Event #5: €550 NLH COLOSSUS Day 1c | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

11-25-2021 23:57 UTC+2

Big Stacks in Day 1c

Calum Grant

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	160,000	124,000
Gavino Sannino	155,000	155,000
Daniel Myers	145,000	-11,000
Alessandro Barone	140,000	140,000
Peter Da	140,000	140,000
Georgios Kyritsis	130,000	80,000
Fotios Katidis	125,000
Athanasios Kefalas	125,000	25,000
Stylianos Kollatos	110,000	80,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-25-2021 23:21 UTC+2

Break Time

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

So far, 347 players have registered the event, with late registration closing after Level 12. Just 165 entries remain. Those who have made this far are now on a 30 minute rest period.

11-25-2021 23:18 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts Before the Break

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Athanasios Kefalas	100,000	35,000
Thomas Kessler	43,000	19,500
Umberto Sorrentino	42,000	22,000
Christa van Berkel	25,000	15,000
Georgios Koliofotis	24,500	1,000

11-25-2021 23:15 UTC+2

Polak Cracks Aces

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With 5,000 in the pot on the flop, Robert Simmons checked in the big blind and Pierre Erbland bet 2,500. Liran Polak raised to 6,000, leaving him with 17,000 behind. Simmons folded.

Erbland re-raised to put Polak all-in and he called.

Liran Polak:
Pierre Erbland:

Polak got the double up with his two pair on the runout.

Simmons' wife Maria Simmon is also in the event. She had a stack of 41,000 at one point but has dwindled down to 18,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Simmons	71,000	5,000
Liran Polak	55,000	55,000
Pierre Erbland	25,000	25,000
Maria Simmons	18,000	-23,000

11-25-2021 23:08 UTC+2

Tato Says Ta-Ta to Ricci

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andrea Ricci opened under the gun and was then three-bet by Bartolomeo Tato to 6,200.

Ricci responded with an 52,000 all-in. Tato counted out his stacked and discovered he narrowly covered his Italian compatriot, he called.

Andrea Ricci;
Bartolomeo Tato:

Tato added four immediate Broadway outs to go along with his two over cards on flop. He then leapfrogged Ricci into the lead with the turn. Ricci stood up and left the room when the hit the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bartolomeo Tato	110,000	30,000
Andrea Ricci	Busted

11-25-2021 23:00 UTC+2

Notable Bust Outs

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Akok	Busted
Reine Benguigui	Busted
Hicham Hachoumi	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-25-2021 22:49 UTC+2

Sameerian KO's Stemmler; Chip Updates

Calum Grant

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ali Sameerian is climbing up the notable chip leaderboard after being seen taking the entirety of Dennis Stemmler's stack. He joins Maor Glam as one of the recent bust outs.

WSOP winner Sebastian Langrook, who is on his second bullet, is just below starting stack,