Rozvadov to compete in the World Series of Poker Europe. Other new faces include Micky Blasi, Oliver Heidel, Teunis Kooij, Micky Blasi and Ashot Oganesian.
Edgars Strupka from Latvia was one of three players that scored an early double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Big Bet Poker by Korochenskiy
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Paul Berende and Anatoly Korochenskiy invested 700 chips preflop to see a flop of 
and Berende checked over to Korochenskiy. The Russian splashed in a bet of 5,200 and that took Berende by surprise.
"It is probably a mistake," the Dutchman added and mucked the face up.
New in the Day 1A field are Hannes Neurauter and Andrey Andreev, the screens show more than 80 entries already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
|
|
26,000 | 1,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
24,000 | -1,000 |
Hammer Folds to Shove
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Picking up the action on the three-way flop of 
, Patrick de Waegenaere checked out of the small blind and Manfred Hammer bet 1,000 in the big blind. Aliosha Staes on the button gave it some thought and folded, de Waegenaere proceeded to check-raise to 2,900. Hammer called and the 
turn followed next, triggering a bet of 5,000 by de Waegenaere and a call by Hammer.
On the river, the Dutchman emptied the clip and moved all in, Hammer quickly surrendered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
32,000 | 7,000 |
|
13,000 |