Mike McDonald had a strong run of good hands and good play, and used it to get out in front of Sorel Mizzi pretty quickly in game #1.

However, Mizzi hung in there and eventually rivered the nut flush, with McDonald first to act. McDonald went all in on the river and put Mizzi at risk and Mizzi took a second, clearly trying to slowroll McDonald.

The hand started with Mizzi raising to 73,000 preflo and McDonald called with . The flop came and both players checked. McDonald led the turn when the hit and Mizzi called. The river was the and McDonald shoved to put Mizzi all in. Mizzi called and took a huge lead. He would eliminate McDonald a few hands after that to take game #1 for the Berlin Bears.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sorel Mizzi	1,000,000 671,000	671,000
Mike McDonald	Eliminado