Event #70: $400 Colossus Jour 1a | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-30 09:01 UTC-7

Event #70: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em Begins at 10 AM

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The 2023 World Series of Poker continues at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today with the Event #70: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em at 10 a.m local time. The Colossus is the second lowest buy-in event at the WSOP, so an absolutely massive field is expected as they all dream of bracelet glory.

The reigning champion is United Kingdom's Paul Hizer who beat a field of 13,565 entrants to claim the first-place prize of $414,490 as well as his first WSOP bracelet. If trends from this year's WSOP continue, then the entrants and prize pool will dwarf last year's numbers as Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em showed with its 23,088 entrants and $5,679,648 prize pool.

2022 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Earnings
1	Paul Hizer	United Kingdom	$414,490
2	Sam Laskowitz	United States	$256,170
3	Jordan Pelon	France	$193,240
4	James Scott	United Kingdom	$146,680
5	Luong Quach	United States	$112,060
6	Jeff Loiacono	United States	$86,160
7	Anthony Ruttler	United States	$66,670
8	William Gian	United States	$51,930
9	Sean Shah	United States	$40,710

There will be two starting flights with Day 1a on Friday, June 30 and 1b on Saturday, June 31. Players will start with 40,000 chips and will play 17 40-minute levels on Day 1 in hopes of bagging their chips. There will be a 20-minute break every three levels as well as a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12 (about 7 p.m.).

There is one reentry available per flight. The blinds will start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Late registration and reentry will remain available until the start of Level 13 (around 8:15 p.m. after the dinner break).

PokerNews will be here for all four days of action until they play down to a winner on Day 3 as well as all other events during the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Paul Hizer

2023-06-30 11:29 UTC-7

Colossal Entrants From Far and Wide

yoeleven

Niveau 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

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2023-06-30 13:42 UTC-7

Espada Gets Zapata to Fold

yoeleven

Niveau 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Malissa Zapata raised to 1,300 from the hijack, with John Espada defending his big blind.

The flop came 2♥9♦4♦ and Espada checked before calling Zapata's bet of 2,000. Both players then checked the K♠ turn.

The river brought the J♦. Espada led out, tossing in 6,000. Zapata considered her options for a few moments before finding a fold.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Espada	111,000 111,000	111,000
Malissa Zapata	65,300 65,300	65,300

Tags: John Espada Malissa Zapata

2023-06-30 13:48 UTC-7

Colquhoun Gets There in a Bad Way

ClaudioElizalde

Niveau 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Horseshoe Sections - Level 3: Blinds 200/400

It folded to Shaun Colquhoun on the button and he raised it to an even 1,000. Alan Thomas in the big blind made the call.

Heads up. the dealer slid the K♦10♦6♠ into play. Thomas checked and Colquhoun continued with a bet of 2,500. Thomas made the call and they saw the 4♠ on the turn. Faced with another check, Colquhoun bet 3,000 and again received a call.

The river peeled the 9♦ and, again, Thomas tapped the table. Colquhoun bet a single red chip, setting the price to 5,000. This time he was faced with a raise as Thomas kicked it up to 12,000 and he called.

Colquhoun saw the bad news when Thomas rolled the Q♦5♦ for the rivered flush and Colquhoun showed the Q♣J♦ for the rivered straight and even a diamond blocker to boot, but it wasn't enough to win the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alan Thomas	66,000 66,000	66,000
Shaun Colquhoun	43,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Alan Thomas Shaun Colquhoun

2023-06-30 14:45 UTC-7

Just This One Time

ClaudioElizalde

Niveau 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Horseshoe Sections - Level 4: Blinds 300/500

A player in middle position raised to 1,000 and was called by the player directly to his left. Lexy Gavin-Mather then raised to an even 5,000 from the blind.

The initial raiser called and the player in between folded. Heads up they saw a flop of K♣3♥7♣. This time Gavin-Mather downsized to 3,600 and was called yet again.

The turn brought the 6♥ and she fired for a larger 12,500. At this point in the hand, the gentleman in middle position asked Gavin-Mather, "Do you have a big hand?" Gavin-Mather didn't offer any information, despite maintaining a friendly demeanor.

"Alright..." said her opponent as he picked up his hand and swished two queens back and forth before throwing them in the muck, "I fold my pair of queens to you."

Lexy Gavin-Mather then went on to say, "Okay, just because PokerNews is here..." and showed her A♣Q♥ to the table, going on to say, "That was my only bluff today...".

Her tablemates chimed in that they weren't so sure of that and continued to play on.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lexy Gavin-Mather	41,500 1,500	1,500

2023-06-30 18:35 UTC-7

Poker Face Until It's Over

ClaudioElizalde

Niveau 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Horseshoe Sections - Level 9: Blinds 800/1600

Ashley "PokerFaceAsh" Frank was all in and at risk against a bigger stack; she audibly gasped when she saw her opponent's holdings.

Ashley Frank: Q♣Q♦
Big Stack: A♦J♣

The flop was clean for the popular YouTube vlogger, as the dealer presented the 8♣6♣K♦, but a sigh of frustration escaped Frank as the A♥ spiked on the turn. The 10♠ was no help to her and she was left to congratulate her opponent, "Amazing hand, sir," she said stoically before getting up to leave the table. "At least I might make PokerNews."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ashley Frank	Eliminé

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2023-06-30 20:02 UTC-7

Steinman Triples

Tboss

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Three players were seen with all of the chips in the middle and Ian Steinman was at risk for 31,500, while the second player was at risk for about 93,000 and Rachel Delatorre was looking for the double Elimination.

Ian Steinman: K♣J♣
Opponent: A♥Q♦
Rachel Delatorre: A♦K♦

The board ran out 6♣5♥4♥K♣J♥, giving Steinman two pair to triple, while Delatorre made a pair of kings to win the side pot and eliminate the third player in the hand.

Shortly after, Steinman flopped trips to drag another pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rachel Delatorre	135,000
Ian Steinman	124,000

Tags: Ian Steinman Rachel Delatorre

2023-06-30 22:38 UTC-7

One for Iermolcheva

ClaudioElizalde

Niveau 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Olga Iermolcheva was facing a raise to 10,000 and when she looked at the clock to see what the blind level was, she shrugged and went all in.

When the player on the button went to sweat his cards to see if he had a hand to call with, Iermolcheva expressively waved her hand at at him saying, "Easy fold, easy fold." He laughed and told her she was right.

By the time it got back to the initial raiser, she was asked, "Do you want me to call?"

Candidly, Iermolcheva responsed with, "Honestly, no; I don't want a call. Normally, I would never say this, but if you fold I will show."

Not convinced, the initial raiser shook her head and contemplated the call but ultimately folding A♥K♦ and Iermolcheva lived up to her word and showed 10♥10♠.

Her opponent said she put her on a big pair and that it wasn't worth it to put her chips at risk and Iermolcheva wholeheartedly agreed.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Olga Iermolcheva	78,000 33,000	33,000

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2023-06-30 23:04 UTC-7

Weisner's Aces Send One Out

Tboss

Niveau 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The button opened to 12,000 and Melanie Weisner three-bet to 30,000 in the small blind. The big blind got out of the way, and the button made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of Q♦J♥7♥, and Weisner continued for 30,000. The button thought about it for a moment and shoved his stack of about 120,000 in the middle and Weisner wasted no time making the call.

Button: K♦J♦
Melanie Weisner: A♣A♥

Weisner's aces were able to hold as the board completed with the 3♥ on the turn and the 10♠ on the river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Melanie Weisner	440,000 421,900	421,900

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2023-07-01 01:08 UTC-7

Martin Doubles Nearing the Bubble

Tboss

Niveau 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kevin Martin raised 16,000 under the gun and he was called by a player a couple of spots to his left, as well as the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of 9♥7♠3♥, and the big blind check-called a bet of 22,000, while the third player got out of the way.

The 3♦ landed on the turn and the big blind check-called another bet, this time Martin fired 37,000.

When the 6♣ completed the board, the big blind checked for a final time. Martin paused for about 20 seconds with a stone face and jammed his remaining stack of 139,000.

"This is so sick," said the big blind, "I am so under-repped here."

After about a minute, the big blind dropped a stack across the line to make the call.

Martin quickly showed Q♣Q♠, which defeated his opponents 10♣10♠ for a big double nearing the bubble.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kevin Martin	456,000 331,000	331,000

Tags: Kevin Martin