2017 European Open Special Edition

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 European Open Special Edition

Final Results
Winner
Joe Serock
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$113,059
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$665,866
Entries
673
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Valdez Survives and Chops

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Following a raise to 5,000 in the cutoff, Starr Valdez moved all in for 11,000 from the button. The action folded back to the cutoff, and he called.

Valdez: {A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Hearts}{K-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Valdez survived with a chopped pot.

Player Chips Progress
Starr Valdez us
Starr Valdez
13,900
-11,100
-11,100

Tags: Starr Valdez

An Unfavorable Turn for Sluzinski

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Following a limp in the cutoff, Jeff Sluzinski raised to 7,200 from the button. The blinds folded, but the cutoff came along as the dealer spread a {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop.

The cutoff checked, and Sluzinski bet out 8,800. His opponent deliberated for close to two minutes before calling as the turn landed the {6-Spades}. The cutoff moved all in for 26,400, and Sluzinski called to put his opponent at risk.

Sluzinski: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Opponent: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

With Sluzinski's opponent getting lucky on the turn to strike a two-outer, Sluzinski would need to do the same on the river.

Unfortunately for Sluzinski, the river landed the {J-Diamonds}, and he doubled his opponent and dropped to 39,600 in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Sluzinski us
Jeff Sluzinski
39,600
-60,400
-60,400

Tags: Jeff Sluzinski

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Ian Simpson Shoves

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board of {4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} with around 60,000 in the middle, Ian Simpson shoved all in for 56,000 from the big blind.

His opponent in the hand ummed and ahhed for a little before eventually folding and showing a {K-}.

Simpson is now back up to 116,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Simpson gb
Ian Simpson
116,000
-24,000
-24,000

Tags: Ian Simpson

Rusnak Runs Into Flush

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From early position, Frank Rusnak opened the pot to 3,200 and only the big blind called.

Both players checked the {4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop as the turn landed the {2-Clubs}. The big blind bet out 3,500, and Rusnak called as the river landed the {9-Diamonds}.

The big blind tossed in 5,000, and Rusnak called. The big blind tabled his {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a flush, and Rusnak tossed his cards to the muck and dropped to 140,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Rusnak us
Frank Rusnak
140,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Frank Rusnak

Rory Brown Busts

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

With roughly 11,000 in the middle and the flop reading {9-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}, Rory Brown checked from the small blind before the big blind bet out 5,000. The original raiser in the cutoff called before Brown check-raised all in for 23,700.

The big blind called, and the cutoff folded, as Brown was at-risk as the cards were tabled.

Brown: {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Opponent: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The turn and river landed the {8-Diamonds} and {J-Spades}, and Brown was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Rory Brown ie
Rory Brown
Busted

Tags: Rory Brown

John Strzemp Eliminated

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From the hijack, John Strzemp opened to 3,600 only to have Katie Lindsay three-bet to 11,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Strzemp, and he pushed all in for roughly 25,000. Lindsay quickly called, and the cards were tabled.

Strzemp: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Lindsay: {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Strzemp was eliminated from the tournament as Lindsay climbed to 115,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Katie Lindsay us
Katie Lindsay
115,000
-5,000
-5,000
John Strzemp us
John Strzemp
Busted

Tags: John StrzempKatie Lindsay

New Feature Table

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Another new table has been brought up under the lights of the feature table, and with it sees Matt Affleck, Ryan Laplante, and David Lappin under the spot light.

For Lappin, he caught a fortuitous break when he was all in on a {K-}{Q-}{2-} flop holding {K-}{Q-} against an opponent's {2-}{2-}. The turn was the {Q-}, and Lappin doubled through.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
93,500
8,500
8,500
David Lappin ie
David Lappin
93,000
31,000
31,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
86,500
21,500
21,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sean Chen us
Sean Chen
145,000
Ian Simpson gb
Ian Simpson
140,000
65,000
65,000
Rauno Tahvonen ee
Rauno Tahvonen
125,000
59,000
59,000
Katie Lindsay us
Katie Lindsay
120,000
20,000
20,000
Federico Butteroni it
Federico Butteroni
115,000
19,800
19,800
Jeff Sluzinski us
Jeff Sluzinski
100,000
30,000
30,000
Greg Kelley us
Greg Kelley
83,000
2,700
2,700
Alan Widmann de
Alan Widmann
80,000
80,000
80,000
Dan Harrington us
Dan Harrington
75,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Albert Ng us
Albert Ng
60,000
44,700
44,700
Scott McMillan gb
Scott McMillan
55,000
-16,600
-16,600
Jordan Cristos us
Jordan Cristos
50,000
28,300
28,300
WPT 1X Winner
Lacey Jones us
Lacey Jones
50,000
8,500
8,500
Chris Wallace us
Chris Wallace
45,000
33,400
33,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Daiva Byrne lt
Daiva Byrne
43,000
5,000
5,000
David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
42,000
6,500
6,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Mitch Schock us
Mitch Schock
40,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
35,000
-35,000
-35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
35,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
32,000
-33,700
-33,700
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
30,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Starr Valdez us
Starr Valdez
25,000
-36,000
-36,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
23,500
3,500
3,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Ben Palmer us
Ben Palmer
13,000
-3,500
-3,500
WPT 1X Winner