Event #1: $300 + $30 Colossus | Page 16 of 24

Winning is sometimes all about folding

Level: 14
Small Blind: 2K
Big Blind: 4K
Button Ante: 4K
Chip Average: 153K
Remaining: 28
Entries: 230

2018/08/24 | 22:24 by Playground Poker

The Colossus Day 1C is approaching it’s final moments. The tournament director has announced that there will only be four hands to play. As expected, most of the players are trying to grab some extra chips in order to bag the biggest stack possible.

There is definitely some interesting play in the air, and we just witnessed a massive fold by Ian Joanette. Francesco Tatto went all-in pre-flop for 93,000 and everyone folded quickly to Lucas Braga who surprised everyone by shoving all-in on top for 234,000. No one was more surprised than Ian Joannette who thought long and hard before achingly saying “fold” and announcing he had pocket Jacks.

Relief flooded Joannette when the hands were tabled.

Lucas Braga:
Francesco Tatto:

The board of did not help Francesco, and Lucas added some important chips to his stack.

Aligning style with utility – bring on the shades

Level: 7
Small Blind: 400
Big Blind: 800
Button Ante: 800
Chip Average: 44K
Remaining: 97
Entries: 215

2018/08/24 | 21:35 by Playground Poker

In almost any other environment if we see people wearing sunglasses indoor we think they’ve either had laser surgery, a rough night or hiding a black eye. In a poker room, however, we don’t think twice when we see players sporting the shades to play.

Either for style or utility (or both), it does make for some interesting shots. Here are a few photos of the players from levels 4 through 6.

Colossus Day 1D: on break – Amar in the lead

Level: 7
Small Blind: 400
Big Blind: 800
Button Ante: 800
Chip Average: 39K
Remaining: 109
Entries: 215

2018/08/24 | 21:20 by Playground Poker

The end of the 2nd break signaled the end of the entry period. In total 215 entries, including 35 re-entries, were logged for this Day 1D flight of the Colossus event, which boasts a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000

We went around the tables during the break to bring you chip counts. With the average at 39,000 we were looking for stacks above 100,000 and sure enough we found three. Dan-David Amar is the clear leader with a 150,000 stack. It will be interesting to see how he manages the 4x average stack in the next 8 levels as play resumes.

Here are the chip leaders after 6 levels of play.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Dan-David	Amar	150,000
Vsevolod	Malamud	106,200
Hassan	Mohammad	100,400

Husted takes the lead

Level: 13
Small Blind: 1.5K
Big Blind: 3K
Button Ante: 3K
Chip Average: 121K
Remaining: 38
Entries: 230

2018/08/24 | 21:09 by

Michael Husted has taken the lead in Day 1C of the Colossus with just 2 levels left to play tonight. The entire top end of the leaderboard seems to consist of stacked players with experience in multi-day tournaments, and there are several players in the field who will feel that just under 2 levels is plenty of time to build up the stack they want to take to Day 2!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Michael	Husted	246,500
Raphael	Duval	231,500
Dylan	Maille Thibault	229,500
Marco	Caza	214,500

Maille-Thibault builds it up

Level: 12
Small Blind: 1.2K
Big Blind: 2.4K
Button Ante: 2.4K
Chip Average: 112K
Remaining: 41
Entries: 230

2018/08/24 | 20:45 by

Dylan Maille-Thibault is a player that has had some success here at Playground Poker Club in the past, including a 3rd place finish in a $1.1K event here this past spring during. It looks like he’s working hard to set himself up for another deep run in the Colossus – He’s now up to over 240,000 in chips after eliminating Marc-David Vil when Vil called Dylan’s all-in bet on a flop.

Vil:
Maille-Thibault:

Dylan was way ahead and would stay there on the turn and river.

Day 1D: Quads anyone?

Level: 5
Small Blind: 250
Big Blind: 500
Button Ante: 500
Chip Average: 32K
Remaining: 116
Entries: 194

2018/08/24 | 20:06 by Playground Poker

The action is going strong and steady in the Colossus Day 1D with 117 players still in from 194 entries. Players have until 9:15pm to enter or re-enter. We came up on an interesting hand and chances are this has happened to all of us. The whole table was quiet, with a moderate pot in the middle and only two players in the hand.

The board: and Jean-Pascal Gauvain was all-in for 10,525.

Richard Tossings mulled things over for a while knowing that the kicker was key on the quad board. After a short while, lifting up his head he said “call” and Jean-Pascal’s shoulders slumped as he tabled playing the board. Richard opened up his hand: . The king sent Gauvain to the rail and allowed Tossings to add another mound to his already above-average stack.