2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1f
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€203,820
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,435,412
Entries
2,992
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000

Saitta Busts to Siefert

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

Riccardo Saitta was all in and at risk for the last few big blinds with {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and Janosch Siefert looked him up with the {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}. The board came {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Spades} and Saitta became the latest casualty. Timo Brammer exited right after from a different table to reduce the field further.

Player Chips Progress
Janosch Seifert de
Janosch Seifert
175,000 175,000
Timo Brammer de
Timo Brammer
Busted
Riccardo Saitta it
Riccardo Saitta
Busted

Tags: Janosch SiefertRiccardo SaittaTimo Brammer

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Tsirakidis and Biancoviso Eliminated

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

Konstantinos Tsirakidis was the first player to fall once the bubble burst and Giuseppe Biancoviso followed suit in the last hand of the level.

The Italian moved all in for 61,500 from early position and Zoltan Gal tossed in a single chip for the call out of the small blind.

Giuseppe Biancoviso: {10-Spades}{6-Spades}
Zoltan Gal: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The board came {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{A-Spades}{2-Spades} and Biancoviso nearly got there via runner-runner straight, but ended up having to settle for a min cash of €802 instead.

Rifat Gegic was more fortunate. He three-bet all in for 47,500 and was called by Salvatore Greco.

Rifat Gegic: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Salvatore Greco: {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and the kicker played to let Gegic double.

Player Chips Progress
Zoltan Gal hu
Zoltan Gal
360,000 80,000
Rifat Gegic de
Rifat Gegic
105,000 23,000
Salvatore Greco it
Salvatore Greco
50,000 -95,000
Konstantinos Tsirakidis gr
Konstantinos Tsirakidis
Busted
Giuseppe Biancoviso it
Giuseppe Biancoviso
Busted

Tags: Giuseppe BiancovisoKonstantinos TsirakidisZoltan GalSalvatore GrecoRifat Gegic

The Bubble Bursts in the First Hand

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

There were two all in and call at separate tables. Salvatore Greco survived with {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} versus {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} while Petr Vlcek became the bubble boy. He moved all in for 90,000 over the top of a 12,000 raise and two calls. The initial raiser and Konstantinos Tsirakidis folded, but Rafi Elharar eventually made the call.

Petr Vlcek: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Rafi Elharar: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

The board came {Q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and Elharar turning an unbeatable full house to let the bubble burst in the very first hand. Expect the floodgates to open now with plenty of shorter stacks still in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Rafi Elharar il
Rafi Elharar
268,000 268,000
Petr Vlcek at
Petr Vlcek
Busted

Tags: Konstantinos TsirakidisRafi ElhararSalvatore Greco

The Money Bubble is Reached

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

David Domjan and Jihad Bejjani have been eliminated to reduce the field to the last 62 hopefuls. Bejjani was unfortunate enough to run with the second best starting hand into the one hand that tops it all.

Jihad Bejjani: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Jan Bendik: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

The board came {J-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and Bejjani was ousted just shy of the money. Hand-for-hand play will commence shortly and two minutes will be taken off the clock for each hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
EPT 1X Winner
340,000 250,000
Jihad Bejjani
Jihad Bejjani
Busted
David Domjan de
David Domjan
Busted

Tags: David DomjanJan BendikJihad Bejjani

Chakroun Chops With Tsaknis

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

Vasileios Tsaknis had Mohamed Chakroun all in and at risk for 78,000 and the player from Lebanon had the slightly inferior kicker with {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. Tsaknis held the dominating {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and remained in a comfortable lead on the {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop and {2-Clubs} turn.

Chakroun had some chop outs and got there with the {2-Spades} river much to the delight of his nearby rail.

Player Chips Progress
Vasileios Tsaknis gr
Vasileios Tsaknis
110,000 5,000
Mohamed Chakroun
Mohamed Chakroun
85,000 85,000

Tags: Mohamed ChakrounVasileios Tsaknis

Litvinyuk Out Before the Money

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

Elena Litvinyuk is no longer in her seat and Erich Kollmann confirmed that he won the most classic of coin flips with ace-king versus pocket queens to bust Litvinyuk before the money. There are only 64 players remaining now and the top 61 will cash for at least €802.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
410,000 220,000
Hesham Eshaqzai nl
Hesham Eshaqzai
380,000 295,000
Christian Hoschuetzky de
Christian Hoschuetzky
310,000 40,000
Mateusz Zerko pl
Mateusz Zerko
305,000 35,000
Tal Noach il
Tal Noach
300,000 70,000
Zoltan Gal hu
Zoltan Gal
280,000 130,000
Ronny Bouwmans nl
Ronny Bouwmans
260,000 260,000
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
260,000 170,000
Elias Abou Saleh lb
Elias Abou Saleh
210,000 70,000
Jesper Hoog se
Jesper Hoog
180,000 60,000
Vasileios Tsaknis gr
Vasileios Tsaknis
105,000 -115,000
Thorsten Holst de
Thorsten Holst
Busted
Samir Akhoullou be
Samir Akhoullou
Busted
Milad Oghabian ir
Milad Oghabian
Busted
Elena Litvinyuk ru
Elena Litvinyuk
Busted

Tags: Elena LitvinyukErich Kollmann

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

More Recent Casualties

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

There are only 71 players remaining and 61 of them will take home a portion of the prize pool. Among the recent casualties were Asher Dahan, Adrian Rus, Evian Christ and Danny Covyn.

Player Chips Progress
Asher Dahan de
Asher Dahan
Busted
Ghassan Yared lb
Ghassan Yared
Busted
Silviu Dumitrache ro
Silviu Dumitrache
Busted
Lior Torgeman
Lior Torgeman
Busted
Adrian Rus ro
Adrian Rus
Busted
Pavel Kovalenko ru
Pavel Kovalenko
Busted
Lukas Klima
Lukas Klima
Busted
Evian Christ us
Evian Christ
Busted
Danny Covyn be
Danny Covyn
Busted
Petar Petrov bg
Petar Petrov
Busted

Tags: Adrian RusAsher DahanDanny CovynEvian Christ