WSOPE Event #5: €550 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus

Tomas Krivsky shoved from the cutoff for 4,100,000 and Vito Branciforte put him at risk from the small blind.

Tomas Krivsky:   
Vito Branciforte:   

Krivsky was in a hole but did pick up some chop outs on the flop of    . The   on the turn was no help, but the   river meant they both had trip sevens with ace-jack kicker, and they chopped the pot.

Vito Branciforte	7,000,000	1,500,000
Tomas Krivsky	4,600,000	-1,000,000

Georgios Tsouloftas opened to 1,000,000 from early position and Pascal Pflock called from the big blind.

On the     flop, Pflock check-called a bet of 700,000 from Tsouloftas to see the   drop on the turn, where both players checked.

An   completed the board and Pflock decided to lead out with a bet of 1,250,000, and Tsouloftas snap-called.

Pflock showed    for a rivered pair of eights, but Tsouloftas had the winner with   .

Georgios Tsouloftas	32,000,000	4,000,000
Pascal Pflock	3,600,000	-3,400,000

Pascal Pflock raised to 1,000,000 in middle position with    before Erik van Hulst found    on the button. He moved in for 4,400,000 and received a quick fold from Pflock.

One hand later, Paul Runcan made the minimum raise to 1,000,000 in middle position with   . This time, Van Hulst looked down    in the cutoff. He jammed all in again and once more took down the pot.

Erik van Hulst	8,900,000	2,500,000
Pascal Pflock	7,000,000	-1,000,000
Paul Runcan	3,900,000	-1,000,000

Paul Runcan raised to 800,000 from the cutoff and Georgios Tsouloftas called on the button before Tomas Krivsky shoved for 2,100,000 from the big blind. Runcan then shoved for 7,000,000, and Tsouloftas folded.

Tomas Krivsky:   
Paul Runcan:   

Krivsky needed to win a flip to stay alive and he did just that as the runout of       gave him two pair, which brought him off the bottom spot in the counts.

Georgios Tsouloftas	25,000,000	-1,000,000
Tomas Krivsky	5,600,000	2,100,000
Paul Runcan	4,900,000	-2,300,000

Michal Schuh shoved from the button and Paul Runcan called from the big blind for around 3,300,000.

Paul Runcan:   
Michal Schuh:   

Runcan was ahead but also the at-risk player, and fell behind on the     flop as Schuh paired his ten. A   on the turn came to Runcan's rescue, and he held on as the   river was a brick.

Paul Runcan	7,200,000	3,500,000
Michal Schuh	6,100,000	-4,325,000

The nine players are in their seats as the final table of Event #5: €550 Colossus gets underway.

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Georgios Tsouloftas shoved from the small blind and Andrea Ricci called for his stack of 3,700,000 in the big blind.

Andrea Ricci:   
Georgios Tsouloftas:   

Ricci had gone from joint chip leader just moments ago to now being at risk and behind.

The flop of     gave Ricci top pair but the   saw him fall behind with just one card to come. No help arrived on the   river, which meant Ricci was eliminated in tenth.

Georgios Tsouloftas	25,000,000	4,000,000
Andrea Ricci	0	-6,700,000

A couple of hands have turned Erik van Hulst's tournament around!

First, Michal Schuh shoved from the cutoff and Van Hulst called from the small blind for around 1,600,000.

Erik van Hulst:   
Michal Schuh:   

The flop of     kept Schuh in the lead, as did the   turn, but the kc] river gave them both two pair with a queen kicker.

In the next hand, Van Hulst shoved from the button and Mousa Awad called from the big blind.

Erik van Hulst:   
Mousa Awad:   

Awad flopped an eight but Van Hulst turned a queen and survived the river on the       board, which brought his stack toward the five-million mark.

Michal Schuh	10,000,000	2,800,000
Erik van Hulst	4,600,000	2,100,000
Mousa Awad	4,500,000	-2,650,000

Andrea Ricci raised to 600,000 as first to act. Georgios Tsouloftas defended in the big blind, going to a flop of    .

Tsouloftas checked to Ricci, who bet 500,000. Tsouloftas decided to call and saw the   appear on the turn.

Ricci sized up to 1,800,000. Tsouloftas stuck around to the   river, which he checked as well.

Ricci piled in 4,000,000 chips, sending Tsouloftas into the tank. Eventually, he slid in a call. Ricci showed    for a pair of threes, being bested by the    of Tsouloftas who had called with third pair.

Georgios Tsouloftas	17,000,000	7,400,000
Andrea Ricci	6,700,000	-5,300,000