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

10-12-2018 22:21 UTC+2

Shlomo Takes a Hit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ohana Shlomo had two players at risk in A Arts and Franco Polidori. The former only had 400 chips left out of the big blind while the latter was all in for 16,600.

A Arts:
Franco Polidori:
Ohana Shlomo:

The board came and Polidori doubled with trips kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ohana Shlomo	54,000 54,000	54,000
Franco Polidori	34,000 34,000	34,000
A Arts	Busted

Tags: A Arts Franco Polidori Ohana Shlomo

10-12-2018 22:23 UTC+2

Second Break of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The screens show a total of 380 entries for Day 1F and there are 224 players remaining, who will now attempt to grab something to eat or drink from the free buffet at the King's Casino.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-12-2018 22:45 UTC+2

Eshaqzai Bests Tzahi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joining the action on the turn with 19,000 in the middle, Heskan Eshaqzai bet 5,000 out of the big blind and David Tzahi moved all in for what appeared to be 27,000. Eshaqzai didn't snap-call but came along for the ride with the superior stack.

David Tzahi:
Heskan Eshaqzai:

The on the river was a blank and Tzahi headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hesham Eshaqzai	85,000 85,000	85,000
David Tzahi	Busted

Tags: David Tzahi Heskan Eshaqzai

10-12-2018 22:52 UTC+2

Two Levels Remain to Register

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Maria Lampropulos just entered mid-way through level nine and this, as well as the upcoming tenth level remain for players to join the action. Giovanni Sances lost a big portion of his stack when he paid off a flopped nut flush to drop back into the middle of the pack.

For Aiguo Xu it came even worse, as he was spotted watching the cash game on the live stream table. New in the field with a bigger stack is Ismail Kalkan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zoltan Gal	88,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ismail Kalkan	60,000
Giovanni Sances	55,000 -40,000	-40,000
Maria Lampropulos	25,000
Aiguo Xu	Busted

Tags: Aiguo Xu Giovanni Sances Ismail Kalkan Maria Lampropulos

10-12-2018 22:59 UTC+2

Havacs Joins the Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A raise to 10,000 was in front of Samir Akhoullou and Attila Havacs on the button moved all in. Akhoullou wasn't happy at all but eventually called it off for around 40,000.

Samir Akhoullou:
Attila Havacs:

"Why can't you have ace king?" Akhoullou sighed, and found no help on the board .

"Nice hand. Don't think anyone else on this table would have called you," Adrian Rus chimed in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Attila Havacs	120,000
Samir Akhoullou	Busted

Tags: Adrian Rus Samir Akhoullou Attila Havacs

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-12-2018 23:09 UTC+2

The Last Level to Register

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There are 186 players out of 395 entries remaining and they headed into the last level of registration and re-entry for flight 1F.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viliyan Petleshkov	120,000 98,000	98,000
Jan Bendik	90,000 20,000	20,000

Erich Kollmann	90,000 15,000	15,000
Zoltan Gal	90,000 2,000	2,000
Ohana Shlomo	70,000 16,000	16,000
Jaroslav Peter	60,000 60,000	60,000
James Bullimore	50,000 50,000	50,000
Milad Oghabian	37,000 -1,000	-1,000
Philipp Poeppinghaus	Busted

10-12-2018 23:16 UTC+2

Pilkington Busts for a Second Time

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jessica Pilkington moved all in for the last 14,500 and was called by Marcello Miniucchi in the big blind.

Pilkington turned over the and Miniucchi was behind with , but that only lasted until the flop. The Italian took the lead with a pair of sixes and held onto it thanks to the turn and river.

On the same table, Elena Litvinyuk is doing much better with almost fives times the starting stack.

Robert Auer has also been eliminated and will enter again the next day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elena Litvinyuk	140,000 99,000	99,000
Marcello Miniucchi	40,000
Robert Auer	Busted
Jessica Pilkington	Busted

Tags: Elena Litvinyuk Jessica Pilkington Marcello Miniucchi Robert Auer

10-12-2018 23:22 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Covyn	150,000 20,000	20,000
Mateusz Zerko	145,000 145,000	145,000
Renato Kaneoya	130,000 70,000	70,000
Petar Petrov	130,000 130,000	130,000
Elias Abou Saleh	120,000 35,000	35,000
Rifat Gegic	70,000 25,000	25,000
Konstantinos Tsirakidis	65,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jerome Sgorrano	10,000 -75,000	-75,000
Halil Coknez	Busted