Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

2018-10-09 23:43 UTC+2

Kavouras Takes Two

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Juri Zaprudnov pushed a mere seven big blinds and Thomas Kowalski jammed for 16,200 from one seat over. On the button, Michail Kavouras asked for a count and called, the blinds folded.

Zaprudnov tabled the and Kowalski held , but Kavouras had the best of it with . There was no upset on the board and the double knockout was set in stone.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michail Kavouras	60,000
Juri Zaprudnov	Eliminado
Thomas Kowalski	Eliminado

Tags: Juri Zaprudnov Michail Kavouras Thomas Kowalski

2018-10-09 23:52 UTC+2

Kabrhel Eliminated in Three-Way All In

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a raised pot for three times the big blind and several callers, the flop showed and two big stacks collided in Meir Avigal and Daniel Prior. Martin Kabrhel was caught in the crossfire and also ended up all in for a potential triple up.

Martin Kabrhel:
Meir Avigal:
Daniel Prior:

The turn was a massive sweat for Prior, but he bricked off on the river to ship over almost 90,000 to Avigal. Prior doubled his remaining few big blinds the next hand and jumped back to more than the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Meir Avigal	220,000 220,000	220,000
Daniel Prior	30,000 -60,000	-60,000

Martin Kabrhel	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Prior Martin Kabrhel Meir Avigal

2018-10-09 23:57 UTC+2

Silva More Than Doubles

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

John D Silva raised to 3,300 first to act and picked up three callers. In the small blind, Gerrit Muller three-bet to 7,200 and Meir Avigal called from the big blind, Silva then pushed all in and just Muller called.

John D Silva:
Gerrit Muller:

The board came and the kings held up to let Silva more than double.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Meir Avigal	210,000 -10,000	-10,000
Gerrit Muller	125,000 -35,000	-35,000
John D Silva	40,000

Tags: Gerrit Muller John D Silva Meir Avigal

Nível: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

2018-10-10 00:10 UTC+2

Payout Information for Day 1A

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The first of eight starting days of The COLOSSUS will play until the end of level 18 or until 10 players remain, whichever of the two comes first. Similar to the 2017 edition of this event in Rozvadov and also at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the money will be reached and there is a separate prize pool for each Day 1 and as of Day 2. The 154 Day 1A entries created a prize pool of €73,881 and the top 24 spots will get paid as follows:

Place	Payout (in EUR)
1	19,853
2	12,263
3	8,458
4	5,967
5	4,307
6	3,184
7	2,411
8	1,872
9	1,491
10-12	1,218
13-15	1,023
16-18	883
19-24	784

For those that bust in the money and lock up a cash prize already, another chance awaits in any of the remaining starting days and participants can also opt to surrender their stack upon bagging and tagging. All unused prizes will then go towards a separate prize pool for all players that reach Day 2.

2018-10-10 00:12 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Gerrit Muller	210,000 85,000	85,000
Edgars Strupka	125,000 10,000	10,000
Aliosha Staes	80,000 -40,000	-40,000
Anatolii Zyrin	75,000 45,000	45,000

Paul Berende	45,000 22,000	22,000
Hannes Neurauter	44,000 17,000	17,000
Shaun Deeb	33,000 8,000	8,000

Casey Kastle	Eliminado
Allen Kessler	Eliminado

2018-10-10 00:21 UTC+2

Bala Doubles Through Baars

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

While Teunis Kooij has been eliminated b Netanel Amedi, another Dutchman has taken a hit on Day 1A of The COLOSSUS. Nicolaas Baars had David Bala all in and at risk for the following showdown.

David Bala:
Nicolaas Baars:

Baars picked up an additional straight draw but failed to deal the final blow to Bala on a board of .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Netanel Amedi	120,000 120,000	120,000
Nicolaas Baars	85,000 85,000	85,000
David Bala	70,000 70,000	70,000
Teunis Kooij	Eliminado

Tags: David Bala Netanel Amedi Nicolaas Baars Teunis Kooij

2018-10-10 00:28 UTC+2

Valent Busts Kratzer

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Prior had been eliminated not long ago and was replaced by Mirko Kratzer. However, the fortune in the seat remained the same as Kratzer bowed out soon after. Down to around 17,000 he was all in with the and Vladimir Valent had an easy call with . The board came and one king wasn't enough to keep Kratzer in contention.

In the meanwhile, Shaun Deeb has also been eliminated on a different table and will have to try again in one of the remaining seven flights in order to earn vital points for the Player of the Year leardboard.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vladimir Valent	110,000 55,000	55,000
Shaun Deeb	Eliminado

Daniel Prior	Eliminado

Mirko Kratzer	Eliminado
Alexander Shelukhin	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Prior Shaun Deeb Vladimir Valent Mirko Kratzer

2018-10-10 00:34 UTC+2

Grimaldi Chips Up

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Their table was about to break with 45 players remaining, but Pasquale Grimaldi and Netanel Amedi were still battling in one hand that went to the river of a board . Amedi checked and Grimaldi bet 11,000, which was called after some consideration. Grimaldi turned over the for two pair and dragged in the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Wendt	145,000 90,000	90,000
Netanel Amedi	100,000 -20,000	-20,000
Pasquale Grimaldi	70,000 25,000	25,000
Roland Israelashvili	30,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Netanel Amedi Pasquale Grimaldi

2018-10-10 00:39 UTC+2

Another Break

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The third and penultimate break of the day has just kicked off with 41 players out of 154 entries remaining. In the 15-minute break, the T-100 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the remainder of the night.