Event #15: €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2019 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #15: €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2019 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,300,550
Entries
2,738
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
143
Players Left
15
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
A total of 143 entries have been counted on Day 1a of the 2019 WSOPE COLOSSUS, and just 15 players will be advancing after an opening flight full of action. The top 22 were in the money and the remaining players are led by Dutch player Zhong Chen (587,000), the only player over the half-million mark.
Chen is a regular player at King's resort and has already cashed this festival in Event #9: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em Mix for a 19th place finish.
Zhong is followed in the counts by Yusuf Azaroglu (352,000) and Alessandro Laubinger (351,000) who completes the podium. Eyal Bensimhon, long time chipleader of the tournament today, lost a huge pot on the last hand and will come back on day 2 with 265,000.
Here is a full list of those advancing:
| Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Zhong Chen | Netherlands | 587,000 |
| Yusuf Azaroglu | Germany | 352,000 |
| Alessandro Laubinger | Germany | 351,000 |
| Aleksandr Merzhvinskii | Russia | 317,000 |
| Alessio Casiraghi | Italy | 265,000 |
| Eyal Bensimhon | Israel | 265,000 |
| Roland Israelashvili | United States | 252,000 |
| Thomas Schulze | Germany | 235,000 |
| Mark Ioli | United States | 219,000 |
| Oldrich Chyle | Czech Republic | 155,000 |
| Robert Wirth | Germany | 153,000 |
| Jakub Rampas | Czech Republic | 135,000 |
| Ernestas Lisauskas | Lithuania | 107,000 |
| Maximilian Ecki | Germany | 101,000 |
| Christian Kindl | Germany | 81,000 |
There was a glut of WSOP talent at the tables early on Day 1A of the COLOSSUS, with multiple bracelet winners Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Robert Campbell, Shaun Deeb at the tables. The 2018 WSOPE bracelet winner Anson Tsang and the 2015 WSOP Main Event finalist Pierre Neuville also made an appearance. However, none of them made it into Day 2.
With just 22 players making the cash it didn't take long for the field to whittle itself down, and here are the players who made the money on Day 1a after Diana Volcovishi got eliminated at the bubble:
| Position | Name | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Ongbin Guo | Chine | €865 |
| 17 | Michael Strauss | Germany | €865 |
| 18 | Rinat Tulepbergenov | Kazastan | €788 |
| 19 | Ion Naicu | Romania | €788 |
| 20 | Franz Haid | Germany | €788 |
| 21 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | €788 |
| 22 | Remus Ciubotaru | Germany | €788 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com to catch all the action from the remaining eight starting flights of THE COLOSSUS live from King's Resort.
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
587,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
352,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
351,000
314,500
|
314,500 |
|
317,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
265,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
265,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
252,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
238,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
|
219,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
155,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
153,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
135,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
107,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
101,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
81,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The play has halted for the day. The remaining 15 players are now bagging their chips. A full recap and the chipcounts will come showrtley.
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The clock has been paused and five more hands will be played tonight before the players bag their chips.
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Strauch three-bet to 36,000 after a raise and Zhong Chen four-bet all-in in the blinds. It came back to Strauss who called, holding 
, only to see 
in Chen's hand.
The board din't change anything with 
and Strauch made his way to collect his prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
590,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The following players received €788 for their efforts today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Rinat Tulepbergenov raised to 25,000 and after some consideration, Yusuf Azaroglu called in the big blind.
Things heated on the flop 
. Azaroglu check-raised Tulepbergenov's continuation bet worth 16,000 and Tulepbergenov moved all-in for a stack around 150,000. Azaroglu called.
Rinat Tulepbergenov: 
Yusuf Azaroglu: 
Tulepbergenov was in very good shape for the double up but a 
showed up on the turn, giving a set of nines to Azaroglu, who took down the pot after the 
hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Franz Haid raised to 20,000 and it folded to Alessandro Laubinger who made the call in the big blind after some thinking.
The flop showed 
and Laubinger checked to Haid who continued for 25,000. Laubinger raised, putting haid at risk for his last chips and the called.
Franz Haid: 
Alessandro Laubinger:
Haid was drawing dead and made his way to the cashier after the board was completed by a and a 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,500
245,500
|
245,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii raised in the cutoff and called an all-in raise from Ion Naicu in the small blind for a stack around 48,000.
Ion Naicu: 
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii:
Naicu found the double up thanks to a board 
, improving his hand into the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
95,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
