Jean-Noel Thorel just eliminated a player straight vs straight, with the Frenchman holding the nut straight. He's now up over 40,000 as we approach the first break of the day.
The player under the gun raised to 500 and Fred Andersson three-bet all in for 1,050 from the button. The small blind called and Serhil Yerashov called in the big blind.
The under the gun player called as well and the flop came . The three remaining players checked. The came on the turn and it checked to Yerashov who bet 1,650. The under the gun player called and the small blind folded.
The river was the and both players checked.
Fred Andersson:
Serhil Yerashov:
Player 3:
Yerashov's turned pair of Queens was good enough to take the pot and eliminate Andersson.
Today is the seventh of ten starting flights for the WSOPE COLOSSUS, and with 211 entrants already, it has already surpassed the figure of Day 1B, the biggest starting day so far.
Flight
Field
Chip Leader
Country
Chip Count
1a
155
Stanislaw Miadzel
Poland
273,000
1b
210
Ozan Guruz
Czech Republic
365,500
1c
196
Martin Thiel
Germany
399,500
1d
199
Konstantinos Misailidis
Greece
419,000
1e
202
Thorsten Böhringer
Germany
446,000
1f
222
Ognjen Sekularac
Serbia
447,500
Leading the way is Ognjen Sekularac from Serbia, who bagged up the largest stack so far in yesterdays evening flight. However, with a bigger field expected today that figure could yet be surpassed.
no Safari
board, WSOPE 2017 bracelet winner Oleksandr Shcherbak bet 3,150 and opponent Rex Clinkscales called.
for a flush and Clinkscales flashed 
for top set before mucking.
. The three remaining players checked. The 
and both players checked.
