Event #70: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em Begins at 10 AM
The 2023 World Series of Poker continues at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today with the Event #70: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em at 10 a.m local time. The Colossus is the second lowest buy-in event at the WSOP, so an absolutely massive field is expected as they all dream of bracelet glory.
The reigning champion is United Kingdom's Paul Hizer who beat a field of 13,565 entrants to claim the first-place prize of $414,490 as well as his first WSOP bracelet. If trends from this year's WSOP continue, then the entrants and prize pool will dwarf last year's numbers as Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em showed with its 23,088 entrants and $5,679,648 prize pool.
2022 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Earnings |
| 1 | Paul Hizer | United Kingdom | $414,490 |
| 2 | Sam Laskowitz | United States | $256,170 |
| 3 | Jordan Pelon | France | $193,240 |
| 4 | James Scott | United Kingdom | $146,680 |
| 5 | Luong Quach | United States | $112,060 |
| 6 | Jeff Loiacono | United States | $86,160 |
| 7 | Anthony Ruttler | United States | $66,670 |
| 8 | William Gian | United States | $51,930 |
| 9 | Sean Shah | United States | $40,710 |
There will be two starting flights with Day 1a on Friday, June 30 and 1b on Saturday, June 31. Players will start with 40,000 chips and will play 17 40-minute levels on Day 1 in hopes of bagging their chips. There will be a 20-minute break every three levels as well as a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12 (about 7 p.m.).
There is one reentry available per flight. The blinds will start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Late registration and reentry will remain available until the start of Level 13 (around 8:15 p.m. after the dinner break).
PokerNews will be here for all four days of action until they play down to a winner on Day 3 as well as all other events during the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.