2023 WSOP Europe

Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 WSOP Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
€200,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,632,100
Entries
3,436
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
16
Players Left
1

€200,000 and WSOP Bracelet Awaits Winner of WSOPE €550 NLH Colossus

Samuel Stranak
Samuel Stranak

Get the trumpet, drums and confetti cannons ready as the latest champion from the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe will be determined later today. At 2 p.m. local time, the final day of Event 5: €550 NLH Colossus gets underway, and the remaining field of 16 will play down until a winner is crowned.

Awaiting the eventual victor is the first place spoils, which consist of €200,000, entry into the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event and the coveted gold bracelet. From those that are still in contention of grabbing the lion's share of the €1,632,1000 prize pool, only Samuel Stranak (4,800,000) has tasted victory under the WSOP umbrella before. The Slovakian went the distance in Event 4: €2K Pot-Limit Omaha at King's Resort in Rozvadov in 2021, netting him €101,764 for his biggest career score. Stranak will need to finish inside the top two if he wants to eclipse that figure.

The rest of the field is made up of some seasoned veterans, up-and-comers and relatively unknowns. Dennis Magro (10,000,000) currently leads the pack of survivors and can be considered to be in the first category, with tournament results dating back to 2009.

Xhavit Berisha
Xhavit Berisha

Day 1a chip leader Xhavit Berisha remains in the upper echelons of the chip counts and brings in 8,650,000. At one point on Day 2, it looked like he was heading out of the door, but a timely double and a period of sun-running kept his WSOP dreams alive.

Rounding out the top three stacks is Ermanno Di Nicola (8,275,000). Like Stranak, the Italian is no stranger to the bright lights of a WSOP final table, having made two of them in his career. Coincidentally, he made the same FT that Stranak won, and now they meet again in the No Limit Hold'em streets two years later.

Arguably the most accomplished players that still have chips are Tobias Peters, Vadzim Lipauka and Andrej Desset. The trio are the only players to have breached the $1 million in live tournament earnings, with Peters at the top with $2,727,111.

Start of Final Day Chip Counts

PlaceNameNationalityChip CountBig Blinds
1Dennis MagroGermany10,000,00050
2Xhavit BerishaKosovo8,650,00043
3Ermanno Di NicolaItaly8,275,00041
4Alain SakaPoland8,150,00041
5Gianluca GalloItaly7,975,00040
6Julien LoireFrance7,125,00036
7Cristian DavidRomania6,300,00032
8Samuel StranakSlovakia4,800,00024
9Stefan FabianRomania4,475,00022
10Elia SalernoItaly3,925,00020
11Juuso LuokkanenFinland3,525,00018
12Tobias PetersNetherlands3,400,00017
13Alessandro PredaroliItaly3,375,00017
14Vadzim LipaukaBelarus2,675,00013
15Andrej DessetSlovakia2,200,00011
16Angelo MarroneItaly800,0004

The current prize that the final 16 have locked up is €9,200, with the pay jump rising to €11,500 when 13 are left.

Event #5: €550 Colossus Remaining Payouts

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1€200,000*8€23,350*
2€115,000*9€18,275*
3€87,000*10-11€14,474*
4€66,000*12-13€11,500*
5€50,500*14€9,200*
6€38,880*15-16€9,200
7€30,000*  

* €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Day 1a ticket added

Day 3 is scheduled to begin on November 6 at 2 p.m. local time and play down until a winner is crowned. Play will resume with 27:12 remaining on Level 33, which features 100,000/200,000 blinds with a 200,000 big blind ante.

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