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2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Resultados Finais
Campeão
Mão Vencedora
k8
Premiação
€270,015
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Premiação
€2,078,075
Entries
4,115
Informações do Nível
Nível
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS Attracts Over 4,000 Players, Ranzinger Tops Biggest Flight on Day 1j

Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Ismael Bojang Nearly Advanced in Two Tournaments
Ismael Bojang Nearly Advanced in Two Tournaments

After five days and ten starting flights, Day 1 of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS is finally in the books. A field of 4,115 hopefuls has been whittled down to just 258 in the process, with over half that number showing up today for the final two flights, creating two flights of over 1,000 runners. It was Germany's Sascha Ranzinger who bagged the overnight chip lead on Day 1j with 517,500, leading a field of 74 survivors and placing him in second place in the overall standings. Nebojsa Ankucic, who topped Day 1i with 525,500, will start Day 2 as the chipleader of THE COLOSSUS.

At 6 p.m. today, every space of the poker room in King's Casino in Rozvadov was filled to give as many players as possible a seat. Due to the massive success of this event, the casino was operating at maximum capacity, which left a substantial number of players on the rail at the start. With players going down at a rapid pace, every alternate was able to get a seat within the first six levels of play, and the €2,000,000 guarantee was met shortly after.

WSOPE The Colossus

Behind Ranzinger, Lukasz Grossmann found himself bagging a top stack with 451,500. A lot of players fell by the wayside on the final day and didn't make it through to Day 2. Georgios Zisimopoulos, Vojtech Ruzicka, Yehuda Cohen, Roberto Romanello and William Kassouf all came up short, with some of them firing off multiple bullets. Marc MacDonnell tried his luck several times as well today, buying in for no less than nine times over the course of the past days. It didn't work out for the Irish professional, who ended every one of his nine attempts at the rail.

One of the players that nearly made it to Day 2 was Ismael Bojang. Bojang opted to bring a tried-and-tested online strategy to the live felt: multi-tabling. The German ran back and forth between THE COLOSSUS and Event #7: €1,650 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo throughout the day. After advancing in the PLO-8 tourney, Bojang fell during the last hand of the night in THE COLOSSUS and saved himself a tough decision which event to focus on tomorrow.

All 74 remaining players will be lumped together with the 184 survivors from the nine earlier flights and return at 3 p.m. local time to contest for the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet. Each player has already secured an in the money finish; the total prize pool and payouts will be announced tomorrow before the start of Day 2. Blinds will resume in the level 2,500/5,000 with a running ante of 500, as the first flight stopped play at that level.

Keep following PokerNews throughout the week to see who will capture WSOP glory in one of the biggest events ever held on European soil.

Tags: Georgios ZisimopoulosIsmael BojangMarc MacDonnellNebojsa AnkucicRoberto RomanelloSascha RanzingerVojtech RuzickaWilliam KassoufYehuda Cohen

Gigantic Last Flight of THE COLOSSUS Starting at 6 p.m.

WSOPE Bracelet
WSOPE Bracelet

King's Casino in Rozvadov is packed to the brim for the final two starting flights of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS. 1,022 players registered for Day 1i, which started at noon local time and an even bigger number is expected as players take their final shot at a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet in this event.

The final flight starts at 6 p.m. local time and will feature 18 levels of 30 minutes each. All surviving players will come back on Wednesday, November 1st, and join the 114 from the first four starting days and all the survivors from the penultimate flight.

The guaranteed prize pool of €2,000,000 prize pool has attracted some of the biggest names from the poker world, and some of them are one step closer to victory. Players like Jaroslaw Sikora (507,000), Sander van Wesemael (472,000), Ognjen Sekularac (447,500), John Racener (334,000), Brandon Cantu (283,500), Michael Magalashvili (241,500), Martin Kabrhel (235,000), Kenny Hallaert (206,000), Alex Foxen (189,000) and Marcel Luske (184,500) have already advanced to Day 2.

Late registration is possible until the start of Level 9, which is around 10.40 p.m. local time. One single reentry is allowed during that period and players will be sent on a 20-minute break after Level 4, 8, 12 and 14. Follow PokerNews throughout the day as the live reporting team will bring you all the updates from the final and biggest flight.

THE COLOSSUS Event Schedule

DayDateInformation
October 27thDay 1a at 12 pm11 out of 155 advanced to Day 2
October 27thDay 1b at 6 pm12 out of 210 advanced to Day 2
October 28thDay 1c at 12 pm10 out of 196 advanced to Day 2
October 28thDay 1d at 6 pm11 out of 199 advanced to Day 2
October 29thDay 1e at 12 pm11 out of 202 advanced to Day 2
October 29thDay 1f at 6 pm11 out of 222 advanced to Day 2
October 30thDay 1g at 12 pm19 out of 318 advanced to Day 2
October 30thDay 1h at 6 pm29 out of 451 advanced to Day 2
October 31stDay 1i at 12 pm18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40 pm
October 31stDay 1j at 6pm18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40 pm
November 1stDay 2 at 3 pmLevels last 40 min each, play down to final table
November 2ndDay 3 at TBALevels last 40 min each, play down to a winner