2017 World Series of Poker

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Sebastian Pauli Eliminated

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Sebastian Pauli recently informed the PokerNews live reporting team that after an ill-timed bluff which left him with 600,000 chips, he was eliminated in a blind-on-blind confrontation. Action folded around to the small blind who called and Pauli moved all in holding {5-}{5-}. His opponent insta-called and tabled {J-}{J-}. The board was no help to Pauli, and his deep run in the Colossus has come to a close.

Tags: Sebastian Pauli

Hats Off to Thomas Cuce

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Thomas Cuce is sporting a baseball cap with the slogan, “I bring nothing to the table.”

He just brought the pain to an opponent when his {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} beat {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}.

All in preflop the board ran out {j-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs},

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Cuce
1,050,000
935,000
935,000

Tags: Thomas Cuce

No Names, No Pack Drill

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player One opened and folded to a raise from Player Two.

Player One: "I'm getting tired of raise folding."

Player Two: "Why don't you raise call?"

Player One: "I'll raise shove it in your face."

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Two More Levels

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

As the clock ticks towards 1am with two more hours to play there are quite a few tired looking players and the atmosphere is a little subdued.

There are 63 players left spread across seven tables. The survivors are due to return at 2 pm and will play down to a final table.

Armando Figuroa Takes from Tom Hall

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Armando Figuroa raised to 100,000 from middle position, Tom Hall three-bet to 285,000 from the button, and Figuroa called.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{7-Spades} and both players checked.

The turn brought the {9-Hearts} and Figuroa bet 220,000. Hall called.

The {Q-Clubs} fell on the river and Figuroa quickly tossed out 300,000. Hall folded and Figuroa took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Armando Figuroa
2,550,000
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Tom Hall
725,000
-1,975,000
-1,975,000

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Tom Hall Catches an Ace for a Knockout

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Tom Hall got all the chips in the middle preflop against a player with a smaller stack. Hall held {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and was far behind his opponent, who tabled {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}. But Hall caught an ace when the board ran out {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{4-Hearts} to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Hall
1,200,000
475,000
475,000

Tags: Tom Hall

Pay Jumps

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

One player was staring intently at the screen with the tournament information on it. Pavilion is a big room and you need good eyesight to catch all the detail. It displayed the fact that there were 55 players remaining and the next player out was set to receive $13,011.

“You watching the pay jumps? Mark Babekov wanted to know? He nodded as the board ticked over and there were 54 players left. Next out is going to get $15,952

Paying attention to the pay jumps can make you $2,941 just like that.