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.
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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.
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The board came ![]()
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and the kings held up to let Silva more than double.
In a raised pot for three times the big blind and several callers, the flop showed ![]()
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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.
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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.
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 ![]()
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and the double knockout was set in stone.
Ondrej Lon was all in and at risk just when the blinds were about to go up and tabled the ![]()
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to send Lon to the rail.
Niveau: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
On the heads-up turn of ![]()
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, Vladimir Valent checked out of the small blind and big stack Gerrit Muller in the big blind made it 9,200 to go. Valent check-raised the minimum, making it 18,400 to go. Muller checked the stack of his opponent and let go.
Martin Wendt took on Alexander Shelukhin, who checked and called a bet of 1,500 by the Dane on the ![]()
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turn. Shelukhin also checked the
river and Wendt moved all in, forcing a fold from the Russian.
Jeff Lisandro had just been eliminated by Dariusz Glinski and the cards were already rushed away. It was the second bullet for Lisandro, who won't be able to re-enter in the final level of registration. Shaun Deeb had done so just now after busting on the first bullet.
Back to Lisandro's table, it was Casey Kastle who raised to 2,400 from early position. Anatolii Zyrin reraised to 5,000 and Kastle called. Both checked the ![]()
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flop and Kastle check-folded the
turn when facing a bet of 4,000.