Event #5: €550 NLH COLOSSUS
Jour 1d a débuté
Event #5: €550 NLH COLOSSUS
Jour 1d a débuté
There have been two starting flights to Event #5: €550 No-Limit Hold'em COLOSSUS that were completed yesterday and today will see Day 1d take place, starting at 10 a.m. local time. This will be the only flight taking place today due to the recent government restrictions and the cap has been increased to 1,000 entries.
The opening starting flights attracted a total of 790 entries, 427 on Day 1b and 363 on Day 1c respectively, with 81 players qualified for Day 2 already. Garnelis Georgios has bagged up the largest stack thus far, accumulating a whopping stack of 630,000 chips on Day 1c. Merijn van Rooij finished Day 1b as the chip leader with 545,000 and was joined by Antonello Ferraiuolo (481,000) who already captured his first WSOP gold bracelet at this year's series.
DATE | DAY | START TIME (CET) | PLAY CONCLUDES | Total Entries | Advancing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thursday, November 25 | Day 1b | 12 p.m. | After Level 18 | 427 | 43 |
Thursday, November 25 | Day 1c | 6 p.m. | After Level 18 | 363 | 38 |
Friday, November 26 | Day 1d | 10 a.m. | After Level 18 | - | - |
Saturday, November 27 | Day 1f | 10 a.m. | After Level 18 | - | - |
Sunday, November 28 | Day 2 | 2 p.m. | 9 Players Remain | - | - |
Monday, November 29 | Day 3 | 1 p.m. | End of Event |
The decision was made late yesterday evening to move this event to a 10 a.m. start time with the recent Czech government restrictions coming into place. With only one starting flight per day, the cap was increased to 1,000 entries per flight, the last starting flight taking place tomorrow. Each flight will still play a full 18 levels of 30-minute intervals.
A starting stack will get you 25,000 chips with the blinds beginning at 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. There will be one re-entry permitted per starting flight, and if you do not bag chips, you are allowed to many in multiple flights. There will also be a 15-minute break after every four levels and a 30-minute dinner break after level eight. Late registration will remain open for 12 levels.
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Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
With the button starting in seat 9, the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal to kick things off on Day 1d.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Jan Bendik |
25,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
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Yehuda Cohen | 25,000 | |
Eun Yul Yee |
25,000
-57,500
|
-57,500 |
Roberto Manfredi |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Tal Mor
|
25,000 | |
Hassan Sarris |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Stefan Raschbauer |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Christos Xanthopoulos |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Hamoun Habibi |
25,000
-134,000
|
-134,000 |
Manfred Quint |
25,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
"Seat open!" could be heard across the room, coming from Table 127 in the first few minutes of the tournament. A completed board of was spread across the felt.
Martin Stefanovski had in front of him but was getting up from his seat as Eun Yul Yee tabled for a set of jacks. Stefanovski became the first elimination of the day and Yee was the beneficiary of his chips.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Eun Yul Yee |
49,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
Martin Stefanovski | Eliminé |
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Mario Ripepi was heads-up with Daniel Gjurevski. Ripepi checked to Gjurevski who threw in a bet and Ripepi check-raised to 15,000. Gjurevski quickly shoved all in and Ripepi called off his stack of 23,100.
Gjurevski tabled for top pair and a flush draw but Ripepi held for two pair. The river was the and Ripepi held on for a double up in the early moments of the first level.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Mario Ripepi
|
47,500 | |
Daniel Gjurevski
|
1,500 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The board read and Guido Presti checked to Robert Zapp who threw in a bet of 3,500. Presti called and the landed on the river.
Presti checked again and Zapp announced a bet of 9,000 this time. Presti thought for a brief moment before flicking in a chip to call. Zapp showed for air while Presit held for two pair.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Guido Presti | 37,800 | |
Robert Zapp | 11,300 |
George Marin raised it up from the cutoff and Alessandro Laubinger defended from the big blind. The flop came and Laubinger just shipped all in for around 4,000. Marin quickly called and had Laubinger in rough shape.
Marin flipped over for a flopped straight while Laubinger needed some help with . The on the turn put four spades on the board but neither player held one in their hand. The on the river locked up the win for Marin as Laubinger exited the tournament.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
George Marin
|
27,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
Alessandro Laubinger | Eliminé |