Colossus Poker 2018 Results
No matter what Tamir Segal does in his poker career from here on out, he will always have the honor of being a trail blazer, the title of being the “first” in something. And, of course, he will always have his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as he won the WSOP Europe Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS on Monday, becoming the first person from Israel to capture a World Series of Poker title.
With eight starting flights, there were plenty of opportunities for players to get in on the action and a total of 2,992 did, creating a prize pool of €1,435,412, which easily eclipsed the €1 million guarantee. Segal grabbed €203,820 of the total for his win.
Poker database with tournament results, event results, pictures and player profiles. 30 May - 15 July 2018. WSOP Season 2018. Colossus (Event #7). The first gold bracelet of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe has been won by Tamir Segal from Israel after less than four hours of play. Segal outplayed a total 2,991 players to the first-place prize of €203,820 for claiming Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em. After less than four hours of play, the first gold bracelet of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe has been awarded to Tamir Segal from Israel! Segal beat 2,991 other hopefuls on the road to the first-place prize of €203,820 for winning Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em.
Segal went into the final table in the middle of the pack with 8.5 million chips, a very solid position. The top two stacks belonged to Wojciech Wyrebski and Hannes Neurauter, who had 11.875 million and 11.825 million, respectively. The story of the stacks was really a top half and bottom half, as sixth place was Bjorn Bouwmans, who had 5.85 million, a serious drop-off from the 8.5 million Segal had.
Going into the heads-up portion of the final table, Segal was a heavy favorite, having amassed 58.550 million chips to just 16.200 million for Wojciech Wyrebski. Now, in these situations we often see the small stack make a huge run and even it up or take the lead, but that didn’t happen in this case. Segal gradually increased his lead until finally putting Wyrebski away.
Wyrebski raised to 3 million chips with A-Q offsuit, after which Segal shoved, putting Wyrebski all-in. Wyrebski knew there was a chance that could happen and likely wanted it, as shoving right away could have scared off Segal. Segal obliged, calling Wyrebski’s all-in with K-T of hearts. Behind, but very live.
The flop produced a King and no hearts, putting Segal in the lead. The turn helped neither and the river was a Ten, giving Segal a superfluous two pair and the victory.
This win is by far the largest of Segal’s live tournament career. In fact, it makes up almost all of his winnings. When converted to United States dollars, the COLOSSUS prize is $234,252; his total live tournament earnings amount to $245,169. Prior to this, he had never cashed for more than $2,000.
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em – Final Table Results
1. Tamir Segal – €203,820
2. Wojciech Wyrebski – €125,966
3. Aksel Ayguen – €92,385
4. Dariusz Glinski – €68,331
5. Hannes Neurauter – €51,854
6. Francesco Delfoco – €38,349
7. Flavio Decataldo – €29,104
8. Krasimir Yankov – €22,281
9. Bjorn Bouwmans – €17,209
10. Nelio Gatta – €13,410
Although it has been going on since October 9, it could be honestly said that the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe got off to its FULL start on Sunday. Action was fervid in the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, as the COLOSSUS worked its way down to the final table and Event #2, the €1500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, kicked off its Day 1 action.
Event #1 – €500 No Limit Hold’em COLOSSUS – Day 2
For the first time, the eight flights of the European COLOSSUS came together for play on Sunday. Officially known as Day 2, the 296 survivors from the 2992 entries cracked open their bags with every player assured of a €1285 payday. The real goal of all the survivors, however, was on Monday’s final table and the championship of the COLOSSUS, which would give out the first bracelet of the 2018 WSOP Europe and a first-place prize of €203,820.
To be honest, you would have to have a near encyclopedic knowledge of the European poker scene to be able to pick the players out of the crowd, but there were a few familiar names among the runners. Allen Kessler, Jan Bendik and defending WSOP Player of the Year Chris Ferguson were a few of the familiar names on the roster, but they were all long gone by the time the final table was determined. Once Klaus Schiefer was eliminated in eleventh place by Wojciech Wyrebski, Schiefer’s Q♠ 9♠ failing to find any magic against Wyrebski’s A-Q off suit, Wyrebski seized the chip lead heading to Monday’s final table.
1. Wojciech Wyrebski (Poland), 11.875 million
2. Hannes Neurauter (Germany), 11.825 million
3. Darius Glinski (Poland), 9.35 million
4. Krasimir Yankov (Bulgaria), 8.625 million
5. Tamir Segal (Israel), 8.5 million
6. Bjorn Bouwmans (Netherlands), 5.85 million
7. Nelio Gatta (Italy), 5.0 million
8. Francesco Delfoco (Italy), 4.85 million
9. Aksei Ayguen (Belgium), 4.725 million
10. Flavio Decataldo (Italy), 4.625 million
Event #2 – €1500 Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha – Day 1
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There were a few more familiar faces on the floor for the opening day of the Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha event. With a €200,000 guarantee on the tournament, slightly more than 133 entries had to be received for that guarantee to be met. The resulting 221 entries more than crushed that number, building a prize pool of €318,074. 34 players will take home a piece of that pie, with the eventual champion picking up a shiny WSOP bracelet and a €82,280 payday.
The nature of Pot Limit Omaha – even if it is a full table and not the six-handed variety played in this event – is for the chips to be in action. That was nowhere more evident than on one particular table that had only two players (two players had to be seated for them to be dealt). With a J-10-8-4 flop and turn, James Bullimore moved his stack all in against Andreas Hildebrand, who called the bet. Bullimore was pushing with his A-Q against Hildebrand’s pocket Queens and, once the river blanked, he was out of the tournament after only 15 minutes of play – technically. That’s because there was a single reentry available for players, which Bullimore exercised and went back to work – just not at Hildebrand’s table (for the record, Bullimore was able to make it through Day 1 with a stack just off the Top Ten; Hildebrand was not so fortunate).
Such gamble was seen all around the King’s Casino as the players looked to build their 30K stacks into a veritable fortress for moving on to Day 2. By the time the carnage was done for the day, such notable names as Anthony Zinno, Dutch Boyd, Jeff Madsen and Bertrand Grospellier were on the rail. But there were some that survived and will be looking to increase their stacks on Monday, including Cord Garcia (44K), Roland Israelashvili (68K) and 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Maria Lampropulos (115K). They will be a part of the 29 players who are looking up at the Top Ten:
1. Milad Oghabian (Netherlands), 457,500
2. Shaun Deeb (USA), 373,000
3. Van Tiep Nguyen (Czech Republic), 364,500
4. Chin Wei Lim (Malaysia), 324,000
5. Giuliano Bendinelli (Italy), 311,000
6. Gianluca Speranza (Italy), 259,000
7. Michael Soyza (Malaysia), 240,500
8. Darko Stojanovic (France), 228,500
9. Hao Tian (China), 226,000
10. Antti Marttinen (Finland), 223,000
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You may have noted Deeb’s name in the Day 2 roster and this is significant. If the four-time WSOP bracelet winner is able to cash in this tournament – and especially if he goes deep, as his current second place status implies – he can put a virtual lock on the 2018 WSOP Player of the Year award. With only eight more tournaments following this event, it is unlikely that any player would be able to emerge from the pack to catch Deeb and deny him the title.
Day 2 of Event #2 will pick back up at 2PM local time (8AM Eastern Time U. S.), where the players will play down to the final table for the event.