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

10-11-2018 02:25 UTC+2

Kaneoya Eliminated by Valent

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A preflop raising war ended with Brazil's Renato Kaneoya all in and at risk for around 90,000, and he faced Vladimir Valent in the below showdown:

Renato Kaneoya:
Vladimir Valent:

The board came and Kaneoya failed to pick up any help whatsoever to join the rail before the money on Day 1B.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Valent	265,000	125,000
Renato Kaneoya	Busted

Tags: Renato Kaneoya Vladimir Valent

10-11-2018 02:20 UTC+2

Nasty Beat for Sun

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun and Timo Vogt ended up all in and at risk for nearly identical short stacks and it was Sun that was the player at risk.

Yunsheng Sun:
Timo Vogt:

The flop seemingly secured the double for the player from China, however, the cruel turn and river improved Vogt to the nut straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timo Vogt	110,000
Yunsheng Sun	Busted

Tags: Yunsheng Sun Timo Vogt

10-11-2018 02:12 UTC+2

Boyd Misses The Money

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

James Bullimore and Dutch Boyd were eliminated soon after coming back from the break, the latter ending up second-best in a battle of the blinds against Krasimir Yankov.

Vojtech Skalak was more fortunate when he doubled through Timo Kamphues for his last 51,000. Skalak held and Kamphues had the . The board came and Skalak hit the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	270,000	135,000
Vojtech Skalak	110,000	110,000
Timo Kamphues	50,000	-75,000
James Bullimore	Busted
Dutch Boyd	Busted

Tags: Dutch Boyd James Bullimore Krasimir Yankov Timo Kamphues Vojtech Skalak

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-11-2018 01:46 UTC+2

Final Break of the Night

Christian Zetzsche

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

With 39 players remaining, level 14 has come to an end and the final 15-minute break of the night will commence as soon as the chip race of the T-100 denominations has been completed. Another four levels of 30 minutes each remain on the schedule for tonight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Paraschiv	205,000	-60,000
Rene Crha	160,000	-50,000
Lars Kamphues	160,000	20,000
Timo Kamphues	125,000	77,000
Ondrej Lon	100,000	60,000
Konstantinos Misailidis	85,000	40,000

10-11-2018 01:38 UTC+2

Houzvicek Doubles Soyza

Christian Zetzsche

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

Michael Soyza has taken over the role of table chip leader from Matous Houzvicek and was kind enough to provide the details as to what happened in the big clash between them. According to Soyza, he raised to 7,000 in the hijack and called Houzvicek's three-bet to 28,000 in the big blind. On the flop, Houzvicek check-raised all in and Soyza called for 89,200 with for a big draw.

Houzvicek held and the turn immediately improved Soyza, who didn't need the river anymore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	245,000	110,000
Matous Houzvicek	75,000	-165,000

Tags: Matous Houzvicek Michael Soyza

10-11-2018 01:29 UTC+2

Assorted Counts From Level 14

Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Matous Houzvicek	240,000	100,000
Pasquale Vinci	195,000	105,000
Guoliang Wei	110,000	-55,000
James Bullimore	65,000	-35,000
Yunsheng Sun	55,000	-15,000
Zurab Ejibia	45,000	6,000
Renato Kaneoya	40,000	-1,000
Chris Ferguson	24,000	-1,000

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	135,000	85,000
[Removed:335]	Busted
Daniel Prior	Busted

Tags: Daniel Prior Michael Soyza

10-11-2018 01:22 UTC+2

Boyd Pays Off Valent

Christian Zetzsche

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

On the river of a board , Dutch Boyd bet 16,000 and then faced a raise by Vladimir Valent. Boyd was deep in the think tank and the clock was called on him. With essentially the very last second of his extra time given by floor staff, Boyd tossed in the chips and Valent asked "what was that?"