

Der Amerikaner Benjamin Keeline setzt sich im WSOP Massenevent The Colossus gegen 21.612 Teilnehmer durch und gewinnt die festgeschriebene Siegprämie in dem Turnier von $1.000.000. Das Mega-Turnier startete bereits am 02. Juni mit dem ersten von insgesamt sechs Flights. Danach dauerte das Poker-Spektakel weitere drei Tage bis ein Sieger gefunden wurde.
An den Final Table schafften es bis auf zwei Spieler aus der Tschechischen Republik ausschließlich US-Spieler. Einer der beiden Tschechen, Jiri Horak, kam bis in Heads-Up und war dem Bracelet lange Zeit näher als sein Gegner. Nach etlichen Führungswechseln musste sich Horak dann aber doch Ben Keeline geschlagen geben. Für seine Runner-Up Platzierung gab es immernoch ein sattes Preisgeld von $618.000.
Bester Deutscher in dem Massenturnier wurde Bastian Fischer aus Detmold, der seinen Stuhl auf Platz 23 räumen musste. Dafür kassierte Bastian ein Preisgeld von $35.584.
WSOP Event #2 – $565 The Colossus
Entries: 21.613
Preispool: $10.806.500
Ergebnisse der Top 100 von insgesamt 2.922 ITM-Platzierungen:
| # | Player | Earnings | City | State | Country | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Benjamin Keeline | $1,000,000 | Oswego | IL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Jiri Horak | $618,000 | – | – | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Farhad Davoudzadeh | $462,749 | Palmdale | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Richard Carr | $348,462 | Lake Mary | FL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Marek Ohnisko | $263,962 | – | – | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Christopher Renaudette | $201,151 | Holyoke | MA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Alex Benjamen | $154,208 | San Jose | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Jonathan Borenstein | $118,937 | Teaneck | NJ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Xiu Deng | $92,291 | Las Vegas | NV | United States | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Hayden Glassman | $72,054 | Rochester | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Andrew Yip | $72,054 | Richmond Hill | ON | Canada | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Kyle Wheeler | $72,054 | Fort Wayne | IN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Vincent Standridge | $56,602 | Fort Smith | AR | United States | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Lawrence Adams | $57,435 | Surprise | AZ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Steven Nichols | $56,602 | Dublin | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Henry Mlekoday | $44,740 | Minneapolis | MN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Warren Chu | $44,740 | Vancouver | BC | Canada | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Michael Sneideman | $45,573 | Oceanside | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Vincent Moscati | $35,584 | Verplanck | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Kevin Falk | $35,584 | Seattle | WA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Ryan Hoberg | $35,584 | Andover | MN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 22 | Samitti Eksarunchai | $35,584 | Daly City | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Bastian Fischer | $35,584 | Detmold | – | Germany | |||||||||||||
| 24 | Patrick Truong | $36,506 | Pflugerville | TX | United States | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Ping Lin | $35,584 | Windsor | ON | Canada | |||||||||||||
| 26 | James Betts | $35,584 | Alton | IL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Ben Lindemulder | $35,584 | Mt Pleasant | MI | United States | |||||||||||||
| 28 | Edward Blount | $28,479 | Mineral | VA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Joshua Sexton | $28,479 | Ramsey | MN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 30 | Matthew Yorra | $28,479 | Miami | FL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Jorge Gomez | $28,479 | Ft Lauderdale | FL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 32 | Daniel Dizenzo | $28,479 | Sussex | NJ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Terri Fyffe | $28,479 | Marshall | TX | United States | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Antoune Nasr | $28,479 | Las Vegas | NV | United States | |||||||||||||
| 35 | Thomas Lindell | $28,479 | Murrieta | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Amir Lehavot | $28,479 | – | – | Israel | |||||||||||||
| 37 | David Yoon | $22,939 | Los Angeles | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 38 | Andrew Zuzolo | $24,102 | Las Vegas | NV | United States | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Jamael Williams | $22,939 | Phoenix | AZ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Daniel Needleman | $24,102 | Long Island City | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 41 | Jeffrey Fielder | $22,939 | Des Moines | IA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 42 | Matthew Ostby | $22,939 | Kennewick | WA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 43 | Eric Aasa | $22,939 | Twin Falls | ID | United States | |||||||||||||
| 44 | Eugene Fouksman | $22,939 | Manalappan | NJ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 45 | David Elfan | $22,939 | Toronto | ON | Canada | |||||||||||||
| 46 | Ylon Schwartz | $18,592 | Austin | TX | United States | |||||||||||||
| 47 | Marco Johnson | $18,592 | Walnut Creek | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 48 | Jose Luis Cases | $18,592 | Villa | – | Argentina | |||||||||||||
| 49 | Francis Anderson | $18,592 | Poughkeepsie | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 50 | David Gutfreund | $18,592 | Chicago | IL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 51 | Khamsy Nuanmanee | $18,592 | Weed | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 52 | Errol Massey | $18,592 | Saint Albans | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 53 | Peter Murphy | $19,475 | Silverbridge | – | Ireland | |||||||||||||
| 54 | Michelle Slager | $18,592 | Heber City | UT | United States | |||||||||||||
| 55 | Thomas Cotxet | $15,166 | Caujac | – | France | |||||||||||||
| 56 | Tyler Walton | $15,166 | Portland | OR | United States | |||||||||||||
| 57 | Austin Buchanan | $15,166 | Winter Park | FL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 58 | Aaron Scherzinger | $15,166 | Salt Lake City | UT | United States | |||||||||||||
| 59 | Hong Li | $15,166 | Los Angeles | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 60 | Richard Tuhrim | $15,166 | New York | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 61 | Scott Tiedeman | $15,166 | Poway | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 62 | Joseph Silva | $15,166 | Eatontown | NJ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 63 | Kelly Cheatham | $15,166 | Phoenix | AZ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 64 | Joe Berry | $12,452 | Wister | OK | United States | |||||||||||||
| 65 | Arianna Son | $12,452 | Las Vegas | NV | United States | |||||||||||||
| 66 | David „ODB“ Baker | $12,452 | Katy | TX | United States | |||||||||||||
| 67 | Xixiang Luo | $12,452 | – | – | Chad | |||||||||||||
| 68 | Bizhan Delgoshaei | $12,452 | San Jose | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 69 | William Foxen | $12,452 | Cold Spring | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 70 | Marilyn Matthews | $12,452 | Reading | PA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 71 | Robert Ervin | $12,452 | Mount Sidney | VA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 72 | John Corning | $13,955 | Syracuse | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 73 | Alberto Rodriguez | $10,289 | Atlanta | GA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 74 | Jason Bain | $10,289 | Memphis | TN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 75 | Kevin Powell | $10,289 | Buckeye | AZ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 76 | Todd Hoopfer | $10,289 | Las Vegas | NV | United States | |||||||||||||
| 77 | Benjamin Heath | $11,792 | – | – | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||
| 78 | Ryan Tran | $10,289 | Worcester | MA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 79 | Gavin O’Rourke | $10,289 | Portlaoise | – | Ireland | |||||||||||||
| 80 | Robert Cote | $12,873 | Cypress | TX | United States | |||||||||||||
| 81 | Marc MacDonnell | $11,211 | Dublin | – | Ireland | |||||||||||||
| 82 | Brian Saltus | $8,557 | Scottsdale | AZ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 83 | Dale Kuklinski | $8,557 | Adell | WI | United States | |||||||||||||
| 84 | Clement Delacroix | $8,557 | Saulx-Les- | – | France | |||||||||||||
| 85 | Russell Powell | $8,557 | El Cajon | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 86 | Ryan Belz | $10,060 | Laurel | MD | United States | |||||||||||||
| 87 | David Malka | $9,588 | Culver City | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 88 | Darrel Dier | $9,440 | Sacramento | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 89 | Michael Fan | $8,557 | New York | NY | United States | |||||||||||||
| 90 | Shawn Quint | $8,557 | Cordova | TN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 91 | Manuel Alcala | $7,164 | Lima | – | Peru | |||||||||||||
| 92 | Nam Le | $7,164 | Tustin | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 93 | Norman Michalek | $9,438 | Westfield | NJ | United States | |||||||||||||
| 94 | Ryan Laplante | $7,164 | Brainerd | MN | United States | |||||||||||||
| 95 | Roman Dohnal | $7,164 | Naklo | – | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||
| 96 | Gary Lent | $7,164 | Rancho | CA | United States | |||||||||||||
| 97 | Bret Weeks | $7,164 | Batavia | IL | United States | |||||||||||||
| 98 | Wayne Lovell | $7,164 | Killeen | TX | United States | |||||||||||||
| 99 | Danny Gonzales | $7,164 | Denver | CO | United States | |||||||||||||
| 100 | Doug Lee | $6,038 | Calgary | AB | Canada | |||||||||||||
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