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

10-13-2018 23:10 UTC+2

Stagi Triples Up

Christian Zetzsche

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

At the very end of the previous level, Nicola Stagi, Asher Dahan and Tomas Fara clashed in a big three-way all in and it was Stagi at risk as shortest stack for 34,400.

Nicola Stagi:
Tomas Fara:
Asher Dahan:

The flop favoured Stagi, and he held onto the lead thanks to the turn and river. After having paid off Stagi, Fara doubled through Dahan for another 48,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Dahan	130,000 -50,000	-50,000
Nicola Stagi	105,000 105,000	105,000
Tomas Fara	96,800 71,800	71,800

Tags: Asher Dahan Nicola Stagi Tomas Fara

10-13-2018 23:18 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Just	Busted
Wilhelm Isaak	Busted
David Domjan	Busted
Enrico De Rosa	Busted
Aiguo Xu	Busted
David Taborsky	Busted
Jean Pascal Bellance	Busted
Fabien Motte	Busted
Tiziano Di Romualdo	Busted
Karl Gasser	Busted
Vasileios Koutoulas	Busted
Marek Tatar	Busted
Homan Shojaei	Busted
Michael Soyza	Busted

Strobel Knocked Out by Runner Runner

Christian Zetzsche

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

On the three-way flop of , Wolfgang Strobel was all in and at risk after a bet by Volodymyr Kernytskyi. Ori Lee reraised to isolate and the cards were tabled.

Wolfgang Strobel:
Ori Lee:

The turn and river run out improved Lee to a runner-runner full house and Strobel was eliminated.

Atik Miah also got lucky in the showdown for his tournament life. He jammed with on the flop and was called by an opponent with the . The turn and river gave Miah the winning flush and he doubled for 28,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Volodymyr Kernytskyi	110,000 65,000	65,000
Ori Lee	90,000 90,000	90,000
Atik Miah	60,000 10,000	10,000
Wolfgang Strobel	Busted

Tags: Atik Miah Ori Lee Volodymyr Kernytskyi Wolfgang Strobel

10-13-2018 23:33 UTC+2

Tryba Busts Kastle

Christian Zetzsche

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

Casey Kastle was all in and at risk out of the blinds for what appeared to be 30,000 and he was called by Grzegorz Tryba with the superior stack.

Casey Kastle:
Grzegorz Tryba:

The board came and one player mentioned in table chat he had folded pocket treys, to which Yaron Kuznik replied "I had five six of diamonds."

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaron Kuznik	145,000 15,000	15,000
Grzegorz Tryba	100,000
Casey Kastle	Busted

Tags: Casey Kastle Grzegorz Tryba Yaron Kuznik

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

10-13-2018 23:38 UTC+2

Kaneoya No More

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The cards of Renato Kaneoya were already in the muck and his table neighbor claimed the stack of the Brazilian with for the nut flush on a board of .

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesare Raso	170,000
Amir Shojaei	145,000 -5,000	-5,000
Evian Christ	115,000 115,000	115,000
Lukas Zaskodny	110,000 110,000	110,000

Teeranan Chuennirun	95,000
Elena Litvinyuk	85,000 35,000	35,000
Anson Tsang	85,000 85,000	85,000

Michal Lubas	80,000 18,000	18,000
Amjad Nader	70,000 45,000	45,000
Xixiang Luo	70,000 40,000	40,000
Maria Lampropulos	35,000 10,000	10,000
Theodore McQuilkin	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Rene Crha	10,000 10,000	10,000
Renato Kaneoya	Busted

Tags: Renato Kaneoya

10-13-2018 23:40 UTC+2

Registration Closed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The final flight of The COLOSSUS attracted a field of 839, making it the strongest starting day by topping the 820 entries of the penultimate flight. The payouts will be confirmed shortly along with the total number of entries for the event. One thing is already certain: The guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 was not just surpassed, but crushed by more than 40%.

10-13-2018 23:49 UTC+2

Further Casualties on Day 1H

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Plamen Yakimov	Busted
Cosmin Timbus	Busted
Konstantinos Misailidis	Busted
Ghassan Yared	Busted
Lulzim Gajraku	Busted
Stefan Razvan Bucur	Busted
Ciprian Oprea	Busted
Nejat Demirtas	Busted
Greg Hawes	Busted
Sebastian Winters	Busted
Christopher Back	Busted
Robert Auer	Busted
Erez Sason	Busted
Witali Reinbold	Busted

10-14-2018 00:01 UTC+2

Luo Runs With Kings Into Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Xixiang Luo made it 3,200 to go from the cutoff and Giuseppe Positano three-bet to 8,500 from one seat over. The big blind opted to call and Luo then clicked it up to 26,900. Positano moved all in to force out the big blind, and Luo called to create a pot worth three times the current average.

Xixiang Luo:
Giuseppe Positano:

The board of brought no help for Luo and he shook hands with his opponent before leaving the tournament area.