2017 European Open Special Edition

Main Event
Day: 1b
1a1b23
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
Total Entries
673
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 673
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Anyone for Some Football?

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George Boateng
George Boateng

Four ex-professional football players are here in the mix today on Day 1b, and will be looking to add a poker trophy to their trophy case.

Henrik Larsson is a retired professional footballer from Sweden who was a Celtic FC legend scoring 174 goals in 221 games and voted Celtic's greatest ever foreign player. Larsson also played for Barcelona and Manchester United.

Phil Babb is a retired professional footballer playing mainly for Liverpool FC and had 35 international caps for the Republic of Ireland. In 1994 his transfer fee of £3.6million made him the most expensive defender in Britain at the time.

George Boateng is a former Dutch footballer who is of Ghanaian descent. During a near 20-year career, Boateng played for Feyenoord, Coventry City, and Aston Villa.

Reggie Blinker is a retired Dutch footballer, during his 17-year career he played for Feyenoord, Sheffield Wednesday, and Celtic.

Tags: George BoatengHenrik LarssonPhil BabbReggie Blinker

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Ryan Laplante Off to Good Start

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Ryan Laplante
Ryan Laplante

Ryan Laplante opened to 125 from middle position and Robert Mathers called on the button, as the big blind came along also.

The flop landed {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Laplante continued for 125 which was enough to prompt two quick folds.

With that pot, and others beforehand, Laplante is sitting on a stack of roughly 32,300 in chips.

Tags: Ryan Laplante

Sara Chafak Gets Busy from the Button

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Sara Chafak
Sara Chafak

The action folded round to Miss Finland 2012 Sara Chafak, and she opened her button to 150. Both the blinds called, and the flop landed {4-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

The blinds checked, and Chafak bet out 375 with only the small blind calling, as the turn landed the {7-Clubs}.

The small blind now led out for 600 only to have Chafak raise to 1,300. The small blind called, and when the river landed the {K-Hearts}, he led out again; this time for 3,000.

Chafak folded, and in doing so, dropped to 18,150 in chips.

Tags: Sara Chafak

Tyler Patterson Can't Beat Eights-Up

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Andrew Neeme opened to 150 from under the gun and was called by three players; two of which were Candace Collins and Tyler Patterson in the cutoff and on the button respectively.

The flop landed {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and once Neeme checked, the unknown player bet out 250 and only Patterson called.

The turn landed the {8-Hearts}, and now Patterson bet out 700 after the action was checked to him. His opponent called, and then both players checked the {6-Clubs} on the river with Patterson mucking at the sight of his opponent's {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}.

Tags: Tyler PattersonCandace CollinsAndrew Neeme

Still Rolling In

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The registration line has now cleared, and with it sees the tournament count at 235 so far.

Leading the next set of players into the field include 1995 World Champion "Action" Dan Harrington.

Some Early Arrivals

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