The opening event of the Slovak Series Of Poker 2018 called the Opening Event brought a very popular entry fee of only 55€ which attracted crowds of poker enthusiasts. A mass of poker players tried to win the gold bracelet from the opening tournament. Many familiar faces fought hard right from the beginning, but only one of them could enjoy winning "gold".

After completing the registration at the end of the eighth level, the number of entries to the Opening Event climbed to 196, which brought up the prize pool of the first SSOP tournament to a nice number of  9,800€. This moment also revealed the payout structure, in which for the first champion of the SSOP 2018 a reward of 2,167€ was waiting, while 20 players had to get into the ITM.

In the end, 21 players reached to the paid positions, as before the hand for hand phase, the players agreed that the 21st place will also be rewarded with 60€. After "bursting" the bubble, it did not take long and a final table was formed, on which the well-known Santa held the chip lead:

• Adam Palkovič - 108k
• Peter Ralbovský - 464k
• Santa - 1,046k
• Roman Okoličány - 383k
• Anita Mudrochová - 390k
• Vlado Bartko - 428k
• Jaro Pipiška - 720k
• Jozef Dvorský - 206k
• Nina Feirer - 176k

The final table lasted exactly three hours and the first champion became Roman Okoličány, who managed a heads-up match with Peter Ralbovský. Roman left with prize of 2,167€ and the first Slovak Series Of Poker 2018 bracelet worth of 3,000€ from the Opening Event. Congratulations!

OPENING EVENT SSOP 2018:

• 1.place: Roman Okoličány - 2,167€
• 2.place: Peter Ralbovský - 1,505€
• 3.place: Santa - 1,129€
• 4.place: Anita Mudrochová - 847€
• 5.place: Jaroslav Pipiška - 706€
• 6.place: Jozef Dvorský - 564€
• 7.place: Nina Feirer - 423€
• 8.place: Vlado Bartko - 329€
• 9.place: Adam Palkovič - 254€