Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite and Hotel for what should be an exciting Day 2 of Event #55: $400 Colossus that is about to get underway. After living up to its name and attracting a whopping 9,399 total entries over the course of two starting flights, just 1,181 players will return to the felt today.
Frankie Flowers will return with the largest stack of them all, unbagging 1,217,000 chips. Flowers has been here before in these large multi-player fields after making deep runs in the 2018 WSOP Main Event and the 2018 Monster Stack.
The remaining players had already reached the money in the latter stages of their Day 1 flight but will have their sights set on progressing through the pay jumps throughout the day. The completed prize pool and payout information will become available once the action gets underway.
The cards are set to go in the air at 10 a.m. local time with the blind resuming on level 18 at 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante. The schedule calls for a total of fifteen 40-minute levels on Day 2 with a 15-minute break after every three levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after level 29 which is approximately at 7 p.m.
Those remaining hopefuls that find a bag after 15 levels will return tomorrow for Day 3 and play down to a winner. Keep it locked here as the PokerNews live reporting team will have all the updates for you throughout the day.
Ryan Weintraub raised from under the gun, and Mikhaile Richards stuck in a three-bet to 80,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Weintraub, who four-bet shoved all in for 508,000. Richards asked for a count and then made the call.
Ryan Weintraub:
Mikhaile Richards:
It was a classic race for a pot of over one million chips. The flop left Richards in the lead with her pair of queens. The on the turn and the on the river could not help Weintraub as Richards collected a massive pot early in the day.
Ran Ilani already has a runner-up finish this year at the 2021 WSOP in Event #33: $800 Deepstack, and he's poised to make another deep run in this event. Ilani raised it up on the button and Sebastian Medina called from the big blind.
The flop came and Medina checked to Ilani who continued for 31,000. Medina called and the landed on the turn. Medina checked once more and Ilani pushed out a bet of 120,000. Medina let his hand go this time and Ilani collected the pot.
Jeff Platt was down to his last 370,000 chips and he pushed all in from middle position. Christopher Herrin was in the big blind and slid out enough chips to call.
Jeff Platt:
Christopher Herrin:
Platt found himself looking for one of two sevens left in the deck. The flop of provided some backdoor draws but the on the turn quickly ruined all of that. The river was the and Platt was forced to head to the payout desk.
A player in early position shoved all in for 1,535,000 and the action folded around to Giancarlo Santolin in the small blind. Santolin threw in a single chip to call and the cards were tabled.
Opponent:
Giancarlo Santolin:
The board ran out and Santolin held on to eliminate his opponent and move over three million chips.
Frankie Flowers raised it up to 250,000 and Anatolii Zyrin shipped all in for 1,440,000. Flowers asked for a count and gave it some thought before making the call.
Anatolii Zyrin:
Frankie Flowers:
Flowers was in a dominating position heading to the flop of . The on the turn gave Zyrin a straight and flush draw and he managed to spike the on the river to make his flush and double up.
A total of 1,181 players took their seats this morning at the start of Day 2 in the World Series of Poker Event #55: $400 Colossus, but only 49 advanced to Monday’s final day. They are all guaranteed at least $6,120 but all have their eyes on the $314,705 top prize and the prestigious gold bracelet.
The chip lead is held by Rafael Fernandes, who ended the day with 23,300,000 in chips and already cashed in two WSOP events in this series. Second in chips stands Elad Kubi with 18,675,00 and closing the podium right behind him is John Trinh with a nice 18,500,000.
Also still in the hunt are WSOP bracelet winners Anatolii Zyrin (9,675,000), Vincas Tamasauskas (6,025,000), Brett Apter (3,000,000) and Carlos Chang with a short stack of 1,775,000.
Event #55: $400 Colossus Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chips
1
Rafael Fernandes
United States
23,300,000
2
John Trinh
United States
18,850,000
3
Elad Kubi
Israel
18,675,000
4
Michael Lee
United States
16,900,000
5
Avi Cohen
Israel
12,675,000
6
Matthew O'Meara
United States
12,400,000
7
Penh Lo
United States
12,175,000
8
Yonatan Basin
Israel
12,000,000
9
Lucas Kulbe
United States
11,925,000
10
Alexander Malod
France
11,900,000
Among the notables who will be back for the final day are are Avi Cohen (12,675,000), Arie Kliper (11,150,000) and Korean Inkyu Choi (5,025,000). The chip leader at the start of the day, Frankie Flowers, also found a bag tonight and will be returning tomorrow with 2,775,000.
The eliminations came in in abundance from all corners of the Pavilion Room here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Bracelet winners such as Thi Truong (232nd for $1,805), Kevin Song (267th for $1,805), Ari Engel (556th for $1,065), and Ismael Bojang (663rd for $980) were among the casualties. The Apprentice runner-up and Boise Boys star Clint Robertson (162th for $2,350), Brock Wilson (106th for $2,350), Garrett Greer (149th for $2,350), Jason Wheeler (384th for $1,430) and Rafi Elharar (707th for $910) were also eliminated throughout the day.
End of The Day Action
The action was fast and furious and only 95 players made it to the dinner break. The tournament was down to the last six tables less than two hours after the play restarted.
Kathy Liebert, member of the women in poker Hall of Fame, fell not long after returning from the dinner break in 89th place for $3,140, shoving her last 12 big blinds preflop with ace-ten and facing Yonatan Basin who called with pocket jacks. She was followed a few minutes later by Andres Korn (81st for $3,675), winner of the 2017 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
The action will pick up again at 10 a.m local time Monday and will play down to a winner. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels until a new champion is crowned.
As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be providing a complete coverage until the final cards have been dealt, so make sure to return.