Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1g | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1g Completed

10-30-2017 23:08 UTC+1

WSOPC Rozvadov Main Event Winner Hossein Ensan Second in Chips After COLOSSUS Day 1G

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Today saw the biggest flight so far of the WSOPE COLOSSUS with 318 players coming together to form the Day 1G field, and from that 318 only 19 players will be advancing to Day 2.

They are lead by Jens Jorgensen (301,500) who was the only player over 300,000. However close behind him is Hossein Ensan (290,000) and Jochen Blomker (270,500). Earlier this month Ensan took down the WSOP International Circuit Main Event here and will be looking for another deep run in this event.

Also in the field is two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman (62,500), who will have to put tomorrow's Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better on hold in order to contest Day 2 of this event, as well as 121-time WSOP casher Roland Israelashvili (182,000).

With three flights to go the COLOSSUS is already shaping up to be a big event here at King's Casino Rozvthus and all those who had failed to bag thusfar were out and about during the early levels, including Kristen Bicknell, Ryan Hughes, Chris Ferguson, Felipe Ramos, Phil Hellmuth, Walter Treccarichi, Sander van Wesemael, Rex Clinkscales, Jean-Noel Thorel and Catalin Pop.

Just 48 players made it into the money on this flight, and after an extended bubble of hand-for-hand play, which included a sickening flush vs. flush hand between Stanislav Koleno and Roland Israelashvili, Belgian player Erik Sens was sent to the rail when he couldn't beat the full house of Amine Bellal.

Position	Name	Country	Payout
20	Khalil Youssafi	Germany	€1,061
21	Matous Housvicek	Czech Republic	€1,061
22	Peter Jaroslav	Czech Republic	€1,061
23	Marek Sindelar	Czech Republic	€1,061
24	Michal Mrakes	Czech Republic	€1,061
25	Osman Toksoy	Turkey	€1,061
26	David Urban	Slovakia	€1,061
27	Aaron Duczak	Canada	€1,061
28	Miroslav Prochazka	Czech Republic	€938
29	Richard Pfeffer	Hungary	€938
30	Eran Yehuda	Israel	€938
31	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	€938
32	Marius Pertea	Romania	€938
33	Oleg Mandzyuk	Germany	€938
34	Jiri Noga	Czech Republic	€938
35	Sebastian Homann	Germany	€938
36	Amine Bellal	France	€938
37	Andrei Badulescu	Romania	€854
38	Ryan Hughes	United States	€854
39	Tomas Fara	Czech Republic	€854
40	Gaetano Moreci	Belgium	€854
41	Robert Zipf	Germany	€854
42	Cheng Wei Yin	Belgium	€854
43	Stanislav Koleno	Slovakia	€854
44	Georgios Zisimopoulos	Greece	€854
45	Marek Sulc	Czech Republic	€854
46	Carlo Savinelli	Italy	€854
47	Martin Paap	Netherlands	€854
48	Vladas Burneikis	Lithuania	€854

Israelashvili was chip leader at this point, with over 200,000 but faded towards the end of the nights, after failing to capitalise on the slew of bustouts that followed the bubble bursting.

It was Hossein Ensan who took over the chip lead when players were redrawn around three tables, but it was a late surge from Danish player Jorgensen to snatch the Day 1G chip lead away from him.

Here is a full list of players advancing to Day 2 from this flight:

Name	Country	Chip Count
Anastasios Parisis	Greece	226,000
Donato Alessi	Italy	76,000
Jens Jorgensen	Denmark	301,500
Roland Israelashvili	United States	182,000
Nghi van Tran	Canada	42,500
Leonardo Romeo	Italy	130,000
Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	62,500
Jakub Kaderabek	Czech Republic	102,000
Maria Zijthof	Netherlands	272,000
Simon Mint	India	201,500
Jason Hsu	Taiwan	151,500
Thapar Devesh	India	106,000
Jochen Blomker	Germany	270,500
Hossein Ensan	Germany	290,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Russia	231,000
Moshe Alazar	Israel	100,000
Miroslav Prosa	Czech Republic	208,000
Makarios Avramidis	Greece	235,000
Jacek Skiscim	Poland	99,500

Stay tuned to d9y.shop for all the updates from the remaining three flights of the COLOSSUS.

Tags: Aaron Duczak Amine Bellal Asi Moshe Barny Boatman Catalin Pop Chris Ferguson David Urban Donato Alessi Erik Sens Felipe Ramos Gaetano Moreci Georgios Zisimopoulos Hossein Ensan Jakub Kaderabek Maria Zijthof

10-30-2017 23:00 UTC+1

Day 1G Chip Counts (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jens Jorgensen	301,500 256,500	256,500
Hossein Ensan	290,000 -50,000	-50,000

Maria Zijthof	272,000 157,000	157,000
Jochen Blomker	270,500 70,500	70,500
Makarios Avramidis	235,000 -15,000	-15,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	231,000 141,000	141,000
Anastasios Parisis	226,000 131,000	131,000
Miroslav Prosa	208,000 163,000	163,000
Simon Mint	201,500 71,500	71,500
Roland Israelashvili	182,000 12,000	12,000
Jason Hsu	151,500 31,500	31,500
Leonardo Romeo	130,000 40,000	40,000
Thapar Devesh	106,000 6,000	6,000
Jakub Kaderabek	102,000 22,000	22,000
Moshe Alazar	100,000 20,000	20,000
Jacek Skiscim	99,500 -30,500	-30,500
Donato Alessi	76,000 -34,000	-34,000
Barny Boatman	62,500 -7,500	-7,500

Nghi van Tran	42,500 -122,500	-122,500

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10-30-2017 22:45 UTC+1

Last Three Hands

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Tournament officials have drawn for the number of hands to be played tonight and the number is three.

10-30-2017 22:45 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matous Housvicek	Busted
Marek Sindelar	Busted
Michal Mrakes	Busted

10-30-2017 22:15 UTC+1

Toksoy Eliminated in Four-Way All In

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

There were four pocket pairs on their backs in a pot.

Donato Alessi:
Osman Toksoy:
Leonardo Romeo:
Michal Mrakes:

The board ran out giving Alessi's Jacks a set to chip up through four players. Toksoy was eliminated, with Mrakes and Alessi chopping the rest of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donato Alessi	110,000 90,000	90,000
Michal Mrakes	95,000 -20,000	-20,000
Leonardo Romeo	90,000 15,000	15,000
Osman Toksoy	Busted

Tags: Donato Alessi Leonardo Romeo Michal Mrakes Osman Toksoy

10-30-2017 22:10 UTC+1

Final Three Table Seating Draw

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Table	Position	Name	Country	Chip Count
135	1	Michal Mrakes	Czech Republic	115,000
135	2	Anastasios Parisis	Greece	95,000
135	3	Donato Alessi	Italy	20,000
135	4	Jens Jorgensen	Germany	45,000
135	5	Osman Toksoy	Turkey	60,000
135	6	Roland Israelashvili	United States	170,000
135	7	Nghi van Tran	Canada	165,000
135	8	Leonardo Romeo	Italy	75,000
135	9	Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	70,000

141	1	Khalil Youssafi	Germany	10,000
141	2	Jakub Kaderabek	Czech Republic	80,000
141	3	Maria Zijthof	Czech Republic	115,000
141	4	Simon Mint	India	130,000
141	5	Aaron Durzak	Canada	55,000
141	6	Jason Hsu	Czech Republic	120,000
141	7	Thapar Devesh	India	100,000
141	8	Jochen Blomker	Germany	200,000
141	9	Matous Housvicek	Czech Republic	210,000

142	1	Hossein Ensan	Germany	290,000
142	2	David Urban	Slovakia	60,000
142	3	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Russia	90,000
142	4	Moshe Alazar	Israel	80,000
142	5	Miroslav Prosa	Czech Republic	45,000
142	6	Jaroslav Peter	Czech Republic	110,000
142	7	Makarios Avramidis	Greece	250,000
142	8	Marek Sindelar	Czech Republic	60,000
142	9	Jacek Skiscim	Poland	130,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	290,000 180,000	180,000

Makarios Avramidis	250,000 85,000	85,000

Matous Housvicek	210,000
Jochen Blomker	200,000
Roland Israelashvili	170,000 -50,000	-50,000
Nghi van Tran	165,000
Jacek Skiscim	130,000 -5,000	-5,000
Simon Mint	130,000
Jason Hsu	120,000
Maria Zijthof	115,000 25,000	25,000
Michal Mrakes	115,000 115,000	115,000
Jaroslav Peter	110,000 -50,000	-50,000
Thapar Devesh	100,000
Anastasios Parisis	95,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	90,000 30,000	30,000
Jakub Kaderabek	80,000 -8,000	-8,000
Moshe Alazar	80,000
Leonardo Romeo	75,000 -5,000	-5,000
Barny Boatman	70,000 10,000	10,000

Osman Toksoy	60,000
David Urban	60,000 38,000	38,000
Marek Sindelar	60,000 -70,000	-70,000
Aaron Durzak	55,000
Jens Jorgensen	45,000
Miroslav Prosa	45,000

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10-30-2017 21:43 UTC+1

Swingy Time for Alessi

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In one hand Donato Alessi tripled up through Barny Boatman and Jakub Kaderabek. Alessi was all in pre-flop, and after Boatman forced Kaderabek out on the flop the cards were turned over.

Boatman held while Alessi had and his pocket pair held on the turn and river.

On the very next hand Marek Sindelar moved all in from under the gun and it folded to Alessi on the button who moved all in himself.

Marek Sindelar:
Donato Alessi:

The board ran out giving Sindelar a flush and knocking Alessi's stack back down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marek Sindelar	130,000
Jakub Kaderabek	88,000
Barny Boatman	60,000 -15,000	-15,000

Donato Alessi	15,000

Tags: Barny Boatman Donato Alessi Marek Sindelar Jakub Kaderabek

10-30-2017 21:35 UTC+1

Grafton Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sam Grafton was eliminated in 31st place yesterday in Day 1E and has just been eliminated in exactly the same position after his King-Jack suited failed to outrun the tens of Leonardo Romeo, with the Jack-Ten suited of David Urban, who knocked him out on his first bullet, along for the ride.

He still has just under 45 minutes to enter Day 1H should he so wish.