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

10-11-2018 19:03 UTC+2

Lalwani Sends Zukorlic to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Picking up the action on the flop, Rakesh Lalwani bet 1,100 and Jan Gompers called from a few seats over in late position. Edzevit Zukorlic on the button raised it up to 3,500 and Lalwani was the only caller. On the turn, Lalwani checked and Zukorlic moved all in for around 18,000, Lalwani almost beat him into the pot.

Edzevit Zukorlic:
Rakesh Lalwani:

The on the river brought no miracle for Zukorlic and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rakesh Lalwani	68,000 43,000	43,000
Jan Gompers	16,000 16,000	16,000
Edzevit Zukorlic	Busted

Tags: Edzevit Zukorlic Jan Gompers Rakesh Lalwani

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

10-11-2018 19:12 UTC+2

Scaramozza Busts Early On

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Patrick Scaramozza was already all in and awaiting his fate while Timo Kamphues and Evangelos Vougiouklakis headed to the turn. Vougiouklakis moved all in and Kamphues had a tough decision, but eventually folded with a dry smile on the face.

Patrick Scaramozza:
Evangelos Vougiouklakis:

Scaramozza had plenty of outs with his pair and straight draw, but the river was the blank to send the Italian to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evangelos Vougiouklakis	39,000 39,000	39,000
Timo Kamphues	30,000 5,000	5,000
Roman Motovsky	27,000 27,000	27,000
Patrick Scaramozza	Busted

Tags: Evangelos Vougiouklakis Timo Kamphues Patrick Scaramozza

10-11-2018 19:23 UTC+2

Segal Doubles With Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Amnon Ezuz limped and eventually six-bet all in to see Tamir Segal snap-call for his entire stack from one seat over. Franco Polidori folded and later said in table chat he had folded pocket queens.

Tamir Segal:
Amnon Ezuz:

The board came and Segal doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamir Segal	55,000 55,000	55,000

Franco Polidori	20,000 20,000	20,000
Amnon Ezuz	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Amnon Ezuz Franco Polidori Tamir Segal

10-11-2018 19:32 UTC+2

The Day 1D Field is Shaping Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Several well-known players from festivals at the King's Casino have entered Day 1D and the screens currently show 94 entries, of which 86 players remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Heidel	26,000 26,000	26,000
Andrey Andreev	25,000
Michal Lubas	25,000 25,000	25,000
Pavel Kovalenko	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	25,000 25,000	25,000

Huseyin Arkun	25,000 25,000	25,000
Hannes Neurauter	25,000 25,000	25,000
Robert Auer	25,000 25,000	25,000
Renato Kaneoya	25,000 25,000	25,000
Milad Oghabian	25,000 25,000	25,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jasper Van 't Hoff	25,000 25,000	25,000
Aleksandar Denishev	25,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

10-11-2018 19:40 UTC+2

Rus Chips Up; Takes a Hit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Adrian Rus had already more than doubled his stack and would have been near the chip lead if he had not lost a chunky pot just now. Rus rivered a straight with on the board only to see his opponent turn over for the full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michal Lubas	44,000 19,000	19,000
Adrian Rus	42,000 17,000	17,000
Micky Blasi	27,000 2,000	2,000
Philippe Bouhnik	25,000 25,000	25,000
Sander van Wesemael	25,000 -28,500	-28,500
Mick Heder	25,000 25,000	25,000
Rifat Gegic	25,000 25,000	25,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	12,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Adrian Rus

10-11-2018 19:48 UTC+2

Kovalenko Eliminated by Buzan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Adrian Buzan raised from under the gun and Pavel Kovalenko stuck around on the button to see the flop of . Buzan checked, Kovalenko bet 1,000 and was called by big stack Buzan.

On the turn, Buzan check-called a second bet worth 2,500 and then checked the on the river. Kovalenko bet 6,000 with around 10,000 behind and Buzan then moved all in.

After brief consideration, Kovalenko called and Buzan rolled over for a runner-runner straight. Kovalenko was stunned and slowly turned over his for flopped top two pair before slowly tossing his remaining chips to the dealer and leaving the table without a word.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Buzan	100,000 25,000	25,000
Pavel Kovalenko	Busted

Tags: Adrian Buzan Pavel Kovalenko

10-11-2018 19:55 UTC+2

Magistro Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Over on table 80, Marco Magistro was all in and at risk for 9,200 on the flop and his opponent looked him up with the . Magistro held and the turn and river changed nothing anymore.

New in Day 1D is Michael Eiler on the very same table, Jaroslav Peter and Allen Kessler also re-entered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Rus	37,000 -5,000	-5,000
Davide Della Longa	35,000 35,000	35,000
Andrey Andreev	35,000 35,000	35,000
Marco Magistro	33,000 33,000	33,000
Allen Kessler	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jaroslav Peter	25,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Eiler	25,000 25,000	25,000

Dutch Boyd	8,000 -24,000	-24,000

Amnon Ezuz	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler Jaroslav Peter Marco Magistro Michael Eiler

10-11-2018 20:02 UTC+2

The First Break on Day 1D

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Peter Kamaras arrived just when the Day 1D field was sent into the first 15-minute break of the day with 102 players out of 117 entries remaining.

"What happened?" Kamaras asked when noticing the big stack of Rakesh Lalwani.

"One guy went all in with top pair and there was only 8,000 in the middle. I hit sets against two pair, nut flush," Lalwani explained and the Indian is the chip leader after level four with nearly four times the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rakesh Lalwani	115,000 47,000	47,000
Peter Kamaras	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Peter Kamaras Rakesh Lalwani