Event #55: $400 Colossus
Dia 1a Iniciado
Event #55: $400 Colossus
Dia 1a Iniciado
Today at 10 a.m local time Day 1a of Event #55: $400 Colossus will get underway.
This tournament will feature 40-minute levels with a 40,000 starting stack for every player who enters. One reentry per flight will be permitted. The structure calls for a total of 17 levels to be played on both Day 1 flights, with a 20-minute break after every three levels. Late registration will remain open until the end of the 75-minute dinner break after Level 12 (approx 8:15 p.m.)
In 2019, this tournament garnered a whopping 13,109 entries to create a prize pool of $4,382,515. Topping the field at the end was Sejin Park collecting his first WSOP bracelet and the grand prize of $451,272. Park defeated well-known poker pro Georgios Kapalas heads-up who took home $278,881 for his efforts.
Flight B will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 30 and both flights will be combined for Day 2 on Sunday, October 31 at 10:00 a.m. After 15 levels on Day 2, the remaining players will bag for Day 3 restart on Monday, November 1 at 10:00 a.m. and play down to a winner.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the updates throughout this exciting event.
Further to a tweet from the official World Series of Poker (WSOP) account, the start of the Colossus has been delayed until 11:00 a.m.
Players who got a seat assignment for Pavilion White tables will be redirected to the Amazon Orange section while the players with a Pavilion Green ticket will be able to get a seat at 1:20 p.m.
Tournament officials are still organizing ahead of the start of the Colossus Day 1a. Stay tuned for more details.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Under way in the Colossus @WSOP today. #letsgo https://t.co/iiySkw0P9F
— Mike Durand, CIMA®️ (@MikeDurand)
Colossus finally starting! Playing in the @cardschat last longer. LFG ## https://t.co/zE6rj33sfb
— Ashley Sleeth 🤸🏻♀️ (@_AshleySleeth_)
WSOP Colossus すごい人数# https://t.co/CQ0ba5C38O
— shogo【ポーカーハウス】 (@SPokerhouse)
Very first live tourney!! The WSOP colossus. Hopefully we can make a deep run. GL all in it be careful if I’m at yo… https://t.co/5yQHQcoAOX
— Matthew Alli (@fR3ShxMatT)
$400 Colossus #WSOP Day 1 a - in the mix - can’t wait spin up a big stack! Good luck everyone # give me AA first ha… https://t.co/tld6JkPKNY
— Pete Robo (@pete_robo)
On the turn, J.P Griffen and his opponent had already built a pot of about 16,000. After being checked to Griffen fired out a bet of 10,000 and got called.
The fell on the river and both players checked. Griffen tabled
for a pair of aces and scooped the pot.
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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On a flop of the player first to act put in a bet of 2,000. Cedric Danneker raised to 8,000 and after a few seconds his opponent threw his hand into the muck. Danneker tabled
to show the bluff.
On the following hand, Danneker raised to 1,100 from middle position and only the cutoff called.
The dealer spread a flop of and Danneker check-called a bet of 1,600.
The landed on the turn and Danneker put in a check-raise to 9,000, which his opponent called.
On the river, Danneker threw in three 5,000 valued chips for a total bet of 15,000 and his opponent tanked for about a minute before mucking his hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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58,000 | |
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With less than a month to go for the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), King's Resort confirmed its COVID rules for the series on Tuesday, October 26.
To comply with the latest laws in the Czech Republic, it has been announced that anyone who wishes to enter King's Resort in Rozvadov will need to prove they have had two doses of an EU-approved COVID vaccine — or a single dose if you have received the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Pharmaceuticals jab.