Alexandria Desserre raised from middle position to 900, Ronald Yates called from the cutoff and David Wyatt called in the big blind.
The flop came , Wyatt checked and Desserre bet out 1,100 and only Wyatt called. The turn was the , Wyatt checked again and decided to fold after Desserre fired out 2,500.
There was three-way all in action after the flop of between Ankit Dahiya who in early position, George Milton from the small blind and Adam Lippert from the big.
Ankit Dahiya:
Adam Lippert:
George Milton:
Milton and Lippert both flopped their sets while Dahiya flopped the flush draw.
"Put a spade on the turn," said Dahiya, and the dealer indeed peeled the on the turn. Dahiya just needed to dodge any card that could pair the board with one card to go.
The river fell the and Dahiya got an early triple up of his 43,300 stack at the start of the hand.
With roughly 25,000 already brewed in the pot, Kevin Ossip led out for 12,500 on the river with the board reading . David Gilbody was his opponent in the hand and he went in the tank before making the call. Ossip tabled and Gilbody mucked his hand.
The fourth installment of the $565 Colossus took place last year and attracted 13,070 entries, which was the fourth most in live tournament poker history behind the previous three years of the tournament.
The monster field generated a prize pool of $6,535,000 and at the end of it all, Roberly Felicio was the man to take down the title, the bracelet and $1,000,000.
Just after he had his winner photo taken, Felicio said: "I’m very happy, it was a tough final table with tough opponents. Heads-up was very emotional. But I’m very excited to take home my first bracelet, I still can’t believe it.
“It was a wonderful experience," Felicio said about his high-profile rail. "I studied a lot and had a great coach in Felipe Ramos. I remember sitting down with Andre Akkari for the first time, I was shaking. And now I have a bracelet, just like him, and I still haven’t comprehended it.”
There hasn't been much World Series of Poker action for Felicio since winning his first bracelet but that doesn't mean he hasn't been playing poker. Since last year July, Felicio has cashed 14 times for $75,168 in different international tournaments. Those include a 5th place finish for $17,602 in the R$ 6,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP), European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona, WSOP International Circuit in Rio de Janeiro, and his biggest cash since winning his bracelet coming from $10,300 No Limit Hold'em - PCA Main Event PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where he finished 74th for $24,760.
The pot was already roughly 34,000 on the river on the and Christophe Gaberel moved all-in for 11,600. It wasn't an easy decision for Vernon Waite as he went in the tank for almost 3-minutes before deciding to make the call. Gaberel tabled for tens full of twos, and Waite mucked his hand.
With a raise made by an early position player, Jorge Soteloalvarez three-bet to 3,600 on the button and Le-John Roybal jammed for his remaining 6,700 from the big blind. Action folded around to Soteloalvarez who called.
Le-John Roybal:
Jorge Soteloalvarez:
The flop put Roybal ahead pairing his queen but Soteloalvarez flopped the open-ended straight and royal flush draws.
The turn came the and Roybal had many cards he needed to dodge headed to the river.
Lucikly for Roybal the river fell a brick with the and he got a much needed double up.