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

2017-10-31 00:08 UTC+2

WSOPC Rozvadov Main Event Winner Hossein Ensan Second in Chips After COLOSSUS Day 1G

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

Today saw the biggest flight so far of the WSOPE COLOSSUS with 318 players coming together to form the Day 1G field, and from that 318 only 19 players will be advancing to Day 2.

They are lead by Jens Jorgensen (301,500) who was the only player over 300,000. However close behind him is Hossein Ensan (290,000) and Jochen Blomker (270,500). Earlier this month Ensan took down the WSOP International Circuit Main Event here and will be looking for another deep run in this event.

Also in the field is two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman (62,500), who will have to put tomorrow's Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better on hold in order to contest Day 2 of this event, as well as 121-time WSOP casher Roland Israelashvili (182,000).

With three flights to go the COLOSSUS is already shaping up to be a big event here at King's Casino Rozvthus and all those who had failed to bag thusfar were out and about during the early levels, including Kristen Bicknell, Ryan Hughes, Chris Ferguson, Felipe Ramos, Phil Hellmuth, Walter Treccarichi, Sander van Wesemael, Rex Clinkscales, Jean-Noel Thorel and Catalin Pop.

Just 48 players made it into the money on this flight, and after an extended bubble of hand-for-hand play, which included a sickening flush vs. flush hand between Stanislav Koleno and Roland Israelashvili, Belgian player Erik Sens was sent to the rail when he couldn't beat the full house of Amine Bellal.

Position	Name	Country	Payout
20	Khalil Youssafi	Germany	€1,061
21	Matous Housvicek	Czech Republic	€1,061
22	Peter Jaroslav	Czech Republic	€1,061
23	Marek Sindelar	Czech Republic	€1,061
24	Michal Mrakes	Czech Republic	€1,061
25	Osman Toksoy	Turkey	€1,061
26	David Urban	Slovakia	€1,061
27	Aaron Duczak	Canada	€1,061
28	Miroslav Prochazka	Czech Republic	€938
29	Richard Pfeffer	Hungary	€938
30	Eran Yehuda	Israel	€938
31	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	€938
32	Marius Pertea	Romania	€938
33	Oleg Mandzyuk	Germany	€938
34	Jiri Noga	Czech Republic	€938
35	Sebastian Homann	Germany	€938
36	Amine Bellal	France	€938
37	Andrei Badulescu	Romania	€854
38	Ryan Hughes	United States	€854
39	Tomas Fara	Czech Republic	€854
40	Gaetano Moreci	Belgium	€854
41	Robert Zipf	Germany	€854
42	Cheng Wei Yin	Belgium	€854
43	Stanislav Koleno	Slovakia	€854
44	Georgios Zisimopoulos	Greece	€854
45	Marek Sulc	Czech Republic	€854
46	Carlo Savinelli	Italy	€854
47	Martin Paap	Netherlands	€854
48	Vladas Burneikis	Lithuania	€854

Israelashvili was chip leader at this point, with over 200,000 but faded towards the end of the nights, after failing to capitalise on the slew of bustouts that followed the bubble bursting.

It was Hossein Ensan who took over the chip lead when players were redrawn around three tables, but it was a late surge from Danish player Jorgensen to snatch the Day 1G chip lead away from him.

Here is a full list of players advancing to Day 2 from this flight:

Name	Country	Chip Count
Anastasios Parisis	Greece	226,000
Donato Alessi	Italy	76,000
Jens Jorgensen	Denmark	301,500
Roland Israelashvili	United States	182,000
Nghi van Tran	Canada	42,500
Leonardo Romeo	Italy	130,000
Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	62,500
Jakub Kaderabek	Czech Republic	102,000
Maria Zijthof	Netherlands	272,000
Simon Mint	India	201,500
Jason Hsu	Taiwan	151,500
Thapar Devesh	India	106,000
Jochen Blomker	Germany	270,500
Hossein Ensan	Germany	290,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Russia	231,000
Moshe Alazar	Israel	100,000
Miroslav Prosa	Czech Republic	208,000
Makarios Avramidis	Greece	235,000
Jacek Skiscim	Poland	99,500

Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the updates from the remaining three flights of the COLOSSUS.

Tags: Aaron Duczak Amine Bellal Asi Moshe Barny Boatman Catalin Pop Chris Ferguson David Urban Donato Alessi Erik Sens Felipe Ramos Gaetano Moreci Georgios Zisimopoulos Hossein Ensan Jakub Kaderabek Maria Zijthof

2017-10-30 22:15 UTC+2

Grafton With the Gin Flop; Boatman Keeps on Pushing

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

Sam Grafton moved all in for 24,000 and Leonardo Romeo called.

Sam Grafton:
Leonardo Romeo:

The flop came giving Grafton a straight. The turn was the and the river the handing Grafton the double up.

Meanwhile on a board, Barny Boatman had bet 20,000 into a pot of around 50,000. His opponent thought for a while before calling. Boatman turned over for the nut flush and took down the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Leonardo Romeo	60,000	-5,000
Sam Grafton	50,000	10,000

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2017-10-30 21:56 UTC+2

Sens Elimination Bursts COLOSSUS Day 1G Bubble

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

Erik Sens moved all in from the button and Roland Israelashvili called in the small blind, as well as Amine Bellal in the big blind.

The pair checked down a board of and all cards were turned over.

"I have the nuts," said Israelashvili showing a suspiciously non-quads looking . Bellal showed for a full house while Sens showed .

"Not bad on the button," said Bellal, but it wasn't good enough to stop him from being eliminated, bursting the bubble on Day 1G of the COLOSSUS.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Roland Israelashvili	220,000
Amine Bellal	20,000	3,500
Erik Sens	Eliminé

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2017-10-30 21:18 UTC+2

Israelashvili Wins Huge Pot on Bubble

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

Roland Israelashvili raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and Stanislav Koleno three-bet to 19,000 out of the small blind. Israelashvili called.

The flop came and Koleno bet 16,000. Israelashvili called. The turn was the . Koleno continued for 25,500 and Israelashvili stood up, asking to see how much Koleno had behind. He then called.

The river was the Koleno bet 35,000 and Israelashvili snap moved all in.

"Count," asked Koleno.

"I have you covered," said Israelashivli.

"I was bluffing pre-flop," said Koleno, "You don't look like you are bluffing that's the problem. I'm beaten by two hands; Ace-Queen and Ace-Ten."

Eventually Koleno called. With one all-in at the other table this hand was shown down first. Koleno showed for a flush but Israelashvili showed for the nut flush. Koleno wasn't in fact covered and was still alive in the tournament.

Meanwhile at a neighbouring table the of shortstack Jiri Noga held against the of Leonardo Romeo on a board. Hand-for-hand play continues.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Roland Israelashvili	230,000	147,000
Stanislav Koleno	2,500	-77,500

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2017-10-30 20:38 UTC+2

Avramidis Chips Up Following Romeo Misread

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Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Leonardo Romeo raised to 4,200 from the hijack and Makarios Avramidis three-bet to 13,300 from the big blind. Romeo called and the flop came . Avramidis bet 12,000 and Romeo flat-called.

The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and again both players checked.

Avramidis turned over . There was a pause before Romeo, with a certain confidence in his action, slammed face up on the table.

There was a moment's pause and expressions of shock on the faces of his tablemates, before Romeo realised that the pocket Queens he thought he had were nothing more than Queen-high, and Avramidis took down the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Makarios Avramidis	165,000	36,000
Leonardo Romeo	65,000	65,000

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2017-10-30 19:05 UTC+2

Koleno Eliminates Peters and Halleux

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Niveau 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Stanislav Koleno raised on the button and Tobias Peters three-bet out of the small blind. Fabrice Halleux moved all in from the big blind for three blinds and Koleno called.

The flop came and Peters continued for 6,700. Koleno called. The turn was the and Peters bet 11,600. Koleno called again.

The river was the and Peters moved all in for 16,600. Koleno thought for a while before slamming some chips down on the felt and calling.

"Good call," said Peters tabling . Koleno turned over narrowly beating his opponent's Ace-high. Meanwhile Halleux showed and Koleno eliminated both Peters and Halleux.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Stanislav Koleno	95,000
Tobias Peters	Eliminé
Fabrice Halleux	Eliminé

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2017-10-30 18:25 UTC+2

Avramidis Extends Chip Lead

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Niveau 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Makarios Avramidis raised to 2,400 from the hijack and the player in the cutoff called. The big blind moved all in for 11,900. Avramidis asked for a count before calling.

As Avramidis was counting out the chips to make the call the cutoff then moved all in himself for around 25,000. Avramidis called.

Makarios Avramidis:
Cutoff:
Big Blind:

The board ran out and Avramidis's Kings held to eliminate two players and boost his stack up over 100,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Makarios Avramidis	120,000	35,000

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2017-10-30 17:58 UTC+2

Halleux Doubles Through Peters

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Niveau 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Pre-flop Roland Israelashvili had a raise of 7,000 in front of him, while Tobias Peters had gone all in from under the gun and Fabrice Halleux from the next position over.

Eventually Israelashvili released his hand and the cards were turned over.

"Ace-Queen?" said Halleux but Peters turned over . Halleux let out an exasperated sigh as he turned over the , with the dealing moving it slightly to reveal the behind him and Halleux was dominated.

The flop came with no help for Halleux. "King on the river," said Halleux as the turn was dealt. The river was the giving Halleux a flush.

"No comment," he said, chipping up to just under 20 big blinds.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tobias Peters	20,000	10,000
Fabrice Halleux	12,000	12,000

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2017-10-30 15:39 UTC+2

Grafton Eliminated by Urban

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Niveau 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

On a river Sam Grafton had moved all in for around 5,000 and David Urban was contemplating making the call.

Eventually he did so, and Grafton swiftly turned over for King-high and a missed straight draw.

Urban showed for ace-high and took down the pot, eliminating Grafton.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
David Urban	22,000	22,000
Sam Grafton	Eliminé

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2017-10-30 11:49 UTC+2

Welcome THE COLOSSUS Day 1G

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There is a new leader in the WSOPE COLOSSUS and his name is Ognjen Sekularac. He bagged up earlier this morning at the conclusion of Day 1F with a stunning 447,500 chips and today sees players have their next chance to join him in Day 2.

Other notables still in 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), Andreas Klatt (165,000), Ryan Leng (141,000), defending WSOPE Main Event champion Kevin MacPhee (134,000) and Max Pescatori (81,000).

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 4:40 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	11 out of 202 advanced to Day 2
October 29th	Day 1f at 6 pm	11 out of 222 advanced to Day 2
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 3 pm	Levels last 40 min each, play down to final table
November 2nd	Day 3 at TBA	Levels last 40 min each, play down to a winner