Event #61: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em Begins Today
One of the larger events of the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will fill the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Wednesday morning with the fifth installment of The Colossus set to kick off at 10 a.m. local time in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Event #61: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em has become one of the signature tournaments of the WSOP for the past four years with the field reaching as much as 22,374 back in its inaugural event in 2015.
A few changes have been made to The Colossus this year, aside from the buy-in. This year, there will be only two starting days, with the first kicking off at 10:00 a.m. local time today. Day 1's will play 16 levels, each lasting 40 minutes, with 20-minute breaks every three levels. Late registration will be open until the start of Level 13, allowing one re-entry per player, per flight. Players will receive a 75-minute dinner break after the ninth level which will be approximately 4:40 p.m. local time.
Another change to The Colossus involves players' starting stacks. Players will begin with 40,000 in chips compared to the 5,000 in previous years. Blinds will start at 100/100 and will end when they are 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. Anyone able to survive the first 16 levels of The Colossus and bag a stack will return for Day 2 action slated for 11 a.m. Friday, June 28th.
Last year, a top prize of $1,000,000 was guaranteed to its victor Roberly Felicio who bested a field of 13,070 hopefuls to join the prestigious club that includes; 2017 winner,Thomas Pomponio, 2016 winner, Ben Keeline, and the inaugural title-holder, Cord Garcia, in 2015. The size of the field has shrunk since its inception but the top-prize has grown. Felicio, Pomponio, and Keeline were benefactors of the guaranteed first-place prize while Garcia's cut of the debut year's prizepool was $638,880.
Past Results:
| Year | Winner | Entries | First-Place Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cord Garcia | 22,374 | $638,880 |
| 2016 | Ben Keeline | 21,613 | $1,000,000 |
| 2017 | Thomas Pomponio | 18,054 | $1,000,000 |
| 2018 | Roberly Felicio | 13,070 | $1,000,000 |
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