The eliminations come at a rapid pace and the next player to bust was Sherif Kasami. His cards were mucked and the table was next to break but that came too late for Kasami who came up second-best to the 
of Darkhan Rakhymzhanov on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000 | 75,000 |
|
Busted |
Jan Koehler apparently lost a big pot and was left with his last three big blinds. He put them in the middle with 
from early position and a couple of seats after him Jessica Mendyka shoved for a little less than 200,000, holding 
.
Everybody else folded and the flop came 
for Mendyka to bust a player and add to her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 64,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Radek Michal opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Andreas Suchowerskyj pushed from the button, which Michal called.
Andreas Suchowerskyj: 
Radek Michal: 
The board came 
and Michal flopped trips aces to deal the final blow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 78,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Chris Ferguson got the last of his 129,000 chips in the middle preflop and was called by Artan Dedusha who came in as the chipleader on his table.
Chris Ferguson: 
Artan Dedusha: 
Ferguson had the preflop edge and the flop of 
gave both players a set, Ferguson's being the larger of the two. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river secured the double up for Ferguson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 | -136,000 |
|
265,000 | 128,000 |
Albert Turgeman opened to 18,000 from the hijack and Alexei Chernin defended from the big blind. The flop came and Chernin check-called a bet of 20,000 from Turgeman.
The turn was the 
and Chernin checked again. Turgeman slid out another bet of 65,000 and Chernin stuck around to see the on the river. Both players knuckled the table and Turgeman rolled over 
for two pair to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
472,000 | 120,000 |
|
75,000 | -124,000 |
The king-jack of Roland Israelashvili were already in the muck as David Kurbel dragged in the pot with 
for two pair and top kicker on a board 
to send Israelashvili to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000 | 279,000 |
|
Busted |
Idan Elberg was in middle position and three-bet to 60,000 after Efstathios Komitas opened to 22,000 from under the gun. Komitas shoved and Elberg called quickly
Efstathios Komitas:
Idan Elberg: 
The board ran out 
and Elberg paired his ace on the river to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000 | 199,000 |
|
305,000 | -89,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
As all nine remaining starting days already paid out a portion of the €1,300,500 prize pool, the remaining €1,216,958 will be paid out accordingly to all 313 players that survived their respective Day 1. A min-cash on Day 2 is worth €1,120 and the winner will take home €190,375 along with the coveted gold bracelet.
| Place | Prize (in EUR) | Prize in USD) | Place | Prize (in EUR) | Prize in USD) | Place | Prize (in EUR) | Prize in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 190,375 | $213,220 | 10-12 | € 12,453 | $13,947 | 64-72 | € 2,362 | $2,645 |
| 2 | € 117,630 | $131,746 | 13-15 | € 9,790 | $10,965 | 73-81 | € 2,004 | $2,244 |
| 3 | € 86,172 | $96,513 | 16-18 | € 7,768 | $8,700 | 82-90 | € 1,716 | $1,922 |
| 4 | € 63,670 | $71,310 | 19-27 | € 6,221 | $6,968 | 91-99 | € 1,485 | $1,663 |
| 5 | € 47,452 | $53,146 | 28-36 | € 5,028 | $5,631 | 100-153 | € 1,325 | $1,484 |
| 6 | € 35,674 | $39,955 | 37-45 | € 4,103 | $4,595 | 154-207 | € 1,240 | $1,389 |
| 7 | € 27,057 | $30,304 | 46-54 | € 3,381 | $3,787 | 208-261 | € 1,175 | $1,316 |
| 8 | € 20,703 | $23,187 | 55-63 | € 2,812 | $3,149 | 262-313 | € 1,120 | $1,254 |
| 9 | € 15,984 | $17,902 |
Day 2 of Event #15: €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em is about to begin at 15:00 p.m. local time, here at King's Resort. The last event of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe is ready to welcome all those who advanced through the nine starting flights, combined for the first time in the poker room. The prize pool has reached €1,300,550, smashing the €1,000,000 that has been set, with a total number of 2,738 entries, out of which only 313 remain in the field.
This year we will have a new winner as Tamir Segal, the defending champion, didn't manage to advance to Day 2 after his efforts in multiple starting flights. The player who will be leading the pack when play starts is Sergii Karpov (732,000) after bagging the biggest stack of the field during Day 1c. Second in chips will be Pierre Neuville with 720,000 chips from Day 1h.
The winner of the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year Race is yet to be determined with four contenders about to play in Day 2. Daniel Negreanu is first in the leaderboard and he will start Day 2 with 235,000, Robert Campbell follows with the biggest stack among all four with 374,000, while Shaun Deeb is third and bagged 215,000. Anthony Zinno rounds up the four of them with 261,000 for Day 2.
| Flight | Date | Starting Time | Entries | Advancing to Day 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Monday, October 28th | 18:00 | 143 | 15 |
| 1b | Tuesday, October 29th | 18:00 | 133 | 16 |
| 1c | Wednesday, October 30th | 18:00 | 128 | 11 |
| 1d | Thursday, October 31st | 12:00 | 112 | 13 |
| 1e | Thursday, October 31st | 18:00 | 171 | 15 |
| 1f | Friday, November 1st | 12:00 | 341 | 40 |
| 1g | Friday, November 1st | 18:00 | 346 | 39 |
| 1h | Saturday, November 2nd | 12:00 | 736 | 85 |
| 1i | Saturday, November 2nd | 18:00 | 628 | 79 |
| Day 2 | Sunday, November 3rd | 15:00 | ||
| Day 3 | Monday, November 4th | TBD | ||
| Totals | 2738 | 313 |
Day 2 will start from Level 19 with a 4,000 small blind, a 8,000 big blind and a 8,000 big blind ante. The duration of the levels will increase to 40 minutes and there will be a 15-minute after every three levels of play. The day will conclude when the final table of the event is set.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be in the tournament area for all the action until the final bag has been sealed for the night, so make sure to come back to follow all the updates.
