Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1f | 2017 World Series of Poker

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:

Place	Player Name	Chip Count
1	Ardavan Yazdi	588,000
2	Thomas Boivin	538,000
3	Harry Arutyunyan	504,000
4	Jordan Polk	487,000
5	Newton Deleon	433,000

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

Flight	Entries
A	2,756
B	1,982
C	3,102
D	2,324
E	3,966
F	3,923

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
Ardavan Yazdi	588,000 588,000	588,000
Harry Arutyunyan	504,000 274,000	274,000
Jordan Polk	487,000 487,000	487,000

William Black	463,000 463,000	463,000
Maxwell Campbell	400,000 400,000	400,000
Darren Rabinowitz	393,000 143,000	143,000

Luke Vrabel	352,000 352,000	352,000
Armin Khachadourian	347,000 347,000	347,000
Randy Pfeifer	308,000 78,000	78,000
Mark Babekov	307,000 62,000	62,000
Alexander Gambino	298,000 298,000	298,000
Matt Affleck	297,000 217,000	217,000
Sejo Kasic	295,000 65,000	65,000
Artur Rudziankov	257,000 27,000	27,000
Chad Davis	256,000 256,000	256,000
John Hanna	252,000 252,000	252,000
Nicholas Power	240,000 240,000	240,000
Matthew Parry	239,000 239,000	239,000

James Broderick	228,000 228,000	228,000
Ian Steinman	228,000 113,000	113,000

Ralph Massey	219,000 174,000	174,000
Joshua Feiger	219,000 219,000	219,000
Michael Flesch	219,000 219,000	219,000
Bryan Munoz	219,000 219,000	219,000
Fraser Short	203,000 58,000	58,000