Although it has been going on since October 9, it could be honestly said that the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe got off to its FULL start on Sunday. Action was fervid in the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, as the COLOSSUS worked its way down to the final table and Event #2, the €1500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, kicked off its Day 1 action.

Event #1 – €500 No Limit Hold’em COLOSSUS – Day 2

For the first time, the eight flights of the European COLOSSUS came together for play on Sunday. Officially known as Day 2, the 296 survivors from the 2992 entries cracked open their bags with every player assured of a €1285 payday. The real goal of all the survivors, however, was on Monday’s final table and the championship of the COLOSSUS, which would give out the first bracelet of the 2018 WSOP Europe and a first-place prize of €203,820.

To be honest, you would have to have a near encyclopedic knowledge of the European poker scene to be able to pick the players out of the crowd, but there were a few familiar names among the runners. Allen Kessler, Jan Bendik and defending WSOP Player of the Year Chris Ferguson were a few of the familiar names on the roster, but they were all long gone by the time the final table was determined. Once Klaus Schiefer was eliminated in eleventh place by Wojciech Wyrebski, Schiefer’s Q♠ 9♠ failing to find any magic against Wyrebski’s A-Q off suit, Wyrebski seized the chip lead heading to Monday’s final table.

1. Wojciech Wyrebski (Poland), 11.875 million
2. Hannes Neurauter (Germany), 11.825 million
3. Darius Glinski (Poland), 9.35 million
4. Krasimir Yankov (Bulgaria), 8.625 million
5. Tamir Segal (Israel), 8.5 million
6. Bjorn Bouwmans (Netherlands), 5.85 million
7. Nelio Gatta (Italy), 5.0 million
8. Francesco Delfoco (Italy), 4.85 million
9. Aksei Ayguen (Belgium), 4.725 million
10. Flavio Decataldo (Italy), 4.625 million

Event #2 – €1500 Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha – Day 1

There were a few more familiar faces on the floor for the opening day of the Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha event. With a €200,000 guarantee on the tournament, slightly more than 133 entries had to be received for that guarantee to be met. The resulting 221 entries more than crushed that number, building a prize pool of €318,074. 34 players will take home a piece of that pie, with the eventual champion picking up a shiny WSOP bracelet and a €82,280 payday.

The nature of Pot Limit Omaha – even if it is a full table and not the six-handed variety played in this event – is for the chips to be in action. That was nowhere more evident than on one particular table that had only two players (two players had to be seated for them to be dealt). With a J-10-8-4 flop and turn, James Bullimore moved his stack all in against Andreas Hildebrand, who called the bet. Bullimore was pushing with his A-Q against Hildebrand’s pocket Queens and, once the river blanked, he was out of the tournament after only 15 minutes of play – technically. That’s because there was a single reentry available for players, which Bullimore exercised and went back to work – just not at Hildebrand’s table (for the record, Bullimore was able to make it through Day 1 with a stack just off the Top Ten; Hildebrand was not so fortunate).

Such gamble was seen all around the King’s Casino as the players looked to build their 30K stacks into a veritable fortress for moving on to Day 2. By the time the carnage was done for the day, such notable names as Anthony Zinno, Dutch Boyd, Jeff Madsen and Bertrand Grospellier were on the rail. But there were some that survived and will be looking to increase their stacks on Monday, including Cord Garcia (44K), Roland Israelashvili (68K) and 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Maria Lampropulos (115K). They will be a part of the 29 players who are looking up at the Top Ten:

2018 World Series of Poker Europe - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus €1 Million GTD - Poker tournament results, including winners and their payouts and winnings. He said, “Anyone who’s anyone wants to play in the World Series of Poker.” 2018 WSOP Colossus Event: Saturday Results. Even professional cardplayers will say that winning a big WSOP event like the Colossus takes some luck, even if it takes incredible skill and endurance, as well. After less than five hours of play over 125 hands, the 2019 World Series of Poker Event #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold’em crowned its winner in Sejin Park who won the second WSOP gold.

1. Milad Oghabian (Netherlands), 457,500
2. Shaun Deeb (USA), 373,000
3. Van Tiep Nguyen (Czech Republic), 364,500
4. Chin Wei Lim (Malaysia), 324,000
5. Giuliano Bendinelli (Italy), 311,000
6. Gianluca Speranza (Italy), 259,000
7. Michael Soyza (Malaysia), 240,500
8. Darko Stojanovic (France), 228,500
9. Hao Tian (China), 226,000
10. Antti Marttinen (Finland), 223,000

You may have noted Deeb’s name in the Day 2 roster and this is significant. If the four-time WSOP bracelet winner is able to cash in this tournament – and especially if he goes deep, as his current second place status implies – he can put a virtual lock on the 2018 WSOP Player of the Year award. With only eight more tournaments following this event, it is unlikely that any player would be able to emerge from the pack to catch Deeb and deny him the title.

Day 2 of Event #2 will pick back up at 2PM local time (8AM Eastern Time U. S.), where the players will play down to the final table for the event.

The Colossus event has flights on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday which anyone can enter for $565 a flight.

The World Series of Poker Colossus Event began on Saturday at the Rio Convention Center in Paradise, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. The Colossus Event is the first major poker event in the 49th World Series of Poker, which opened last Tuesday.

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Thousands of players flock to the WSOP Colossus Event each year, because it offers a guaranteed $1 million in earnings for the 1st place winner. The Rio Convention center is part of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, which is owned by Caesars Entertainment.

Since 2005, the Rio has been the site of the 6-week World Series of Poker. In the past few years, the Colossus Event has become one of the main attractions at the WSOP, a series of poker events which includes a wide variety of poker varients, entry fees, and player fields.

Last year, the World Series of Poker consisted of 72 events and welcomed nearly 121,000 individuals entrants. This year, WSOP officials expect to see an even bigger field, as they have planned 78 total events.

2018 World Series of Poker: 78 Events

The 2018 World Series of Poker stretches from late-May to mid-July and culminates in the WSOP Main Event, which is the most prestigious and profitable event anywhere in the world all year.

Isaac Hansen, a spokesman for the World Series of Poker, said of the tournament, “It’s the biggest, most prestigious (poker tournament) in the world.”

In the early stages of the WSOP schedule, the Colossus Event grabs a lot of attention. Seth Palansky, the WSOP’s VP of Corporate Communications, said that the Colossus is a dream event for casual players. They pay roughly 5% of what it costs to enter the WSOP Main Event, but have a chance to win poker fame and a $1 million prize.

Global Cardplayers Flock to WSOP

Players flock to the Rio All-Suite Hotel to attend the WSOP from around the world. Cody Sylva, a 30-year old poker player from New Zealand, flew 7,500 miles to play in the Colossus. Sylva said the WSOP’s legendary reputation is one reason he plays, but he also enjoys playing in an event with world-famous poker professionals.

Colossus Poker 2018 Results Payouts

Mike Hengemuhle, who’s played in the World Series of Poker the past 4 years, said the allure of playing against the best is what draws him to the event.

Last year, Hengemuhle sat at the table with Mihn Nguyen, a 2-time WSOP bracelet winner. Hengemuhle quipped, “I can’t afford to play in the cash games they play.”

WSOP: Poker Event of a Lifetime

While some come back year after year, other amateur card players treat the World Series of Poker as a once-in-a-lifetime poker pilgrimage. Rodney Collins, a first-time WSOP entrant from Los Angeles, sounded like he might be such a player.

Using winnings he collected from an L.A. tournament, Collins entered the Colossus Event. He said, “Anyone who’s anyone wants to play in the World Series of Poker.”

2018 WSOP Colossus Event: Saturday Results

Even professional cardplayers will say that winning a big WSOP event like the Colossus takes some luck, even if it takes incredible skill and endurance, as well. The sheer number of players means that a few big hands have to fall right for the eventually winner.

Colossus Poker 2018 Results 2019

For Rodney Collins, luck did not go his way on Saturday. He plans to buy in to the Sunday stage of the $565-buy-in Colossus Event. One advantage the Colossus has over the WSOP Main Event is it has re-buy rules. The cards did not go his way on Saturday, but Collins said, “Somebody here’s gonna be lucky.”

July 11 Update of WSOP Colossus

As of July 11, 1,104 players remain alive in the 2018 WSOP Colossus Event. Andrea Buonocore leads the chip count with 209,900 chips. Thanh Nguyen is in second place with 199,500 chips, while Artan Dedusha sits in third place with 191,600 chips.

A variety of notable poker pros remain in the competition. Taylor Black (129,500 chips) is well above the 100,000-chip mark, while Georgios Vrakas (96,600 chips) has about half the chips that those at the top of the leaderboard have. Marc Macdonnell (75,500 chips) and Bart Hanson (74,400 chips) each have substantial chip stacks, while Rainer Kempe (49,500 chips) has enough chips that he could be right in the mix if he doubled-up on June 11.

Colossus Poker 2018 Results 2020

Ryan Laplante (33,000 chips), Aaron Massey (28,400 chips), and Allen Kessler (25,500 chips) all are on the low end of the chip count at the moment. Maria Lampropulos (12,000 chips) is hanging on towards the bottom of the chip count.

2018 World Series of Poker Main Event

The WSOP Main Event takes place a little earlier than usual in 2018. The Main Event begins on July 2, while it ends on July 14. Flights take place on July 2, July 3, and July 4. ESPN and PokerGO plan live coverage, just like last year. Also like last year, no November Nine takes place. The WSOP Main Event Final Table will take place in July 2018, so we’ll have an overall winner by mid-July.

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