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.
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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.
and Casey Kastle checked in the small blind, as did Milad Oghabian in the big blind. Edgars Strupka bet 2,100 in late position and Kastle check-shoved for 23,500. Oghabian pushed forward his chips and Strupka quickly tossed in a single chip for the call as far superior stack.
turn and 
river completed the board, but suddenly the floor was called. What had happened? On the flop, Oghabian had kept some T-500 chips behind and was technically not all in. However, his shove over the top of Kastle would have been for his entire stack. As a result, the floor ruled it as accepted action and all chips of Oghabian went to Strupka.
and Miller paired his ace on the turn to send the three-time WSOP bracelet winner to the rail.
river run changed nothing anymore and Kooij took a big hit to his stack.
river to ship over almost 90,000 to Avigal. Prior doubled his remaining few big blinds the next hand and jumped back to more than the starting stack.
of James Bullimore were all but rushed away as his kicker problem against the dominating ace of Corentin Schmauch found no help on a board of 
board and Berende showed 
. Glinski had that bear with 
and Baars mucked 
to let the bubble on Day 1A burst.
board, the German exited the very next hand.