Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1f Started
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1f
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,435,412
Entries
2,992
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
A Busy Night Expected for Day 1F of The COLOSSUS
As expected, the action for the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe has picked up and a busy night shift lies ahead in the King's Casino in Rozvadov for all poker enthusiasts from near and far. After 610 entries in total throughout the first four starting days, Day 1E of Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em is already underway with more than 300 entries. The evening flight is poised to be even bigger than that to put the event on track to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000.
Day 1F will kick off at 6 p.m. local time and a total of 18 levels of 30 minutes each are scheduled, all participants receive 25,000 in chips. The registration and single re-entry period remain open for the first 10 levels and the top 15% of the field will receive a portion of the Day 1 prize pool. In each of the previous flights, 10% or fewer players bagged up chips and 51 hopefuls punched their ticket for Day 2 thus far.
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 | 167 | 17 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, top 26 spots paid |
| 1C | Thursday October 11th | 12:00 | ~17:40 | 125 | 12 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, top 19 spots paid |
| 1D | Thursday October 11th | 18:00 | ~23:40 | 164 | 10 | Play concluded with 19:00 left in level 18, top 25 spots paid |
| 1E | Friday October 12th | 12:00 | ~17:40 | tba | 300+ | 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 |
All players that cashed in any of the previous flights without bagging up chips can take another shot at making Day 2, along with plenty of new arrivals that just headed to Europe's biggest poker arena for a long weekend of poker. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action from the first gold bracelet event of the festival.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Early Faces on Day 1F
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | -15,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | -5,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Nader Takes an Early Pot
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Amjad Nader has had deep runs in Berlin and here at the King's Casino and the Syrian won an early pot on Day 1F. Nader flopped two pair with 
but the turn and river of the board 
killed the betting action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500 | 26,500 |
Set for Eiler Against Andreev
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Michael Eiler flopped top set on 
and an ace on the turn was the money card for the German against Andrey Andreev. The Russian called a bet and did so again for 3,000 on a blank river to get shown the 
by Eiler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
18,300 | 18,300 |
Not a Good Start for Boyd
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A raise to 300 was called by Dutch Boyd on the button and the big blind three-bet to 800, which the initial raiser called. Boyd also came along to see the 
flop and all three players checked. On the 
turn, the action checked to the initial raiser, who bet 1,000. Boyd sent his cards into the muck and the big blind called before check-folding the 
river.
While Boyd started well into the previous flights, this time he has already lost a significant portion of his stack early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,500 | -8,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Small Pot for Avramidis
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
In a four-way limped pot the 
flop and the turn were checked through. The 
river brought a bet of 400 and Makarios Avramidis was the only caller. His opponent mucked and Avramidis claimed the pot, joked "I had the three."
The Day 1F field size has already reached 207 entries, of which 204 remain early into the second level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | -27,000 |
|
|
26,000 | 1,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Christ Tops the Counts in Level Two
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Only three players have been eliminated on Day 1F thus far and Evian Christ has more than doubled his stack. He won a big three-way pot with ace-king for top two pair against an inferior two pair.
Just now Christ bet the 
river for 5,000 and his sole opponent tossed in the chip for the call. Christ showed 
for the straight and added more chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 |