2017 World Series of Poker

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1f
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$565
Prize Pool
$9,027,000
Entries
18,054
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000

Ardavan Yadzi Leads the Final Flight of Colossus III

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Ardavan Yazdi
Ardavan Yazdi

The final flight of the Colossus III is in the books, wrapping up six flights totaling 18,053 entries. Ardavan Yazdi bagged the lead with 588,000 chips, and leads the remaining 143 players who moved on to Day 2 from flight 1F. Sitting second in chips is WPT Legends of Poker Champion Harry Arutyunyan, sitting on 504,000, with Jordan Polk rounding out the top three with 487,000 chips.

Yazdi has amassed over $644,000 in live recorded cashes, with a single win in 2007 in the Los Angeles Legends of Poker $5,000 Main Event for $188,125. He bested the likes of Barry Greenstein and David Pham at the final table, and has several notable final tables on his resume.

Sunday's final flight attracted 3,923 entries, slightly less than the 3,966 entries from flight 1E earlier in the day, and more than any of the first four flights.

Interestingly enough, the top three from the evening flight also fall within the top five counts across all six flights.

Here is a look at the top five stacks going into Day 2 on Monday:

PlacePlayer NameChip Count
1Ardavan Yazdi588,000
2Thomas Boivin538,000
3Harry Arutyunyan504,000
4Jordan Polk487,000
5Newton Deleon433,000

Here is a look at the breakdown of entries across all six flights:

FlightEntries
A2,756
B1,982
C3,102
D2,324
E3,966
F3,923
  
Total Entries: 18,053 

Day 2 resumes Monday, June 5th at 2:00 p.m. local time. Play will last 10 levels with blinds increasing to 60 minutes in duration. There will be a break every two levels, with a scheduled 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level of the day. Day 3 is on Tuesday, June 6th at 2:00 p.m. followed by Day 4 on Wednesday, June 7th at 2:00 p.m. where a winner will be crowned.

The Colossus III is paying out a whopping $1,000,000 first-place prize, along with the coveted gold WSOP bracelet. Last year's winner was Ben Keeline, earning himself a million dollars and adding a bracelet to go alongside his WSOP circuit ring. Keeline bested a field of 21,613 entries after four days of play.

Notable players to make it through to Day from this flight included Darren Rabinowitz (393,000), Matt Affleck (272,000), Ralph Massey (219,000), Ryan Laplante (155,000), Cate Hall (138,000), and Jeff Gross (28,000).

With the field being so massive, many familiar faces fired this flight but didn't make it through, including Maria Ho, Kristen Bicknell, Joe Cada, Kenny Hallaert, Loni Harwood, Jessica Dawley, Jamie Kerstetter, William Kassouf, Upeshka De Silva, and Ben Zamani.

There are three more days to go before a millionaire is crowned, so keep following along as PokerNews continues to bring all of the action throughout the rest of this series.

Player Chips Progress
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Ardavan Yazdi
588,000
588,000
588,000
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Harry Arutyunyan
504,000
274,000
274,000
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Jordan Polk
487,000
487,000
487,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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William Black
463,000
463,000
463,000
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Maxwell Campbell
400,000
400,000
400,000
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Darren Rabinowitz
393,000
143,000
143,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Luke Vrabel
352,000
352,000
352,000
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Armin Khachadourian
347,000
347,000
347,000
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Randy Pfeifer
308,000
78,000
78,000
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Mark Babekov
307,000
62,000
62,000
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Alexander Gambino
298,000
298,000
298,000
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Matt Affleck
297,000
217,000
217,000
Profile photo of Sejo Kasic hr
Sejo Kasic
295,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Artur Rudziankov cz
Artur Rudziankov
257,000
27,000
27,000
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Chad Davis
256,000
256,000
256,000
Profile photo of John Hanna us
John Hanna
252,000
252,000
252,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Power us
Nicholas Power
240,000
240,000
240,000
Profile photo of Matthew Parry us
Matthew Parry
239,000
239,000
239,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Broderick us
James Broderick
228,000
228,000
228,000
Profile photo of Ian Steinman us
Ian Steinman
228,000
113,000
113,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
219,000
174,000
174,000
Profile photo of Joshua Feiger us
Joshua Feiger
219,000
219,000
219,000
Profile photo of Michael Flesch us
Michael Flesch
219,000
219,000
219,000
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Bryan Munoz
219,000
219,000
219,000
Profile photo of Fraser Short ca
Fraser Short
203,000
58,000
58,000
Profile photo of Miguel Use be
Miguel Use
198,000
-62,000
-62,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Delrossi
198,000
198,000
198,000
Profile photo of Matthew Yorra us
Matthew Yorra
196,000
196,000
196,000
Profile photo of Daniel Deveau us
Daniel Deveau
193,000
193,000
193,000
Profile photo of John Kim us
John Kim
192,000
192,000
192,000
Profile photo of Matthew Shultis us
Matthew Shultis
188,000
188,000
188,000
Profile photo of Dustin Bryan us
Dustin Bryan
187,000
-28,000
-28,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Gregory Sanchez us
Gregory Sanchez
183,000
183,000
183,000
Profile photo of Mike Chau us
Mike Chau
179,000
179,000
179,000
Profile photo of Pejman Kazemi us
Pejman Kazemi
179,000
179,000
179,000
Profile photo of Anthony Marchese us
Anthony Marchese
178,000
178,000
178,000
Profile photo of Bahman Ataeianfar ca
Bahman Ataeianfar
177,000
177,000
177,000
Profile photo of Stefan Martin us
Stefan Martin
173,000
173,000
173,000
Profile photo of Kunal Ashok Ranglani us
Kunal Ashok Ranglani
173,000
173,000
173,000
Profile photo of Armando Figueroa us
Armando Figueroa
164,000
164,000
164,000
Profile photo of Mark Scacewater us
Mark Scacewater
163,000
163,000
163,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Savelyev us
Dmitry Savelyev
162,500
162,500
162,500
Profile photo of Ben Tang us
Ben Tang
160,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Ron Black us
Ron Black
159,000
159,000
159,000
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
156,000
156,000
156,000
Profile photo of William Johnson us
William Johnson
155,000
155,000
155,000
Profile photo of Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
155,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of John Fontana us
John Fontana
149,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Aditya Agarwal in
Aditya Agarwal
149,000
149,000
149,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jan Christoph Von Halle de
Jan Christoph Von Halle
147,000
147,000
147,000
Profile photo of Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
144,000
144,000
144,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
138,000
86,000
86,000
Profile photo of George Boyce us
George Boyce
135,000
Profile photo of Binh Nguyen us
Binh Nguyen
134,000
134,000
134,000
Profile photo of Daniel Mcnanna us
Daniel Mcnanna
133,000
133,000
133,000
Profile photo of Dien Le us
Dien Le
132,000
132,000
132,000
Profile photo of Randall Campbell us
Randall Campbell
130,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Ying Zhao us
Ying Zhao
128,000
128,000
128,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Dobson gb
Benjamin Dobson
126,000
126,000
126,000
Profile photo of Bryce Burt us
Bryce Burt
123,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Richard Gagliano us
Richard Gagliano
123,000
123,000
123,000
Profile photo of Kelley Slay us
Kelley Slay
122,000
122,000
122,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Cody Pack us
Cody Pack
122,000
82,000
82,000
Profile photo of Safiya Umerova us
Safiya Umerova
121,000
-29,000
-29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joshua Gingras us
Joshua Gingras
121,000
121,000
121,000
Profile photo of Khoi Phan us
Khoi Phan
120,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Federico Ottenio us
Federico Ottenio
119,000
119,000
119,000
Profile photo of Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
118,000
-62,000
-62,000
Profile photo of Ravi Shanmugam us
Ravi Shanmugam
118,000
118,000
118,000
Profile photo of Emile Schiff jm
Emile Schiff
117,000
117,000
117,000
Profile photo of Christopher Herrin us
Christopher Herrin
115,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Thomas Cuce us
Thomas Cuce
115,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Troy Mclain us
Troy Mclain
114,000
114,000
114,000
Profile photo of Gang Wang cn
Gang Wang
112,000
112,000
112,000
Profile photo of Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
110,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Paul Cogliano us
Paul Cogliano
107,000
107,000
107,000
Profile photo of Josias Santos br
Josias Santos
107,000
107,000
107,000
Profile photo of Jason Sorichetti ca
Jason Sorichetti
106,000
106,000
106,000
Profile photo of David Johnson ca
David Johnson
105,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Douglas Bounsall us
Douglas Bounsall
103,000
103,000
103,000
Profile photo of Brett Shaffer us
Brett Shaffer
103,000
103,000
103,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tuan Vu us
Tuan Vu
103,000
103,000
103,000
Profile photo of Eduardo Christ us
Eduardo Christ
101,000
101,000
101,000
Profile photo of Andrew Cook us
Andrew Cook
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Kenneth Jones us
Kenneth Jones
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Rene Michael Mitsching de
Rene Michael Mitsching
98,000
98,000
98,000
Profile photo of Charles Johnson Jr us
Charles Johnson Jr
95,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Brian Pedersen us
Brian Pedersen
93,000
-6,500
-6,500
Profile photo of Adrian Fazakerley gb
Adrian Fazakerley
92,000
92,000
92,000
Profile photo of Jacque Lavadour us
Jacque Lavadour
90,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Joseph Torres us
Joseph Torres
89,000
89,000
89,000
Profile photo of Matthew Wolff us
Matthew Wolff
88,000
88,000
88,000
Profile photo of Tracie Osborne us
Tracie Osborne
88,000
88,000
88,000
Profile photo of Joshua Abady us
Joshua Abady
86,000
86,000
86,000
Profile photo of Peter Zhmutski us
Peter Zhmutski
86,000
86,000
86,000
Profile photo of Brandon Wong us
Brandon Wong
84,000
84,000
84,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Stanley Silverman us
Stanley Silverman
83,000
83,000
83,000
Profile photo of Florian Strasser at
Florian Strasser
83,000
83,000
83,000
Profile photo of Amritaksha Basu us
Amritaksha Basu
82,000
82,000
82,000
Profile photo of Derek Crooks us
Derek Crooks
80,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Patrick Chan us
Patrick Chan
79,000
79,000
79,000
Profile photo of Tony Gargano us
Tony Gargano
78,000
-62,000
-62,000
Profile photo of Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
78,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kane Lai us
Kane Lai
77,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Justo Avalos us
Justo Avalos
75,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Cody Brinn us
Cody Brinn
74,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of James Cho us
James Cho
74,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Angel Pagan us
Angel Pagan
74,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Bauer us
Benjamin Bauer
73,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Reza Yazdi us
Reza Yazdi
73,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Sinisa Zimek us
Sinisa Zimek
71,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Scott Massimiano us
Scott Massimiano
70,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Thomas Taylor ca
Thomas Taylor
68,000
-37,000
-37,000
Profile photo of Yue Zhang us
Yue Zhang
67,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Rodrigo Portaleoni br
Rodrigo Portaleoni
67,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Robert Roberts us
Robert Roberts
67,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Jesse Mills us
Jesse Mills
67,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Donald Landwirth us
Donald Landwirth
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Stephen Brown us
Stephen Brown
64,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Troy Throop us
Troy Throop
56,000
56,000
56,000
Profile photo of David Woo us
David Woo
51,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Petko Petkov us
Petko Petkov
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Gerald Lechner us
Gerald Lechner
49,000
49,000
49,000
Profile photo of Terry Zitzman us
Terry Zitzman
48,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Sebastien Comel fr
Sebastien Comel
48,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Jason Abolsky us
Jason Abolsky
45,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Gian Generosi it
Gian Generosi
45,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Matthew Schoenian us
Matthew Schoenian
44,000
44,000
44,000
Profile photo of Francis Carandang us
Francis Carandang
41,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Kenneth Basmadjian us
Kenneth Basmadjian
38,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Michael Ciacciarelli us
Michael Ciacciarelli
38,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Johann Schafer de
Johann Schafer
34,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Brandon Harwood us
Brandon Harwood
32,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Dale Kuklinski us
Dale Kuklinski
28,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
28,000
4,000
4,000
Raise Your Edge
Profile photo of Jeffrey Dewitt us
Jeffrey Dewitt
28,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Tony Hoang ca
Tony Hoang
28,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Alysa Riddle us
Alysa Riddle
24,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of John Walker ca
John Walker
21,880
21,880
21,880
Profile photo of Dwight Crisostomo us
Dwight Crisostomo
19,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Mauricio Garcia cu
Mauricio Garcia
18,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of William Dai us
William Dai
18,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Gene Rarangol us
Gene Rarangol
4,000
4,000
4,000

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