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• Colossus Of Rome
• 2017 Wsop Colossus Structure
• 2017 Wsop Colossus Results
• Colossus Of Roads

Colossus Of Rome

• After ten starting days and a long Day 2, only 12 hopefuls out of a 4,115-entry strong field were left at the end of level 31 in the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Event #5: THE COLOSSUS €550 No-Limit Hold'em the previous last night. They returned to Europe's biggest poker arena in the King's Casino in Rozvadov to determine the seventh winner of a coveted golden bracelet on Czech soil.
• The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 19 to November 10 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.It featured 11 bracelet events with buy-ins ranging from €550 to €111,111, culminating in the €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event. The series was the first WSOP Europe since 2015, and the first to take place in the Czech Republic.
• The opening weekend event of the 2017 schedule features the return of the world’s largest live poker event. Colossus III will be a $565 buy-in re-entry No-Limit Hold’em tournament featuring a guaranteed $1 million first place prize. Colossus III includes two starting flights a day over three consecutive days – Friday, June 2, Saturday.

2017 World Series of Poker $565 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus $8 Million GTD Poker tournament event info, including schedule, blind structure, and payout structure. For a limited time, watch final table action from the World Series of Poker $565 COLOSSUS where $1,000,000 is up top!For more World Series of Poker final tab.

After six starting flights and four days of action, the field of 18,054 in the 2017 World Series of Poker Colossus event was finally whittled down to a champion. In the end, the bracelet and the $1 million first-place prize went to Thomas Pomponio.

It was a massive score for the Manahawkin, New Jersey resident, whose previous best result at the WSOP was a cash in 2011 for $6,824. He also has two small wins at the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

“It’s a lot of money,” said Pomponio, who fired four bullets in the tournament. “I don’t even know what I want to do yet. I’ll pay some bills, help out my parents.”

Pomponio topped a final table that included the likes of Luke Vrabel (9th), Matt Affleck (8th) and Ralph Massey (7th). Other notables to make a deep run in the event included Tony Sinishtaj (13th), Mike Telker (22nd), Alex Masek (29th), Joey Weissman (56th), Nachman Berlin (59th), Ismael Bojang (65th), Katie Lindsay (67th), and Kane Kalas (73rd).

While the field size generated a $9,027,000 total prize pool and is the third largest in WSOP history, it represented a substantial decrease from 2016’s field of 21,613 and the record of 22,374 in 2015.

This year, the tournament drew in players from 76 different nations ranging in age from 21 and eight days, to 93 years old.

2017 Wsop Colossus Structure

Here’s a look at the final table results.

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2017 Wsop Colossus Results

Colossus Of Roads