Final table set for WSOP’s ‘Colossus’ tournament
Aditya Prasetyo, a professional poker player from Cambridge, Mass., will own a sizable chip advantage when the final table of the World Series of Poker’s “Colossus” No-limit Hold ‘em tournament begins Wednesday.
Prasetyo has 39.3 million chips, approximately 35 percent of the total chips in play, as action in Day 4 of the record-setting event halted late Tuesday at the Rio Convention Center with nine players remaining.
The final table, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, begins at noon Wednesday at the Rio and will be streamed live on WSOP.com.
The $565 buy-in “Colossus” tournament drew 22,374 entrants and is the largest live poker tournament in history. The winner will take home $638,880, and all the remaining players are guaranteed to collect at least $67,681.
Kenny Hallaert of Belgium will begin the final table second in chips with 18.575 million, followed by Bradley McFarland of Whitehall, Pa. (14.25 million).
Prasetyo was responsible for the final knockout of the night Tuesday, and it came in brutal fashion for Bradley Burns of Mesquite, Texas. Burns pushed all-in for a little less than 6 million chips, and both players turned over suited ace-king, with Burns holding spades and Prasetyo’s in clubs.
The flop came 9-3-Q with all clubs, giving Prasetyo the nut flush and sending Burns to the rail in 10th place.
Prasetyo has won two WSOP circuit events and with more than $257,000 in WSOP and circuit career earnings.
Raymond Henson, the most accomplished player remaining, will begin the final table on the short stack. Henson, of Houston, has more than $1 million in WSOP and circuit career earnings and four career WSOP circuit rings.
Lance Garcia, also of Houston, stands sixth in chips and also owns a circuit ring, as does Garry Simms of Shelbyville, Ky., who is in seventh place.
CHIP COUNTS
1, Aditya Prasetyo (Cambridge, Mass.) 39,300,000
2, Kenny Hallaert (Hansbeke, Belgium) 18,575,000
3, Bradley McFarland (Whitehall, Pa.) 14,250,000
4, Paul Lentz (San Francisco) 10,475,000
5, David Farber (Lake Mary, Fla.) 8,725,000
6, Lance Garcia (Houston) 7,275,000
7, Garry Simms (Shelbyville, Ky.) 6,850,000
8, Anthony Blanda (Las Vegas) 4,600,000
9, Raymond Henson (Houston) 2,475,000
TUAN LE REPEATS IN LOWBALL
Tuan Le, a professional poker player from Los Angeles, successfully defended his title in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship on Tuesday.
Le, 37, is the first player to repeat since Thang Luu won back-to-back bracelets in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low event in 2008 and 2009. Le pocketed $322,756 for his victory.
“This year’s victory is like 10 times as big as last year,” Le told WSOP.com. “When you defend a title, that’s a totally different ballgame. It’s a statement. Anyone can get a rush one time and win, but to do it again makes a statement. For me, last year was about the money. This year was about the bracelet.”
Max Casal of San Clemente, Calif., finished second and earned $199,438.
Le held the chip lead for most of the final table, which included three other gold bracelet winners — Phil Galfond, Rep Porter and Calvin Anderson. Casal, who plays regularly against Le at the Commerce Casino in Southern California, nearly drew even in chips midway through the heads-up match but was eventually closed out by Le during the sixth hour of the final table.
The tournament, which attracts many of the top professional, drew 109 entrants for a prize pool of $1,024,600.
Other bracelet winners:
Event No. 6 $1,000 Hyper Hold’em — John Reading (Rochester, Minn.) $252,068
