CPTV Video Spotlight -- Inaugural WSOP Colossus Draws Largest Live Tournament Field EverThe Massive Event Is Kicking Off the Series In 2016 And Could Be Even Bigger |
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In 2015 the World Series of Poker announced a brand new event called “The Colossus”. The $565 buy-in no-limit hold’em event featured a $5 million guaranteed prize pool and had it’s sights set on becoming the largest live tournament in poker history.
Over the four starting flights an incredible total of 22,374 entries built a total prize pool on excess of $11.1 million dollars.
The event is returning in 2016 with a number of exciting changes. This year the tournament has added two additional starting flights and increased the guarantee to $7 million, with a $1,000,000 payday guaranteed to the eventual champion.
The event, which will run from June 2 – 7, is sure to kick off this year’s WSOP with a bang. This time around the event will have all starting flights play into the money each night, with the day ending when the bubble is burst. This way all players returning for day 2 will be in the money.
In 2015 the player who navigated the massive field to emerge victorious as the first Colossus champion was Cord Garcia. The Houston native, who was 25 at the time, earned $638,880 and his first WSOP gold bracelet for the win.
Card Player TV caught up with him at his gold bracelet ceremony to discuss his huge victory, his run through the field, and the exciting final hand that saw his opponent run a multi-street bluff against Garcia’s full house. Check out the video below:
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