Vornicu & Bach Bag Big in COLOSSUS Day 1f
The final starting flight in Event #7 $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em at the 2018 World Series of Poker drew a total of 2,855 entries, but just 133 bagged chips when play ended after 18 30-minute levels. Broutee Benshamin leads the way among the Day 1f survivors with 450,000. Several familiar faces are among the top stacks, including 12-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Valentin Vornicu (308,000) and three-time bracelet winner David Bach (267,000).
Alongside the chip leaders, a few more notable names advanced to Day 2 play, including TK Miles (235,000), Daniel Weinman (114,000), Matt Stout (91,000), Matt Affleck (79,000), and Kathy Liebert (73,000).
Not all of the fan favorites were fortunate enough to survive to the day's end. Among the fallen were Shaun Deeb, Chris Moorman, Pete Chen, Jessica Dawley, Raymond Davis, and Jeff Gross.
When play resumes on Tuesday, June 5, at 2:00pm local time, levels will be one hour long. The prize pool information will be published when it becomes available in its entirety. A combined total of 539 players advanced to Day 2 across all six starting flights.
| Tournament Day | Date | Further Information |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1A | Saturday, June 2, 2018 @ 10:00 | 84 players out of 2,024 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1B | Saturday, June 2, 2018, @ 17:00 | 55 players out of 1,471 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1C | Sunday, June 3, 2018, @ 10:00 | 78 of players out of 1,978 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1D | Sunday, June 3, 2018, @ 17:00 | 62 players out of 1,541 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1E | Monday, June 4, 2018 @ 10:00 | 127 players out of 3,202 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 1F | Monday, June 4, 2018, @ 17:00 | 133 players out of 2,855 entries advanced to Day 2 |
| Day 2 | Tuesday, June 5, 2018, @ 14:00 | Levels of 60 minutes each, Play 10 levels |
| Day 3 | Wednesday, June 6, 2018, @ 14:00 | Levels of 60 minutes each, Play down to Final Table |
| Day 4 | Thursday, June 7, 2018, @ 14:00 | Levels of 60 minutes each, Play down to a Winner |
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