End of Day 1f of Event #5: €550 No-Limit Hold'em COLOSSUS
After a long day that needed to continue beyond level 18, in order for the bubble to burst, Day 1f is finally over.
Oliver Heidel made a risky call, when Leonardo Sabatino open-shoved with a bigger stack than his and he made the call with King-Jack, which was behind his opponent's Ace-Queen. It proved to be a wrong call as he was eliminated in 151st place, one spot before the money.
The 1,000 entrants capped Day 1f, the last starting flight for the event and with this number of entries today, the €1,000,000 guarantee prize pool was reached easily and in fact, it went to €1,177,050.
Volodymyr Legkyi topped the end of day chip counts in Day 1f of Event #5: €550 No-Limit Hold'em COLOSSUS, with (530,000) by taking the aggressive side at the end of the day and having already a big stack, he was able to put pressure on his opponents in order to increase his stack. Following Legkyi, is Amihai Oz with (510,000), Maria Teixeira who bagged (498,000), Yann Lormel (480,000) and Gheorghe Bala (443,000).
Event #5: €550 No-Limit Hold'em COLOSSUS Top 10 Counts Day 1f
Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | Volodymyr Legkyi | Ukraine | 530,000 |
2 | Amihai Oz | Israel | 510,000 |
3 | Maria Teixeira | United States | 498,000 |
4 | Yann Lormel | France | 480,000 |
5 | Gheorghe Bala | Romania | 443,000 |
6 | Charles Motamedi | Sweden | 441,000 |
7 | David Arechaga | France | 421,000 |
8 | Thomas Hambrock | Germany | 410,000 |
9 | Mekras Christos | Greece | 403,000 |
10 | Zhong Chen | Netherlands | 373,000 |
The 150 players from Day 1f, will meet the 158 who have already qualified from the previous flights and they will fight for the gold bracelet and the lion's share of the €1,177,050 in the prize pool.
Event #5: €550 No-Limit Hold'em COLOSSUS Schedule
DATE | DAY | START TIME (CET) | PLAY CONCLUDES | Total Entries | Advancing |
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Sunday, November 28 | Day 2 | 10 a.m. | 9 Players Remain | - | - |
Monday, November 29 | Day 3 | 1 p.m. | End of Event |
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