{"id":10226,"date":"2018-07-16T13:27:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T13:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=10226"},"modified":"2018-07-16T14:40:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T14:40:23","slug":"can-wsop-turn-around-the-not-so-colossal-colossus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/can-wsop-turn-around-the-not-so-colossal-colossus\/","title":{"rendered":"Can WSOP Turn Around The Not-So-Colossal Colossus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The $565 buy-in Colossus poker tournament<\/strong> attracts the largest field of any World Series of Poker<\/strong><\/a> event. Unfortunately, this year\u2019s Colossus<\/strong> fielded the smallest group of players in its short history.<\/p>\n

Brazilian Roberly Felicio<\/strong> won the event, banking the\u00a0$1,000,000 <\/strong>first-place prize<\/p>\n

Colossus fields\u00a0shrink each year<\/span><\/h2>\n

This year\u2019s tournament fielded 13,070 entries<\/strong>. The tournament, a five-day event, ran from June 2 to June 7.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no denying the tournament is a gigantic event. Multiple big-name players offer instructions for how to navigate the huge number of players in the event.<\/p>\n

Still, this year\u2019s event was the smallest incarnation<\/strong> of the Colossus so far. In fact, the fields have shrunk each subsequent year since the tournament\u2019s debut in 2015.<\/p>\n

The 2015 event remains the largest version of Colossus. In fact, it\u2019s the largest live tournament ever played, with 22,374 entries<\/strong> generating a prizepool that ballooned over $11 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The fields have tumbled by 42 percent since<\/strong>. Even more alarmingly, each year\u2019s decline has been greater than the last<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event hosted nearly 5,000 fewer entries<\/strong> than 2017\u2019s event alone. Overall, attendance is down by more than 9,000 entries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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