Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-09-2018 22:43 UTC+1

Kavouras Takes Two

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Juri Zaprudnov pushed a mere seven big blinds and Thomas Kowalski jammed for 16,200 from one seat over. On the button, Michail Kavouras asked for a count and called, the blinds folded.

Zaprudnov tabled the and Kowalski held , but Kavouras had the best of it with . There was no upset on the board and the double knockout was set in stone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michail Kavouras	60,000
Juri Zaprudnov	Busted
Thomas Kowalski	Busted

Tags: Juri Zaprudnov Michail Kavouras Thomas Kowalski

10-09-2018 22:52 UTC+1

Kabrhel Eliminated in Three-Way All In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a raised pot for three times the big blind and several callers, the flop showed and two big stacks collided in Meir Avigal and Daniel Prior. Martin Kabrhel was caught in the crossfire and also ended up all in for a potential triple up.

Martin Kabrhel:
Meir Avigal:
Daniel Prior:

The turn was a massive sweat for Prior, but he bricked off on the river to ship over almost 90,000 to Avigal. Prior doubled his remaining few big blinds the next hand and jumped back to more than the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meir Avigal	220,000 220,000	220,000
Daniel Prior	30,000 -60,000	-60,000

Martin Kabrhel	Busted

Tags: Daniel Prior Martin Kabrhel Meir Avigal

10-09-2018 22:57 UTC+1

Silva More Than Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

John D Silva raised to 3,300 first to act and picked up three callers. In the small blind, Gerrit Muller three-bet to 7,200 and Meir Avigal called from the big blind, Silva then pushed all in and just Muller called.

John D Silva:
Gerrit Muller:

The board came and the kings held up to let Silva more than double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meir Avigal	210,000 -10,000	-10,000
Gerrit Muller	125,000 -35,000	-35,000
John D Silva	40,000

Tags: Gerrit Muller John D Silva Meir Avigal

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-09-2018 23:10 UTC+1

Payout Information for Day 1A

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The first of eight starting days of The COLOSSUS will play until the end of level 18 or until 10 players remain, whichever of the two comes first. Similar to the 2017 edition of this event in Rozvadov and also at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the money will be reached and there is a separate prize pool for each Day 1 and as of Day 2. The 154 Day 1A entries created a prize pool of €73,881 and the top 24 spots will get paid as follows:

Place	Payout (in EUR)
1	19,853
2	12,263
3	8,458
4	5,967
5	4,307
6	3,184
7	2,411
8	1,872
9	1,491
10-12	1,218
13-15	1,023
16-18	883
19-24	784

For those that bust in the money and lock up a cash prize already, another chance awaits in any of the remaining starting days and participants can also opt to surrender their stack upon bagging and tagging. All unused prizes will then go towards a separate prize pool for all players that reach Day 2.

10-09-2018 23:12 UTC+1

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerrit Muller	210,000 85,000	85,000
Edgars Strupka	125,000 10,000	10,000
Aliosha Staes	80,000 -40,000	-40,000
Anatolii Zyrin	75,000 45,000	45,000

Paul Berende	45,000 22,000	22,000
Hannes Neurauter	44,000 17,000	17,000
Shaun Deeb	33,000 8,000	8,000

Casey Kastle	Busted
Allen Kessler	Busted

10-09-2018 23:28 UTC+1

Valent Busts Kratzer

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Prior had been eliminated not long ago and was replaced by Mirko Kratzer. However, the fortune in the seat remained the same as Kratzer bowed out soon after. Down to around 17,000 he was all in with the and Vladimir Valent had an easy call with . The board came and one king wasn't enough to keep Kratzer in contention.

In the meanwhile, Shaun Deeb has also been eliminated on a different table and will have to try again in one of the remaining seven flights in order to earn vital points for the Player of the Year leardboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Valent	110,000 55,000	55,000
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Daniel Prior	Busted

Mirko Kratzer	Busted
Alexander Shelukhin	Busted

Tags: Daniel Prior Shaun Deeb Vladimir Valent Mirko Kratzer

10-09-2018 23:39 UTC+1

Another Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The third and penultimate break of the day has just kicked off with 41 players out of 154 entries remaining. In the 15-minute break, the T-100 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the remainder of the night.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-10-2018 00:00 UTC+1

Zukernik Folds the Flop

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Paul Berende raised the button to 5,500 and Julian Adamson three-bet out of the small blind to 16,000, which forced a quick fold from Berende.

Two hands later, Philipp Zukernik made it 6,500 to go from the small blind and Michael Braeutigam defended the big blind. Zukernik continued for 4,000 with the flop showing , but a raise to 13,000 did the trick for Braeutigam.