Photos from the eSports Battle Royale
2017 European Open Special Edition
Main Event
Day: 1a
Play Resumes
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
The cards are back in the air.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Break Time
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
The remaining players are heading on a 15-minute break.
Two Late Level Casualties
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
Both Rauno Tahvonen and Mateusz Moolhuizen have recently been eliminated.
Unfortunately for Moolhuizen he ran into an opponent's 
on a final board of 
for quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Barry Shulman Surrenders on Turn
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
On a board of 
with roughly 6,000 in the middle, Barry Shulman bet out 4,500.
His lone opponent sitting in the blinds responded with a check-raise to 12,000.
Shulman shook his head, then tossed his cards to the muck to slip down to 32,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | |
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Kevin Gerhart Eliminated, Then Re-Enters
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
Kevin Gerhart saw his stack slowly dwindle throughout the opening levels and eventually hit a low point of roughly 3,000.
Speaking to Gerhart, he informed us that he managed to double to around 6,000 before being eliminated.
Gerhart saw a 
flop holding 
and shoved all in. His lone opponent in the hand looked him up with 
, and when the turn and river didn't bring any help, Gerhart opted for a re-entry in today's Day 1a flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Joe Serock Arrives
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
Another player to take a seat is Joe Serock who took up one of the empty seats on the recently departed Kevin MacPhee's table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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Kevin MacPhee Eliminated
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
Following a raise in the cutoff to 1,025, Kevin MacPhee three-bet his button to 6,000. The player in the big blind announced he was all in for roughly 26,000 before the cutoff folded and exposed his 
.
MacPhee called off his 7,650 total and the cards were tabled.
MacPhee: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and MacPhee was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Baldwin Shoves Turn
Level 6
: 150/300, 50 ante
On a board of 
with roughly 6,500 in the middle, the action was on Eric Baldwin, and he moved all in for 9,250.
His opponent deliberated for a few moments before eventually folding his hand and ensuring Baldwin as the recipient of the pot.
Baldwin is now back up to 16,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,800
1,875
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1,875 |
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