Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus
Jour 3 a débuté
Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus
Jour 3 a débuté
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | 1 | Andrej Desset | Slovakia | 2,200,000 | 11 |
37 | 2 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 2,675,000 | 13 |
37 | 3 | Gianluca Gallo | Italy | 7,975,000 | 40 |
37 | 4 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 3,400,000 | 17 |
37 | 5 | Alain Deniz Saka | Poland | 8,150,000 | 41 |
37 | 6 | Stefan Fabian | Romania | 4,475,000 | 22 |
37 | 7 | Samuel Stranak | Slovakia | 4,800,000 | 24 |
37 | 8 | Xhavit Berisha | Kosovo | 8,650,000 | 43 |
38 | 1 | Dennis Magro | Germany | 10,000,000 | 50 |
38 | 2 | Ermanno Di Nicola | Italy | 8,275,000 | 41 |
38 | 3 | Cristian David | Romania | 6,300,000 | 32 |
38 | 4 | Angelo Marrone | Italy | 800,000 | 4 |
38 | 5 | Elia Salerno | Italy | 3,925,000 | 20 |
38 | 6 | Alessandro Predaroli | Italy | 3,375,000 | 17 |
38 | 7 | Julien Loire | France | 7,125,000 | 36 |
38 | 8 | Juuso Luokkanen | Finland | 3,525,000 | 18 |
Get the trumpet, drums and confetti cannons ready as the latest champion from the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe will be determined later today. At 2 p.m. local time, the final day of Event 5: €550 NLH Colossus gets underway, and the remaining field of 16 will play down until a winner is crowned.
Awaiting the eventual victor is the first place spoils, which consist of €200,000, entry into the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event and the coveted gold bracelet. From those that are still in contention of grabbing the lion's share of the €1,632,1000 prize pool, only Samuel Stranak (4,800,000) has tasted victory under the WSOP umbrella before. The Slovakian went the distance in Event 4: €2K Pot-Limit Omaha at King's Resort in Rozvadov in 2021, netting him €101,764 for his biggest career score. Stranak will need to finish inside the top two if he wants to eclipse that figure.
The rest of the field is made up of some seasoned veterans, up-and-comers and relatively unknowns. Dennis Magro (10,000,000) currently leads the pack of survivors and can be considered to be in the first category, with tournament results dating back to 2009.
Day 1a chip leader Xhavit Berisha remains in the upper echelons of the chip counts and brings in 8,650,000. At one point on Day 2, it looked like he was heading out of the door, but a timely double and a period of sun-running kept his WSOP dreams alive.
Rounding out the top three stacks is Ermanno Di Nicola (8,275,000). Like Stranak, the Italian is no stranger to the bright lights of a WSOP final table, having made two of them in his career. Coincidentally, he made the same FT that Stranak won, and now they meet again in the No Limit Hold'em streets two years later.
Arguably the most accomplished players that still have chips are Tobias Peters, Vadzim Lipauka and Andrej Desset. The trio are the only players to have breached the $1 million in live tournament earnings, with Peters at the top with $2,727,111.
Place | Name | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dennis Magro | Germany | 10,000,000 | 50 |
2 | Xhavit Berisha | Kosovo | 8,650,000 | 43 |
3 | Ermanno Di Nicola | Italy | 8,275,000 | 41 |
4 | Alain Saka | Poland | 8,150,000 | 41 |
5 | Gianluca Gallo | Italy | 7,975,000 | 40 |
6 | Julien Loire | France | 7,125,000 | 36 |
7 | Cristian David | Romania | 6,300,000 | 32 |
8 | Samuel Stranak | Slovakia | 4,800,000 | 24 |
9 | Stefan Fabian | Romania | 4,475,000 | 22 |
10 | Elia Salerno | Italy | 3,925,000 | 20 |
11 | Juuso Luokkanen | Finland | 3,525,000 | 18 |
12 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 3,400,000 | 17 |
13 | Alessandro Predaroli | Italy | 3,375,000 | 17 |
14 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 2,675,000 | 13 |
15 | Andrej Desset | Slovakia | 2,200,000 | 11 |
16 | Angelo Marrone | Italy | 800,000 | 4 |
The current prize that the final 16 have locked up is €9,200, with the pay jump rising to €11,500 when 13 are left.
Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | €200,000* | 8 | €23,350* |
2 | €115,000* | 9 | €18,275* |
3 | €87,000* | 10-11 | €14,474* |
4 | €66,000* | 12-13 | €11,500* |
5 | €50,500* | 14 | €9,200* |
6 | €38,880* | 15-16 | €9,200 |
7 | €30,000* |
* €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Day 1a ticket added
Day 3 is scheduled to begin on November 6 at 2 p.m. local time and play down until a winner is crowned. Play will resume with 27:12 remaining on Level 33, which features 100,000/200,000 blinds with a 200,000 big blind ante.
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Niveau: 33
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
The 16 finalists are back in their seats in the main feature tournament area, and the final day of the €550 Colossus is now underway.
Updates from Day 3 will be on an hour-long delay to avoid spoilers with the stream.
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On the outer table, Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 425,000 from middle position and was called by Cristian David from the hijack. Julien Loire also defended his big blind.
Di Nicola continued for 550,000 on the 10♦6♦6♠ flop and only Loire called.
Loire then check-called for 850,000 on the Q♣ turn. The 10♣ river double board the board. Loire led out for 2,600,000 and Di Nicola wasted little time in folding.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Julien Loire |
9,625,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
Ermanno Di Nicola |
6,350,000
-1,925,000
|
-1,925,000 |
|
||
Cristian David |
5,900,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Gianluca Gallo opened to 400,000 with A♥4♥ from the hijack. Tobias Peters looked down at 7♠7♣ from the cutoff but opted to fold, as did the rest of the table.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Gianluca Gallo |
8,500,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
Samuel Stranak |
4,400,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
||
Stefan Fabian |
4,375,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Elia Salerno raised to 450,000 in the hijack and chip leader Dennis Magro defended his big blind.
The flop came A♦7♠3♠ and Salerno continued for 550,000. Magro then raised to 1,100,000 and Salerno quickly moved all in for 3,475,000.
Magro confirmed the amount and spent a few minutes in the tank before flicking in a chip to signify a call.
Elia Salerno: A♠K♣
Dennis Magro: A♥5♠
Both players had flopped top pair, but Salerno was ahead with his king-kicker. The A♣ turn gave both players trips, but Magro missed the 8♠ river as Salerno earned a massive double up to begin the day.
"I can't fold. I was hoping you had a flush draw," Magro said.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Elia Salerno |
8,500,000
4,575,000
|
4,575,000 |
Dennis Magro |
6,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
Alain Saka opened the Q♠2♥ from the hijack to 425,000. Fabian Stefan called from the cutoff with 7♠7♥. Xhavit Berisha woke up with A♥A♣ from the small blind and he three-bet to 1,300,000. Saka got rid of his hand
Fabian and Berisha then got into some table talk.
"What is the best decision? What should I do?" asked Fabian. "Fold," replied a truthful Berisha.
Fabian took Berisha's advice and folded. The Kosovan then tabled his aces.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Xhavit Berisha |
10,000,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
||
Alain Saka |
7,700,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
Stefan Fabian |
4,000,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |