Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Jour 1f | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

2017-10-30 06:28 UTC+2

Ognjen Sekularac Takes The Overall Chip Lead Into Day 2

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Niveau 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Today Day 1f of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS ended with all 18 levels of play being needed to get to eleven remaining players. Ognjen Sekularac is the absolute chip leader of the day, and of everyone that has advanced to Day 2 already, with 447,500 chips.

Sekularac has an impressive list of cashes already with his biggest cash taking place almost three months ago when he finished in 2nd place in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event during the 2017 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. He has actually won a tournament here in Rozvadov before but that was five years ago so he will be looking to add a gold bracelet to his collection to embellish it even more.

Second in chips is Sebastian Curcu from Germany who seems to be a local here in the casino as all his cashes have taken place here in the King’s Casino. He will take 329,000 to the table on Wednesday when he takes his seat for Day 2. Another German to make it through to Day 2, third in chips for today, is Sebastian Wolfrom with 323,500 chips. This will be his biggest cash up till now so he will definitely be looking to make that cash even bigger now.

Other notables making it through to Day 2 are Rifat Gegic (125,500) and Max Pescatori (81,000). Unfortunately, not everyone was lucky enough to make it through, players like Chris Ferguson, Martin Kabrhel, Ryan Hughes, Georgios Zisimopoulos, Allen Kessler, Roland Israelashvili, Michael Magalashvili, Dermot Blain, Tobias Peters and many others.

Day 1g and 1h will take place tomorrow here at the King’s Casino so keep following PokerNews for all the latest news.

Tags: Allen Kessler Chris Ferguson Dermot Blain Georgios Zisimopoulos Martin Kabrhel Max Pescatori Michael Magalashvili Ognjen Sekularac Rifat Gegic Roland Israelashvili Ryan Hughes Sebastian Curcu Sebastian Wolfrom Tobias Peters

2017-10-30 04:10 UTC+2

Kabrhel Eliminated By Sekularac

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Niveau 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Martin Kabrhel was seen standing at his table as his chips were being counted out. He had and was all in against Ognjen Sekularac who had .

The board read - Sekularac had two pair, aces and tens and the bigger stack so Kabrhel won't be winning his second bracelet just yet.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ognjen Sekularac	210,000	115,000
Martin Kabrhel	Eliminé

Tags: Martin Kabrhel Ognjen Sekularac

2017-10-30 03:17 UTC+2

The Bubble Burst

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Niveau 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Round #1: There was one all-in but with no callers, the remaining four tables could go on to the next hand quite quickly.

Round #2:There was one all-in and a call on a board. One player had and the all-in player had . The on the river didn't change the situation as the all-in player doubled up.

Round #3: Thomas Layher raised to 4,700 from early position and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop came , the big blind check-called the 4,600 bet of Layher. The turn brought them the , now the big blind check-called the 11,300 bet of Layher. The on the river completed the board on which they both checked. The player in the big blind tabled for a pair of queens but Layher had for the same pair but with the higher kicker.

Round #4: No action.

Round #5: Only one hand made it to showdown where the players in the mid-position and cutoff were involved. Both players checked through the whole board. The player in mid-position had but he was beat by the player in the cutoff who held for a pair of nines.

Round #6: Georgios Karakousis was at risk as he was all in from the big blind and covered by Maarten Mol in the small blind.

Georgios Karakousis:
Maarten Mol:

The board ran out - Karakousis hit his king on the river to double up.

Round #7: No action

Round #8: No action

Round #9: Layher raised to 5,600 from mid-position. Ognjen Sekularac called from the button, so did the player in the small blind. The flop came , the small blind check-folded to the 8,100 bet of Layher. Sekularac called. The turn brought them the , Layher checked, Sekularac bet 18,300 which prompted Layher to shove and Sekularac folded.

Round #10: Marko Ilicic raised to 9,500 from late position. Jorg Drummer shoved for 40,900 in total from the button. Action folded back to Ilicic who called.

Marko Ilicic:
Jorg Drummer:

The board ran out - no help for Drummer as he has to bow out without any prize money.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jorg Drummer	Eliminé

Tags: Georgios Karakousis Jorg Drummer Ognjen Sekularac Maarten Mol Marko Ilicic

2017-10-29 23:23 UTC+2

Van Wesemael Needs To Reenter

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Niveau 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Sander van Wesemael shoved all in for the 3,900 he still had behind. Eusebiu Jalba, in the small blind, called and so did the player in the big blind.

They both checked through the flop and the on the turn. The river completed the board with the . Jalba bet 2,000 and the big blind folded.

"Do you have a seven?" Van Wesemael asked Jalba.

"Yes." Jalba replied.

Eusebiu Jalba: ]
Sander van Wesemael:

Jalba hit his straight to eliminate Van Wesemael.

"Going to gamble again or else I have to wake up early tomorrow for the noon flight." he said before walking to the cashier to reenter.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Eusebiu Jalba	29,000	29,000
Sander van Wesemael	Eliminé

Tags: Eusebiu Jalba Sander van Wesemael

2017-10-29 18:03 UTC+2

Day 1f Of THE COLOSSUS Ready To Start At 6 p.m

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On the third day of Event #5: THE COLOSSUS at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Day 1f is set to start at 6 p.m. local time. This is the sixth of ten flights in total and the event has already attracted 773 players in total. 44 players have already qualified for Day 2 on Wednesday with many more trying to join them.

The current chip leader going into Day 2 is Konstantinos Misailidis who played Day 1d yesterday collecting 419,000 chips. Other notables include John Racener (334,000), Brandon Cantu (283,500), Kenny Hallaert (206,000), Alex Foxen (189,000), Marcel Luske (184,500), Mike Leah (166,500), Viliyan Petleshkov (165,500), Ryan Leng (141,000), and defending WSOPE Main Event champion Kevin MacPhee (134,000).

Each flight will play 18 levels of 30 minutes each or down till there are eleven players left. Registration will remain open until the start of level nine at approximately 10.40 p.m. local time and a single re-entry is allowed during that period. Breaks will take place after every four levels of play and last 20 minutes each.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide you with all the latest updates so stay tuned!

THE COLOSSUS Event Schedule

Day	Date	Information
October 27th	Day 1a at 12 pm	11 out of 155 advanced to Day 2
October 27th	Day 1b at 6 pm	12 out of 210 advanced to Day 2
October 28th	Day 1c at 12 pm	10 out of 196 advanced to Day 2
October 28th	Day 1d at 6 pm	11 out of 199 advanced to Day 2
October 29th	Day 1e at 12 pm	18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40 pm
October 29th	Day 1f at 6 pm	18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40 pm
October 30th	Day 1g at 12 pm	18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40 pm
October 30th	Day 1h at 6 pm	18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40 pm
October 31st	Day 1i at 12 pm	18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40 pm
October 31st	Day 1j at 6pm	18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40 pm
November 1st	Day 2 at 1 pm	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

Tags: Alex Foxen Brandon Cantu John Racener Kenny Hallaert Kevin MacPhee Konstantinos Misailidis Marcel Luske Mike Leah Ryan Leng Viliyan Petleshkov