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2016 47th Annual World Series of Poker

Thursday, June 02, 2016 to Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Event #2: The COLOSSUS II - $565 No-Limit Hold'em

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  • Buy-in: $565
  • Prizepool: $10,806,500
  • Entries: 21,613
  • Remaining: 0

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:54 PM Local Time

Marek Ohnisco raises from the button to 900,000 and Jiri Horak calls in the big blind. The two Czechs go heads-up to a flop.

The flop is    . Horak checks, Ohnisko bets 1,200,000 and Horak calls.

The turn is the   and Horak checks again. This time Ohnisko bets 1,400,000 and Horak calls.

The river is the   which double-pairs the board. Both players check and turn over their hands.

Horak:   
Ohnisco:   

Both hole-card pairs are counterfeited and Ohnisco takes the pot with two pair and a ten kicker.

Marek Ohnisco - 12,200,000
Jiri Horak - 23,500,000

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:47 PM Local Time


Xiu Deng Eliminated in Ninth

Jiri Horak raises to 850,000 from under the gun and next to act is Ben Keeline, who calls. Xiu Deng raises to 2,850,000 and Horak folds. Keeline doesn't think too long before calling to put Deng at risk.

Keeline:   
Deng:   

Keeline's rail calls for a flop of "Deuce deuce three" as the board runs out      . Deng doesn't pair either of her overcards and is eliminated in ninth place for $92,291. Ben Keeline drags the pot and is our new chip leader

Ben Keeline - 26,000,000
Xiu Deng - Eliminated

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:36 PM Local Time

Ben Keeline raises to 900,000 in middle position, and Richard Carr calls in the small blind.

The flop comes    .  Carr checks, Keeline bets 900,000, and Carr calls. 

Both players check the   turn, and   river. 

"You rivered me," Carr says as he turns over   .  Keeline shows   , to which Carr replies, "Or I guess I rivered you."

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:33 PM Local Time

Ben Keeline raises to 900,000 in middle position, and Richard Carr calls in the big blind.

The flop comes    .  Carr checks, Keeline bets 800,000, and Carr raises to 2,000,000.  Keeline folds, awarding Carr the pot. 

Richard Carr - 15,200,000 (38 bb)
Ben Keeline - 18,000,000 (45 bb)

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:30 PM Local Time

Alex Benjamen raises to 900,000 in middle position, and Farhad Davoudzadeh calls in the big blind.  

The flop comes    .  Davoudzadeh announces that he is all in, and Benjamen folds. 

Farhad Davoudzadeh - 7,475,000 (11 bb)
Alex Benjamin - 13,375,000 (33 bb)

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:24 PM Local Time
Ben Keeline raises to 900,000 in the cutoff.  All players fold, awarding Keeline the pot. 
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:23 PM Local Time
Farhad Davoudzadeh raises to 1,200,000 under the gun and all players fold, awarding him the pot.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:07 PM Local Time
Level: 36
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:07 PM Local Time
The cards are in the air for the final table of this year's Colossus.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 2:02 AM Local Time


Ben Keeline

After six starting flights over three days and two extra days of play, only nine players remain from our original field of 21,613. We'll resume today at 2 pm.  Up top: One million dollars.

One of the more experienced players at the final is Ben Keeline, who is second in chips with 19,900,000. Ben has four previous WSOP cashes, sixteen cashes on the WSOP Circuit, and a Circuit ring. Check here for live updates and be sure to join David Tuchman on the WSOP livestream to see all of the action with hole cards on a 30-minute delay.

Here are the chip counts to start the final table.

Seat 1. Marek Ohnisko - 10,550,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2. Alex Benjamen - 14,275,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3. Jiri Horak - 25,425,000 (63 bb)
Seat 4. Ben Keeline - 19,900,000 (49 bb)
Seat 5. Jonathan Borenstein - 7,400,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6. Christopher Renaudette - 4,250,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7. Xiu Deng - 6,000,000 (15 bb)
Seat 8. Farhad Davidzadeh - 5,925,000 (14 bb)
Seat 9. Richard Carr - 14,400,000 (36 bb)

The final-table payouts are as follows:

1st: $1,000,000
2nd: $618,000
3rd: $462,,749
4th: $348,462
5th: $263,962
6th: $201,151
7th: $154,208
8th: $118,937
9th: $92,291
Playtika - Jason Alexander