Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-10-2018 16:04 UTC+2

Day 1B of The COLOSSUS Kicks off at 6PM!

Christian Zetzsche

The first of ten gold bracelet events of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe at the King's Casino in Rozvadov is off to a good start thanks to 154 entries on the first of eight starting days of Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em. Only 12 players bagged up chips after 18 levels of 30 minutes each while another 12 participants took home a portion of the Day 1A prize pool.

All those that failed to advance to Day 2 can take another shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000, as Day 1B kicks off at 6 p.m. local time in Europe's biggest poker arena. As usual, the late registration remains open for the first 10 levels until approximately 11.40 p.m. local time and the second flight will conclude upon completion of level 18 in the early morning hours past 4 a.m. local time.

Each participant receives 25,000 in chips to start with and a single re-entry is allowed during the registration period. The chip leader thus far is Poland's Dariusz Glinski, who bagged up impressive 669,000 earlier this morning and Gerrit Muller (544,000) was the only other player to advance with more than half a million in chips.

Among those expected to take another shot at glory are 2018 World Series of Poker Player of the Year contender Shaun Deeb, Chris Ferguson, Jeff Lisandro, Roland Israelashvili, Guoliang Wei, Allen Kessler, Sander van Wesemael and Teunis Kooij.

2018 WSOPE €550 The COLOSSUS Schedule

Day	Date	Starting Time	Late Reg	Entries	Survivors	Further Information
1A	Tuesday October 9th	18:00	~23:40	154	12	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, top 24 spots paid
1B	Wednesday October 10th	18:00	~23:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
1C	Thursday October 11th	12:00	~17:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
1D	Thursday October 11th	18:00	~23:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
1E	Friday October 12th	12:00	~17:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
1F	Friday October 12th	18:00	~23:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
1G	Saturday October 13th	12:00	~17:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
1H	Saturday October 13th	18:00	~23:40	tba	tba	Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached
2	Sunday October 14th	15:00	-	tba	tba	Level duration increases to 40 minutes
3	Monday October 15th	tba	-	tba	-	Play Down to a champion

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action from start to finish, so make sure to check back regularly to find out who will punch their ticket for Day 2 tonight.

Tags: Dariusz Glinski Gerrit Muller King's Casino Shaun Deeb WSOPE

10-10-2018 19:00 UTC+2

Bise Busts Early On

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Emil Bise, won who the WSOP International Circuit €1,650 Main Event here at King's Casino just a few days ago, has been among the early casualties on Day 1B of The COLOSSUS. Down to a mere 2,500, he was all in and at risk to pick up a call by Maksym Lavrov.

Emil Bise:
Maksym Lavrov:

Bise was not hopeful as he already left his seat and was on the way out of the tournament area even before any community cards had appeared. The board came and Bise glanced back briefly before heading to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksym Lavrov	32,000	32,000
Emil Bise	Busted

Tags: Emil Bise King's Casino Maksym Lavrov

10-10-2018 19:44 UTC+2

Van 't Hoff Busts and Re-Enters

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Evangelos Vougiouklakis and Evgeny Medyukha

On the heads-up flop of , Jasper Van 't Hoff got his stack in with the for bottom pair, gutshot and a flush draw. Table big stack Evgeny Medyukha looked him up with for the nut flush draw and gutshot to a superior straight.

Nothing changed with the turn, however, the river gave Medyukha the nut flush.

"See you on the next table," the Dutchman joked and was back in action soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeny Medyukha	90,000	25,000
Jasper Van 't Hoff	25,000

Tags: Evgeny Medyukha Jasper Van 't Hoff

10-10-2018 20:22 UTC+2

Cirianni Scores Double Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Josef Schmalzbauer attempted to push out Jaroslav Peter in a battle hijack versus button, however, Peter called all in for 14,200 and tabled the . Schmalzbauer only held and the board came .

Soon after, the three-way flop showed and Schmalzbauer, as well as Alexander Shelukhin, were all in. Francesco Cirianni looked them both up and was ahead with for top pair. Schmalzbauer held for the ten-high flush draw and Shelukhin had for an inferior flush draw. Both the turn and river changed nothing and Cirianni scored the double knockout with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Cirianni	62,000
Jaroslav Peter	30,000	30,000
Alexander Shelukhin	Busted
Karel Hoschna	Busted
Josef Schmalzbauer	Busted

Tags: Alexander Shelukhin Jaroslav Peter Josef Schmalzbauer

10-10-2018 22:00 UTC+2

Joseph Missing; Rychlik Leads

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Marc Anthony Joseph was no longer in his seat and still observing the tournament area from the nearby stairs. A quick chat with him revealed that Joseph had lost a big pot full house under full house to exit in cruel fashion.

Joseph had ran up his stack to 80,000 once more before dropping a few chips, and then clashed with Roman Rychlik. Joseph flopped trips with on the board of only for Rychlik to turn over the in the showdown on the river. That hand has boosted the stack of Rychlik significantly and he appears to be the current chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Rychlik	140,000
Marc Anthony Joseph	Busted

Tags: Marc Anthony Joseph Roman Rychlik

10-10-2018 23:00 UTC+2

Boyd Tops It All

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Francesco Cirianni is no longer in his seat and the big stack of Dutch Boyd has grown even bigger, as the three-time WSOP champion has moved up to seven times the starting stack. Boyd was kind enough to provide the details, as he claimed the chips of Cirianni.

According to Boyd, he raised to 2,200 and Cirianni three-bet small to 4,000 in order to pick up a call by Boyd. On the flop, Boyd check-called a bet worth 4,000 and check-raised the turn from 10,000 to 25,000. Cirianni moved all in for 60,000 and Boyd called with for the flush.

Cirianni had some outs with , but the river was a blank.

Soon after on the same table, Anatolii Zyrin's second entry for Day 1B was put at risk in a three-way all in. The cards of Aiguo Xu were already in the muck, as Zyrin had turned the nut flush with to eliminate Xu and double through another player with an inferior flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dutch Boyd	210,000	50,000
Anatolii Zyrin	45,000	45,000
Aiguo Xu	Busted
Francesco Cirianni	Busted

Tags: Aiguo Xu Anatolii Zyrin Dutch Boyd Francesco Cirianni

10-10-2018 23:15 UTC+2

Shaun Deeb Eliminated by Lukasz Tomecki

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Lukasz Tomecki raised to 2,500 first to act and Marian Kubis called out of the small blind. Shaun Deeb moved all in from the big blind for 28,900 and Tomecki asked for a count, gave it some thought and made the call. Kubis quickly folded and the following cards were turned over.

Shaun Deeb:
Lukasz Tomecki:

Deeb picked up some additional outs with a gutshot on the turn, but the river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukasz Tomecki	135,000	135,000
Marian Kubis	110,000	-15,000
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Lukasz Tomecki Marian Kubis Shaun Deeb

10-11-2018 00:44 UTC+2

Paraschiv Pulls Further Away

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The cards of Carmelo Vasta were already in the muck while Victor Paraschiv dragged in the pot with his cards still tabled. Several players at the table nodded as Paraschiv had hit a full house with on the board to send Vasta to the rail.

With only 44 players remaining, the field is shrinking rapidly and just the top 26 spots will get paid. The payout information will be released shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Paraschiv	265,000	55,000
Carmelo Vasta	Busted

Tags: Carmelo Vasta Victor Paraschiv

10-11-2018 01:26 UTC+2

Soyza Sends Prior to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The Day 1B field has been reduced to the final 40 hopefuls as Daniel prior and [Removed:335] both departed at almost the same time from different tables. Prior open-shoved for 23,900 first to act and Michael Soyza in the small blind asked for a count before reshoving.

Daniel Prior:
Michael Soyza:

The flop was no threat yet, but Soyza turned a flush draw with the . Instead of a diamond, it was the that appeared on the river and sent Prior to the rail before the money.