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

10-11-2018 02:35 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Paraschiv	300,000 95,000	95,000
Marian Kubis	255,000 50,000	50,000
Georgios Sefertzis	235,000 90,000	90,000
Guoliang Wei	190,000 80,000	80,000

Michael Soyza	100,000 -145,000	-145,000

Van Tiep Nguyen	80,000 10,000	10,000

10-11-2018 02:42 UTC+2

Soyza Cracks Lon's Kings to Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Michael Soyza experienced somewhat of a roller coaster and went from joint chip-leader to below average. Just now, Ondrej Lon and another player limped in. Soyza jammed for 82,000 in the small blind and Lon called in the cutoff, the button folded.

Michael Soyza:
Ondrej Lon:

Soyza was in need of help and got just that on the flop. The turn and river brought no threat anymore for the Malaysian and he remained in contention.

The same table no longer features Matous Houzvicek. "Aces versus jacks," he sighed on the rail when he caught the asking eye of the live reporter.

Van Tiep Nguyen was also all in and at risk. He turned a straight with against the of fellow countryman Rene Crha and both traded their stack sizes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ondrej Lon	185,000 85,000	85,000
Michael Soyza	175,000 75,000	75,000

Van Tiep Nguyen	140,000 60,000	60,000
Rene Crha	80,000 -80,000	-80,000
Matous Houzvicek	Busted

Tags: Matous Houzvicek Michael Soyza Ondrej Lon Rene Crha Van Tiep Nguyen

10-11-2018 02:49 UTC+2

Three Flush Draws Collide

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the three-way flop of , Stefan Haberl was all in and at risk out of the big blind and Reinhold Dona from one seat over got his stack of more than 120,000 into the middle as well. But that was not all yet, as Ondrej Lon had both easily covered and called Dona's shove as well.

Stefan Haberl:
Reinhold Dona:
Ondrej Lon:

Several players from the other tables gathered to see the showdown and Lon struck gold on the turn to improve. A blank river secured the double knockout and Dona was devasted.

"No no no, not like this," he said in table chat.

Just like that, the field was reduced to the last 29 hopefuls and Lon jumped into a commanding lead close to the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ondrej Lon	460,000 275,000	275,000
Reinhold Dona	Busted
Stefan Haberl	Busted

Tags: Ondrej Lon Stefan Haberl Reinhold Dona

10-11-2018 02:59 UTC+2

Kubis Takes From Yankov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a three-bet pot in a battle late position against cutoff, Krasimir Yankov checked the flop and Marian Kubis checked back. On the turn, Yankov bet 30,000 and Kubis just called to see the on the river.

Both players checked and Yankov showed . Kubis won the pot with but ended up shaking his head given the unfortunate run out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Kubis	330,000 75,000	75,000
Krasimir Yankov	195,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Marian Kubis

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-11-2018 03:10 UTC+2

One Greek Busts; Another Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The fate of two Greek awaited as Konstantinos Misailidis and Georgios Orestidis ended up all in and at risk in quick succession.

At the very end of the previous level, Misailidis three-bet jammed for around 20 big blinds out of the small blind and Sebastian Kos snap-called as initial raiser on the button.

Konstantinis Misailidis:
Sebastian Kos:

The board came and Kos dodged the back door straight draw to eliminate Misailidis.

As soon as the blinds had gone up, Orestidis was all in for 47,500 with the against Van Tiep Nguyen with . Orestidis improved to the nut straight on the turn of a board to remain in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Kos	410,000 260,000	260,000

Van Tiep Nguyen	130,000 -10,000	-10,000
Georgios Orestidis	100,000
Konstantinos Misailidis	Busted

Tags: Georgios Orestidis Konstantinos Misailidis Sebastian Kos Van Tiep Nguyen

10-11-2018 03:20 UTC+2

Tomecki Doubles; Sefertzis Busts Soyza

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On the three-way flop of , Lukas Tomecki bet 15,000 and Krasimir Yankov called. Georgios Sefertzis moved all in and Tomecki called for 114,500, Yankov quickly folded.

"I have aces," Tomecki announced and Sefertzis asked "black ones?" before tabling his for the second nut flush draw. Tomecki however had him crushed with and the Greek instantly started chatting in his native language including the word "malaka." The very word can be used among friends ... or in a slightly different meaning. Let's leave it at that.

Sefertzis found no miracle on the turn and river, and he had to forfeit a decent portion of his stack.

Soon after, he open-shoved out of the small blind and Michael Soyza called in the big blind with the inferior stack of around 110,000.

Michael Soyza:
Georgios Sefertzis:

The flop gave the Greek the straight and he turned an unbeatable flush with the , which made the river a formality.

Two tables were still playing, though, and one of them included an all in showdown. Sebastian Kos had jammed with into the of short stack Timo Vogt and the board ensured a split pot.

Right after, the fourth remaining table broke and the money bubble will now be played with three nine-handed tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukasz Tomecki	310,000 250,000	250,000
Georgios Sefertzis	300,000 -20,000	-20,000
Krasimir Yankov	175,000 -20,000	-20,000
Michael Soyza	Busted

Tags: Georgios Sefertzis Krasimir Yankov Michael Soyza Sebastian Kos Timo Vogt

10-11-2018 03:26 UTC+2

Hand-for-Hand Play Commences

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

For each hand on the money bubble, two minutes will be taken off the clock. In case two players bust on the same table, the chip count will be taken into consideration to determine the bubble boy whereas two eliminations on different tables would split the min cash. There are around 46 minutes remaining on Day 1B.

10-11-2018 03:35 UTC+2

Assorted Bubble Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasile Strugari	230,000 230,000	230,000
Nika Kakoishvili	190,000 190,000	190,000
Gian Mario Generosi	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roman Rychlik	80,000 -90,000	-90,000
Ovidiu Oprea	65,000 65,000	65,000
Ernst Schnelzer	60,000 60,000	60,000
Karel Novotny	47,000 47,000	47,000
Mirko Kratzer	13,000 13,000	13,000
Chris Ferguson	9,500 -14,500	-14,500

10-11-2018 03:44 UTC+2

Set for Kamphues

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ondrej Lon raised to 15,000 first to act and Lars Kamphues defended the big blind to see a flop of , which both players checked. Kamphues bet he turn for 14,000 and Lon called. The on the river was checked through and Kamphues rolled over for bottom set.

Lon virtually patted himself on the back and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ondrej Lon	360,000 -100,000	-100,000
Lars Kamphues	230,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Lars Kamphues Ondrej Lon