In a special best-of-three tag team event between three 888 ambassadors Sofia Lovgren, Kara Scott and Natalie Hof and a special international invitational team comprising of Oanh Bui, Joanna Kwak, Anna Wegscheider.
Players started with just 5,000 in chips and were allowed four total “Team Decisions,” meaning they could consult with their teammates on what to do. Each match was played with a two-minute shot clock, and 10-minute time bank.
At the end of some intensely fought back and forth heads-up play, it was the Ambassadors who came out on top, securing themselves not only 'Queen's Clash' trophies, but they each received entry into the 2017 World Seres of Poker Ladies Event later this year.
The player in the cutoff raised to 7,000 and Almedin Imsirovic raised to 16,500.
Lazer Gjergji then four-bet to 25,500. The cutoff folded and Imsirovic made the call.
The flop came and Gjergji continued for 14,000. Imsirovic called. The turn was the and Gjergji checked to Imsirovic who bet 35,000. Gjergji called.
The river was the and Gjergji checked again. Imsirovic moved all in, covering his opponent and Gjergji called. Imsirovic showed for a six-high straight, and Gjergji could only show for a five-high straight. Gjergji stood up in with a look of disbelief on his face, as Imsirovic boosted his stack to around 400,000.
Michal Mrakes came into the day as the runaway chip leader, and is still adding to his chip stack as the first level draws to a close. With a stack of over 400,000 he opened to 5,500 from early position. The player in the big blind called and the flop came .
Both players checked and the came on the turn. Mrakes' opponent bet 2,700 and the Czech player called.
The river was the and both players checked. Mrakes watched as his opponent turned over but Mrakes had him beat holding .
William Kassouf raised to 5,600 from the cutoff. Emrah Cakmak called from the small blind, and there was a small back-and-forth between the two players, who obviously have history already today, with just half a level played.
Georgios Koliofotis called in the big blind. "Sorry," he muttered, as if apologising for intruding into the pot.
The flop came and it checked to Kassouf who bet 12,000. Cakmak called and Koliofotis folded.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Cakmak thought before betting 60,000.
Kassouf thought for a long while, before folding. "Quads," said Cakmak, but decided to fold his hand face down.
It's been an up and down start for Ludovic Geilich. He was sitting on a bigger stack than the one he started with after scooping a massive pot in the first hand.
In this hand he three-bet from the button to 18,500 after Pavel Berka opened to 5,300. Berka called and the flop came .
Geilich continued for 19,500 and Berka moved all in. Geilich snap-called and showed and was ahead of his opponent's . However, the on the turn swung the hand in Berka's favour, and the confirmed his double up.
The level is not even five minutes old, and we spotted Martin Kabrhel heading to the exit. Bernd Schönwälder informed us that in one of the first hands of the day Kabrhel got his in against Schönwälder's and was eliminated.