Kara Scott made it 375 to play from the hijack position and was called by the player in the cut-off position. Joaquin Cabrera made it 1,750 from the button and only Scott called.
The flop of saw Scott check, and she let the hand go when Cabrera bet 800 pretty quickly. Despite losing that hand, Scott is in control and in profit. She's also looking forward to a huge summer, presenting both the Super High Roller Bowl and of course the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas.
At last night's Welcome Party, Scott told the assembled media and players of 888Poker's desire to 'Take Back The Game' and in doing so, 888's passion for taking as many players as possible to the World Series, not just through qualifiers, but in competitions unrelated to grinding 10 hours. With 250 already qualifying via satellites into the WSOP Main Event action in Vegas, it's sure to be yet another busy year in Sin City not just for the face of the WSOP coverage Kara Scott but 888Live as a poker brand.
Antonio Perez Vico Barba and Lauri Saaskilahti were among the most aggressive players in the Side Events of the festival thus far and the duo was sat next to each other, doomed to create a big pot early on. And wouldn't you know it, that big bang indeed happened and Saaskilahti was the one that left empty-handed.
After a raise and a call, Saaskilahti three-bet and picked up two callers. On a flop of , Saaskilahti faced a check-min-raise by Vico Barba and called as only player to see the turn. Vico Barba bet 9,000 and the Finn shoved for another 6,000 on top. Vico Barba called with the for a flush and Saaskilahti was drawing dead with , making the river a formality.
Five players have been eliminated thus far and among them was also Francois Evard. According to Younesse Oualgasi, Evard busted post flop after a preflop four-bet raising war with Abel Durban Sala and the showdown eventually saw queens run into aces. Evard had turned an open-ended straight draw on top and tried to push out Durban Sala by shoving the river, but the Spaniard called.
Durban Sala picked up further chips in a bigger pot against Sofia Lovgren. With the board showing , Lovgren bet 6,000 and Durban Sala eventually called. "Showdown please," the dealer said and Lovgren instead opted to muck, forfeiting the pot.
Three players saw a min-raised flop of and the trio including Gabriel Pazos de la Torre checked. On the turn, Pazos de la Torre bet 1,000 and picked up one caller before his bet worth 1,600 on the river. The initial raiser folded and the Spaniard claimed some chips back.
We joined the action on a board of with Karl Eriksson betting 3,000 into the pot of around four times that. The player who had the decision was Jose Marin, and he made the call, turning over his . but it wasn't nearly strong enough.
Eriksson turned over , having flopped a full house with eights over three, appropriate given that it's 888Live. Marin had no idea how thin he was drawing, and after getting off to a good start, the Spaniard has dropped below his rival in the hand in the chipcounts.
With 201 entries according to the screens, the total field size has grown to 477 entries in total and the guarantee of €500,000 is almost reached. Since the registration remains open all day long and until the first card is dealt on Day 2, yet another guarantee at the 888Live Barcelona festival is determined to be eclipsed.
Theo Steimer had called the all-in move of Guillermo Cedres Seijas on a board showing and when Seijas turned over for the nut flush, Steimer's were crushed.
Maybe it was due to being stunned, but Steimer sat resolutely in his chair until the dealer burned and turned the inconsequential on the river, but Steimer was well covered and Seijas had doubled his starting stack in less than a level. Steimer eventually departed while the other five players at the table picked apart the hand.
Kara Scott, Natalie Hof and Sofia Lovgren have already been spotted in action and Scott won an early pot without too much hassle. Scott raised to 300 from the cutoff and the big blind called. On a flop of , the big blind checked and quickly folded when Scott made it 325 to go.
Below are further notables that jumped (back) into the action too.
On a board displaying , Andrew Hildebrand made it 3,700 from the cut-off with 6,200 in the pot. Sven Karlsson made the call from the button and the two men saw a river of .
Hildebrand again led, this time for 5,500 and Karlsson took his time, but called. Hildebrand turned over for a rivered two-pair, but Karlsson already had better with and he raked in another pot. Karlsson is our early chip leader.
saw Scott check, and she let the hand go when Cabrera bet 800 pretty quickly. Despite losing that hand, Scott is in control and in profit. She's also looking forward to a huge summer, presenting both the Super High Roller Bowl and of course the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. 
, Saaskilahti faced a check-min-raise by Vico Barba and called as only player to see the 
turn. Vico Barba bet 9,000 and the Finn shoved for another 6,000 on top. Vico Barba called with the 
for a flush and Saaskilahti was drawing dead with 
, making the 
river a formality.
, Lovgren bet 6,000 and Durban Sala eventually called. "Showdown please," the dealer said and Lovgren instead opted to muck, forfeiting the pot.
and the trio including Gabriel Pazos de la Torre checked. On the 
turn, Pazos de la Torre bet 1,000 and picked up one caller before his bet worth 1,600 on the 
and when Seijas turned over 
were crushed. 
and he raked in another pot. Karlsson is our early chip leader.