Another day, another chance to take a shot at the €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool of Event #15: €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em at the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe awaits with Day 1e, the fifth of nine starting days kicking off at 6 p.m. The event comes with a buy-in of €550 and has attracted a total of 404 entries throughout the previous four starting days, however the big fields are yet to come as the weekedn approaches.
So far, 43 players qualified for Day 2 on Sunday, November 3rd, at 3 p.m when all remaining players and prize pools will be combined to potentially play down to a final table. The overall chip leader for Day 2 so far is Sergii Karpov after amassing 732,000 last night on Day 1c, while other notables already through include Shaun Deeb (210,000), six-time bracelet winner Chris Ferguson (137,000), Erik Cajelais (115,000), Eyal Bensimhon (265,000), and Roland Israelashvili (252,000).
Each flight will play 18 levels of 30 minutes each or down till there are twelve players left. Registration will remain open until the start of level twelve at approximately 1 a.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 15 minutes each.
THE COLOSSUS Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Starting Time | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Monday, October 28th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1B | Tuesday, October 29th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1C | Wednesday, October 30th | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1D | Thursday, October 31st | 12:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1E | Thursday, October 31st | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1F | Friday, November 1st | 12:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1G | Friday, November 1st | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1H | Saturday, November 2nd | 12:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 1I | Saturday, November 2nd | 18:00 | Play 18 Levels of 30 Minutes, the money will be reached |
| 2 | Sunday, November 3rd | 15:00 | Level duration increases to 40 minutes, play down to final Table |
| 3 | Monday, November 4th | tba | Play Down to a champion |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there throughout the event from the King's Resort to provide all the action until a winner is crowned.