Event #70: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em

Three players were all in and Andre Clarke had both Brian Lamanna and Derek Romanowsky at risk in what was assured to be a massive hand.

Brian Lamanna:   
Derek Romanowsky:   
Andre Clarke:   

The type of hand the whole table can't help sweating had the entire table craning their necks as the dealer rolled,    , the turn was also little with the  , giving Clarke a wheel draw and both other players a flush draw.

The river paired the board with the   and Lamanna clapped his hands in celebration as he more than tripled his stack. Romanowsky cam pretty close to breaking even on the transaction as he won the side pot against Clarke.

Mitchell Smith also chimed in to say he had folded    preflop to the heavy action.

Brian Lamanna	15,300,000	11,400,000
Derek Romanowsky	8,500,000	850,000
Andre Clarke	4,000,000	-9,400,000

Darrick Arreola was speaking with PokerNews to let them know how he had accumulated his stack, which included the elimination of two players. At the very start of the day he got one when his    held against the    of his opponent. A while later he ended up making a straight against a flopped set to push him further up in the counts.

At the same time, Konstantinos Nanos bet 2,300,000 on a river reading       and when he faced an all-in raise from Ghadi Akari, he was visibly upset. A long tank, a concerned face, clenched hands, and an eventual frustrated call saw him SLAM the table when he saw his opponent's   , causing a loud knock and startling some of his neighbors. Akari had made the nut straight on the turn and still had the nuts after the river fell.

The floor quickly approached the table to warn Nanos for his behavior but not before Arreola expressed himself as feeling unsafe. The floor assured Arreola that he would be speaking with Nanos, but he reproached Arreola first for being delicate.

Tensions can run high when there's half a million on the line.

Darrick Arreola	28,900,000	9,150,000
Ghadi Akari	18,700,000	8,475,000
Konstantinos Nanos	5,600,000	-3,600,000

Action folded to Gary Yee in late position who limped. It made it to Nikhail Nair in the big blind, who checked, and the two were off to a flop.

The     flop landed and Nair checked it over to Yee. He went into the tank for a moment and eventually went all in for 1,550.000. Nair took a moment and then made the call as it was only a few big blinds.

Gary K Y Yee:   
Nikhil Nair:   

Yee was in bad shape and only drawing to two outs. Right on time the   hit the turn and Nair was suddenly drawing dead. Yee would scoop the pot after a huge suck-out to keep his tournament alive.

Nikhail Nair	9,500,000	1,150,000
Gary Yee	450,000	-3,950,000

Action folded to Jonathan Edmondson in early position who went all in for 2,250,000. Then Andre Clarke in late position went all in for 5,125,000. The remaining players folded and the cards hit their backs.

Jonathan Edmondson:   
Andre Clarke:   

The full board ran out       and Edmondson would not be able to get past the pair of tens of Clarke.

Andre Clarke	9,750,000	6,225,000
Jonathan Edmondson	0	-4,950,000

Heads up to a flop of    , Yi-Cheng Yeh checked, inducing a bet from Abraham Serrano for a cool 1,000,000. Yeh made the call.

The turn brought the   and Serrano sized down, sliding out one pink chip for a wager of 500,000. Yeh took a moment to think it over but pushed his hand in the muck.

A flurry of bust outs to start the day had Table 1 break as the players began to consolidate.

Abraham Serrano	8,600,000	1,500,000
Yi-Cheng Yeh	5,300,000	-1,500,000

After the dust settled on Day 2 of Event #70: $400 The Colossus at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, 80 players reminded that will all return for their shot at glory.

The talented group of players will all be competing for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and $501,120 top prize. Currently all players are guaranteed $5,930 for their efforts but each pay jump going forward will account for a significant amount of buy-ins compared to the $400 entry fee.

The current chip leader going into Day 3 is Jesse Kertland, who bagged the big stack on Day 2 and will come into battle with 26,150,000. Others at the top of the leaderboard include Colin Robinson (22,300,000) and Darrick Arreola (19,750,000) to round out the top three.

Top Ten Chip Counts

The chances of this year's colossus crowning a first time bracelet winner are looking good. Currently there are only four bracelet winners left in the field. James Dempsey (8,275,000), John Gorsuch (4,075,000), Jason Wheeler (2,375,000), and Ashkan Razavi (1,525,000). However, it is totally possible that we may see another story of a two-time bracelet winner being crowned after play concludes. Only time will tell.

Players who found a bag on Day 2 will return on Monday at 10 a.m. local time and play down to a winner with a dinner break time to be determined. They will be playing 40 minute levels and have 15-minute breaks every three levels. Play will resume at Level 33 with 200,000/400,000/400,000 blinds.

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