Jozef Cibicek called on the button for 8,000. Dragos Gordin then moved all in from the small blind for 57,000. The big blind folded and Cibicek made the call.
Dragos Gordin: A♦2♥
Jozef Cibicek: Q♣J♥
Gordin's ace high held across the 5♠10♥10♠9♣6♦ runout to secure a crucial double up.
Maurice Tan from the button and Edwin Volzhan in the small blind got into a preflop-raising war, which ended in the two getting their stacks into the middle with the latter being the at-risk player for around 250,000.
Edwin Volzhan: Q♦Q♣
Maurice Tan: J♥J♣
Tan was way behind and couldn't catch up as the runout of 3♦K♣8♠6♥10♦ kept the pocket queens of Volzhan in the lead.
With a total of 2,799 entries, Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus fell short of eclipsing its guaranteed prize pool of €1,500,000.
The 317 players who made it through to Day 2 will profit from the overlay, with the first eliminations taking home €1,070 for their efforts.
The eventual bracelet winner will walk away with €171,350, while the runner-up will also receive a six-figure payout.
Additionally, the top 14 will receive a ticket to Day 1a of the €10,350 Main Event, included in the numbers below.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €171,350 | 15 | €8,900 | |
| 2 | €117,350 | 16-23 | €7,100 | |
| 3 | €88,350 | 24-31 | €5,730 | |
| 4 | €67,850 | 32-39 | €4,680 | |
| 5 | €53,150 | 40-47 | €3,850 | |
| 6 | €42,450 | 48-55 | €3,200 | |
| 7 | €34,650 | 56-63 | €2,700 | |
| 8 | €29,050 | 64-71 | €2,300 | |
| 9 | €24,750 | 72-79 | €1,980 | |
| 10-11 | €21,650 | 80-99 | €1,730 | |
| 12-14 | €19,250 | 100-144 | €1,520 | |
| 145-189 | €1,360 | |||
| 190-234 | €1,230 | |||
| 235-279 | €1,120 | |||
| 280-317 | €1,070 |
Frank Reichel moved all in from under the gun for 11,000. Action folded around to Jan Kvach who called from the small blind. Michael Aflalo reraised to isolate Reichel's short stack and Kvach folded.
Frank Reichel: 6♦5♦
Michael Aflalo: K♠J♥
Reichel couldn't spin up the short stack and was eliminated across the 3♠9♠7♥K♦J♣ runout.
Frank Reichel moved all in from under the gun for 11,000. Action folded around to Jan Kvach who called from the small blind. Michael Aflalo reraised to isolate Reichel's short stack and Kvach folded.
Frank Reichel: 6♦5♦
Michael Aflalo: K♠J♥
Reichel couldn't spin up the short stack and was eliminated across the 3♠9♠7♥K♦J♣ runout.
Giuliano Pallado shoved the button for 41,000 and Josef Zoller reshoved from the small blind for 45,000. Ron Jeda was in the big blind and put in the extra chips, which put two players at risk.
Giuliano Pallado: 7♥7♦
Josef Zoller: A♠Q♣
Ron Jeda: J♥9♥
Pallado needed to dodge a lot of overcards if he wanted to survive, but wasn't able to as the 8♣K♦J♠10♥A♦ runout gave Zoller Broadway.
Action was picked up with Luciano Frezza raising to 21,000 from the big blind against a call from Ankit Ahuja. Ahuja made the call.
He check-called a bet of 11,000 on the flop of 8♥A♠7♦ before both players checked the J♦ turn.
Another round of knuckles ensued on the 6♦ river. Ahuja showed A♥4♦ for top pair and Frezza mucked his hand.
Hael Al Labani opened to 17,000 from early position and got called by Flaviano Cammisuli on the button & Selvedin Besic in the big blind.
All three checked the 7♣A♣A♥ flop to the 8♣ turn where Labani bet 25,000 once it checked to him. Cammisuli called, and Besic folded.
Then 4♦ river went check-check, and Labani tabled K♠K♥ to scoop the pot.
Marco Suss got his stack of 100,000 in preflop against Daniel Kaspari, and was at risk.
Marco Suss: 10♥10♦
Daniel Kaspari: A♦Q♦
Kaspari shot ahead on the A♣3♦6♥ flop, and Suss could not catch up on the 9♦6♠ runout. He awaited his payout and then left the tournament area as one of the first five eliminations.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
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