Day 1e of THE COLOSSUS Kicks Off at Noon!
Another day, another chance to take a shot at the €2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool of Event #5 THE COLOSSUS at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe awaits with Day 1e, the fifth of ten starting days kicking off at 12 p,m. noon local time. The event comes with a buy-in of €550 and has attracted a total of 760 entries throughout the previous four starting days, however the big fields are yet to come with hotel rooms near and far being sold out for the upcoming days.
Each starting day will play a maximum of 18 levels of 30 minutes each or down to a specific number of hopefuls, which happened to be 11 on all four starting days. The registration for the early flight on each day remains open until the start of level nine at approximately 4.40 p.m. local time and a single re-entry is allowed during that period.
So far, 44 players qualified for Day 2 on Wednesday November 1st 2017 when all remaining players and prize pools will be combined to potentially play down to a final table. The overall chip leader for Day 2 so far is Konstantinos Misailidis after amassing 419,000 last night on Day 1d, while other notables already through include John Racener (334,000), Brandon Cantu (283,500), Stanislaw Miadzel (273,000), Kenny Hallaert (206,000), Alex Foxen (189,000), Marcel Luske (184,500), Mike Leah (166,500), Viliyan Petleshkov (165,500), Ryan Leng (141,000), and defending WSOPE Main Event champion Kevin MacPhee (134,000).
THE COLOSSUS Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Information |
|---|---|---|
| October 27th | Day 1a at 12pm | 11 out of 155 advanced to Day 2 |
| October 27th | Day 1b at 6pm | 12 out of 210 advanced to Day 2 |
| October 28th | Day 1c at 12pm | 10 out of 196 advanced to Day 2 |
| October 28th | Day 1d at 6pm | 111 out of 199 advanced to Day 2 |
| October 29th | Day 1e at 12pm | 18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm |
| October 29th | Day 1f at 6pm | 18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm |
| October 30th | Day 1g at 12pm | 18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm |
| October 30th | Day 1h at 6pm | 18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm |
| October 31st | Day 1i at 12pm | 18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 4.40pm |
| October 31st | Day 1j at 6pm | 18 Levels 30 min each, late reg 8 levels ~ 10.40pm |
| November 1st | Day 2 at 3pm | Levels last 60 min each, play down to final table |
| November 2nd | Day 3 at TBA | Levels last 60 min each, play down to a winner |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there throughout the event to provide all the action until a winner is crowned.