Thomas Pomponio Vence Evento #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em ($1.000.000)
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O Evento #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold'em terminou com a vitória de Thomas Pomponio ($1.000.000).
"Desde miúdo que sonho em sentar-me ali com aquele bocado de ouro na mão." disse Pomponio no final.
Entrou na mesa final no quarto lugar da contagem e com apenas 180 big blinds distribuídas pela mesa, a acção foi furiosa. Foram necessárias apenas 142 mãos para entregar os nove prémios em disputa.
O primeiro a ser eliminado, logo na sexta mão, foi Luke Vrabel ($79.827), acabou all in com ![sa sa](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssa.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
no momento errado. Pomponio (![ha ha](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsha.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
) e Yilmaz (![da da](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsda.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
) imitaram o movimento e com a board a correr ![sq sq](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssq.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s8 s8](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss8.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![d9 d9](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsd9.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s7 s7](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss7.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
a eliminação foi o resultado final.
![sa sa](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssa.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![d2 d2](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsd2.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ha ha](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsha.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![dk dk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsdk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![da da](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsda.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![hk hk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fshk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![sq sq](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssq.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s8 s8](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss8.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![d9 d9](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsd9.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s7 s7](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss7.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![d5 d5](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsd5.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Apenas 5 mãos depois saiu o jogador com maior cartel da mesa final, Matt Affleck ($103.090). O seu ![dk dk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsdk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
correu pré-flop contra o ![ca ca](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsca.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
de Kent Coppock e a board ![d7 d7](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsd7.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![h2 h2](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsh2.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![dq dq](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsdq.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s4 s4](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss4.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
não o ajudou.
![dk dk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsdk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![cj cj](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fscj.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ca ca](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsca.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s9 s9](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss9.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![d7 d7](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsd7.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![h2 h2](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsh2.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![dq dq](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsdq.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s4 s4](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss4.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s8 s8](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss8.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Ralph Massey ($133.975) seria eliminado na mão #40 da mesa final, o seu ![ha ha](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsha.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
não superou o ![sa sa](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssa.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
de Taylor Black com as fichas a irem parar ao centro da mesa ainda pré-flop.
![ha ha](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsha.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ct ct](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsct.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![sa sa](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssa.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![hk hk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fshk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Dezasseis mãos volvidas foi Erkut Yilmaz ($175.208) a encontrar o caminho para a caixa. Para não destoar, o all in pré-flop foi o movimento escolhido e o seu par de quadras bateu no par de ases de John Hanna. A board ![hk hk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fshk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ck ck](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsck.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![c2 c2](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsc2.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s8 s8](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss8.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
não o ajudou.
![hk hk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fshk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ck ck](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsck.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![c2 c2](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsc2.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s8 s8](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss8.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s6 s6](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss6.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Kent Coppock foi o quinto classificado ($230.564), o seu ![ha ha](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsha.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
bateu no ![ca ca](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsca.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
de Pomponio e não obteve ajuda da board.
![ha ha](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsha.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![hj hj](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fshj.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ca ca](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsca.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![sk sk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Em quarto saiu Mark Babekov ($305.294), all in e call pré-flop e o seu par de damas foi batido pelo ![ca ca](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsca.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
de Black com um
a aterrar no turn.
![ca ca](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsca.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ck ck](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsck.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![dk dk](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsdk.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Trinta e seis mãos depois o torneio ficava em heads-up. John Hanna ($406.474) anunciou all in no botão com ![cq cq](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fscq.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
e Pomponio fez o mesmo na small blind a segurar ![sa sa](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssa.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
. A board não alterou nada.
![cq cq](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fscq.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![ct ct](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fsct.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![sa sa](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fssa.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
![s6 s6](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2Fcartas%2Fss6.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Esta eliminação deixou Pomponio com 32.425.000 fichas, Taylor Black tinha 54.550.000.
Pomponio deu a volta ao texto e tudo terminou na mão #142:
Black anunciou all in no botão e Pomponio fez instant call.Black:Pomponio:A boardnão ajudou Black e este ficava com a prata.
![](https://image.pokerpt.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.pokerpt.com%2Fmedia%2FImage%2FCaptura%2520de%2520ecra%25CC%2583%25202017-06-08%2C%2520a%25CC%2580s%252011_05_26.png&w=1200&q=75)
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