It's a new day and it's a new flight of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. Day 1C is set to begin at 12:00 P.M. of this inaugural event at the World Series of Poker Europe.
There have been three editions of this tournament in Las Vegas but this is the first time it has made an appearance in Europe. After the first two flights concluded yesterday, there were a total of 23 players advancing to Day 2. Flight A saw a total of 155 entries and flight B attracted 210 entries. Today is expected to see more players walk through the doors as the weekend begins.
As is the case with all of the flights, players will play a total of 18 levels or until the final 11 players are reached. The blind levels will be 30-minutes in length with a 20-minute break at the end of every four levels. Everyone will start the day with 10,000 chips and will be allowed one re-entry per flight.
Day
Date
Information
October 27th
Day 1a at 12pm
11 out of 155 advanced
October 27th
Day 1b at 6pm
12 out of 210 advanced
October 28th
Day 1c at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 28th
Day 1d at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
October 29th
Day 1e at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 29th
Day 1f at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
October 30th
Day 1g at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 30th
Day 1h at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
October 31st
Day 1i at 12pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm
October 31st
Day 1j at 6pm
18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm
November 1st
Day 2 at 1pm
Levels last 60 min each, play down to final table
November 2nd
Day 3 at TBA
Levels last 60 min each, play down to a winner
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Day 1C has come to an end in Event #5: THE COLOSSUS €550 No-Limit Hold'em with 10 players advancing to Day 2. Martin Thiel leads them all with 399,500 chips.
Thiel is a recreational German poker player that has yet to record a live tournament cash. Based on his play today, you would never guess that was the case. Thiel showed pure aggression throughout the day, bluffing opponents off pots and turning up with the goods when it mattered. There were multiple instances when Thiel won an all-in and you could hear him cheering across the room with a fist pump to go with it.
The day started with around 50 entries but quickly escalated to over 100 within the first level. By the end of late registration, there were a total of 196 entries to enter the field. After nearly 17 levels, the day came to a halt when Vladas Burneikis was eliminated.
Aleksandar Tomovic was left with around 12,000 after he won an all-in on the last hand of the night. He chose to surrender his stack and become the 11th place finisher. Ting Ho is one of the most notable names to find on the leaderboard after Day 1C. She was forced to re-enter early in the day but made excellent use of her second bullet by quickly running up a stack. She held on towards the end of the night to advance to Day 2.
Many familiar faces came and went on Day 1C, unable to get anything going their way. Chris Ferguson was looking to keep pace in the Player of the Year race but buster his first bullet on the last hand of level 8. Kristen Bicknell and Roberto Romanello were a couple of the late entries but they didn't last long with their short stacks. Michael Magalashvili ran into aces twice to bust both of his entries and Ivo Donev struggled on the short stack through the early periods.
It was not all bad news for the notables though, as Kevin MacPhee (30th Place - €796), Roland Israelashvili (25th Place - €895), Stefan Vogt (19th Place - €895), Sander van Wesemael (15th Place - €1,218 ), and Aleksandar Tomovic (11th Place - €1,478) all found the money.
Meanwhile, Day 1D has fired up on the other side of the tournament floor and there are many notables taking a seat in that flight. You can follow all of the PokerNews coverage throughout the entire event.