Day 1b of Event #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold'em Begins at 10 a.m
The second largest event of the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will fill the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Thursday morning with Day 1b of Event #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold'em kicking off at 10 a.m. local time.
Event #61: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em has become one of the signature tournaments of the WSOP for the past four years with the field reaching as much as 22,374 back in its inaugural event in 2015. Day 1a has already reached 5,238 entries, and that number is expected to be surpassed on Day 1b.
This is the second and final flight for this tournament, with every player who enters receiving eight times more chips than ever before, with a 40,000 starting stack. Day 1b will play a total of 16 levels at 40-minutes each, with a 20-minute break after every three levels and a 75-minute dinner break after level 9 (approximately 4:40 p.m). Yesterday's Day 1a action saw 18 levels begun, with play only ending after 786 players had reached the money places.
All of the entries who survive the first 16 levels of The Colossus and bag a stack will return for Day 2 action, which is slated for 11 a.m. Friday, June 28th.
Last year, a top prize of $1,000,000 was guaranteed to its Victor Roberly Felicio who took down a giant field of 13,070 hopefuls to join the prestigious club that includes; 2017 winner, Thomas Pomponio, 2016 winner, Ben Keeline, and the inaugural title-holder, Cord Garcia, in 2015. The size of the field has shrunk since its inception but the top-prize has grown. Felicio, Pomponio, and Keeline were benefactors of the guaranteed first-place prize while Garcia's cut of the debut year's prizepool was $638,880.
Past Results:
| Year | Winner | Entries | First-Place Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cord Garcia | 22,374 | $638,880 |
| 2016 | Ben Keeline | 21,613 | $1,000,000 |
| 2017 | Thomas Pomponio | 18,054 | $1,000,000 |
| 2018 | Roberly Felicio | 13,070 | $1,000,000 |
Day 1a saw Greg Raymer bag an impressive , 850,000 chips to advance to day 2, as well as many well-known players finding a bag including, Loni Harwood (101,000),Chris Moneymaker (100,000), Maria Konnikova (80,000), and Chris Ferguson (50,000).
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