Break
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The 247 remaining players have just been sent for their third 15-minute break of the day.
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1g
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
Prize Pool Details Announced
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The seventh flight of The COLOSSUS saw a total of 820 entries to generate a prize pool of €393,395 and the top 123 spots get paid at least €802. Action will conclude at the end of level 18 or once 10 players remain, whichever of the two comes first. The money will be reached tonight and all players that take home a portion of the Day 1G prize pool can take another shot in the last flight which started at 6 PM. All undistributed funds will go into the separate Day 2 prize pool.
| Place | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 78,748 |
| 2 | 48,631 |
| 3 | 33,997 |
| 4 | 24,116 |
| 5 | 17,362 |
| 6 | 12,689 |
| 7 | 9,416 |
| 8 | 7,096 |
| 9 | 5,433 |
| 10-12 | 4,227 |
| 13-15 | 3,342 |
| 16-18 | 2,686 |
| 19-27 | 2,196 |
| 28-36 | 1,826 |
| 37-45 | 1,545 |
| 46-54 | 1,331 |
| 55-63 | 1,167 |
| 64-72 | 1,042 |
| 73-81 | 948 |
| 82-90 | 879 |
| 91-99 | 832 |
| 100-123 | 802 |
Petersen Doubles Through Barkow
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Elbert Petersen raised to 4,200 from early position and action folded to Kevin Barkow in the big blind who considered his options for a while before three-betting to 15,000. Now it was Petersen's turn to contemplate for a while. In the end, Petersen shoved and Barkow called.
Elbert Petersen: 
Kevin Barkow: 
The board ran out 
for Petersen to hit the ace on the flop to double up.
Barkow was clearly not happy, voicing his thoughts about Petersen's call out loud.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | 42,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Ehrenholz Doubles Through Herrmann
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Reto Herrmann raised and Niklas Ehrenholz shoved for almost 20,000. Action folded back to Herrmann who called.
Niklas Ehrenholz: 
Reto Herrmann: 
The board ran out 
for Ehrenholz to hit two pair to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |
|
38,000 | 1,000 |
|
16,500 | 16,500 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Feuz busts Shojaei
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Amir Shojaei was seen leaving his table while his 
were still visible on the table. Stephan Feuz had 
in front of him and was adding Shojaei's chips to his own stack. The board showed 
so Feuz had flopped the set of queens while already being ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Kaneoya Doubles; Busts After
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Renato Kaneoya ended up all in and at risk for around six big blinds with the and Mohamed Seghiri called with 
. The board came 
and Kaneoya spiked a straight on the turn to double.
However, soon after he would bow out against Slavomir Byrtus and jumped out of his chair, which fell over. Very likely, Kaneoya will head straight to the cashier to sign up for the upcoming final flight. The same table also featured Shaun Deeb briefly, who experienced the same fate as Kaneoya.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 20,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Recent Chip Counts
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
186,000 | -29,000 |
|
145,000 | |
|
102,000 | 11,000 |
|
47,000 | -35,000 |
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
|
30,000 | 5,000 |
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
|
13,000 | 13,000 |
Borba Explodes
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Itay Borba could be heard from the other side of the room as he shouted out some Italian profanities and when the PokerNews live reporting rushed over, Borba had in front of him.
The board read 
and it looked like Stefano Maranta had rivered the flush on him with . After paying Maranta's double-up, Borba was left with 4,500.
The hand right after, Borba shoved from the late position after Ghassan Yared had raised to 3,400. Roland Israelashvili considered for a while but opted to fold. Action folded back to Yared who called. They both held 
and split the blinds and ante between the two of them.
Shortly after, Borba busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600