Who Will Finish On Top in Event #15: €550 Colossus and the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year?
It is the final day of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe held at King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic and there are still a few questions that remain to be answered. Who will come out on top in Event #15: €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em? Who will finish on top in the 2019 Player of the Year race? Can one of the remaining 11 players make their dreams come true? All of those will be answered in just hours as Day 3 is set to get underway.
There will be 11 players returning to the felt with hopes of winning the final WSOP gold bracelet handed out this calendar year. There is also a cool €190,375 awaiting the winner and for nine of these players, it would be their largest career score by a long shot. Each of them has already locked up at least €12,453 but there is still plenty more to play for.
Coming into the day, Mick Heder will be leading the way with a healthy stack of 12,100,000 chips. Heder has just recently started to build his poker resume with the majority of his cashes coming in the past couple of years, including a run in the 2019 WSOP Main Event. Avraham Dayan sits in a distant second place on a stack of 8,700,00 while Shaun Deeb rounds out the top three with 8,100,000.
Day 3 Seating Assignments
| Seat | Table 38 | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 8,100,000 | 32 |
| 4 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 6,450,000 | 26 |
| 6 | Marian Kubis | Slovakia | 2,150,000 | 9 |
| 8 | Christoph Peper | Germany | 7,250,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Alessandro Pezzoli | Italy | 2,675,000 | 11 |
| Seat | Table 40 | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergii Karpov | Ukraine | 4,725,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Francesco Candelari | Italy | 4,050,000 | 16 |
| 3 | Dieter Becker | Germany | 6,625,000 | 27 |
| 4 | Avraham Dayan | Israel | 8,700,000 | 35 |
| 5 | Mick Heder | Denmark | 12,100,000 | 48 |
| 6 | Pasquale Braco | Italy | 5,000,000 | 20 |
Speaking of Deeb, most eyes will be following his play today as he is looking to capture another Player of the Year title. The top position currently belongs to Daniel Negreanu and he will definitely be sweating the action as it unfolds. Deeb will require a fifth-place finish or better in order to overtake the number one position. The American poker pro will also be hunting down his fifth career gold bracelet.
The only other player to have previously won a WSOP title is partypoker pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier. Having become a celebrity at the online felt, Grospellier has now transitioned into the live game and mostly makes his home at King's Resort now. Grospellier has one gold bracelet to his name but would love to add another to his already stellar resume.
The cards will go in the air at 3 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming on level 34 at 125,000/250,000 and a 250,000 big blind ante. There will be two tables to kick things off but will be quickly reduced to just one table upon one further elimination. The levels will be 40 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every three levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action throughout the day on the way to an eventual winner being crowned.
and Deeb led out for 250,000. Grospellier raised to 800,000 and Deeb made the call.
and Deeb checked this time. Grospellier counted out a bet of 1,775,000 and Deeb went into the tank for over a minute. He eventually shoved all in for 3,050,000 and Grospellier quickly called.
but Grospellier was well ahead with 
for a flopped straight. The 
completed the board and Deeb immediately left the tournament area in 11th place.
. Becker instantly called and the hands were tabled.
flop. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to eliminate Braco in 10th place.
on the river gave Dayan a full house to eliminate Pezzoli in eighth place.
put him even further ahead. The turn was the 
left him drawing slim. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to give Heder a pair of aces but Becker hit a set of kings. The 
on the river was not quite it. Becker wiped the sweat from his brows as he held on for a full double up.
and would require some help. 
