b-on-b... renaut all-in with and instacalled from lynne with ..

... 6AS... two tens in the deck... and LYNNE BEAUMONT IS OUT IN THIRD SPOT - Helen Firth and Claire Renaut into tomorrow's final table.

checked, checked, ... Lynne bets 30k with , Qx 5x for firth, she calls...

renaut all-in otb with - takes it

70k from lynne now with , all-in from renaut with .. lynne passes

> raise to 65k from lynne.. no takers

b-on-b renaut all-in again with .. lynne folds

another ace for renaut and another all-in - this time - takes it

b-on-b renaut all-in with and takes

firth raises to 75k with renaut with ... passes

lynne limp, for Firth, ... checked, gets 35k from lynne which takes it

firth otb moves all-in with but gets no action

b-on-b firth with limps, renaut checks ...

... check from firth, 35k from renaut, all-in from firth, renaut folds

raise from renaut to 65k... takes

firth with raises to 75k... takes

blinds to 15/30k... 785 renaut, 436 lynne, 380 helen

limp from lynne with , call from firth with , checked, checked, checked

renaut raises to 65k, lynne with ducks... folds...

b-on-b... lynne bets 60k... takes

firth with the again... min raise... all-in from Lynne with ... firth folds

firth all in otb with ... takes

firth raises to 50k, renaut reraises to 120k... takes it

annette all-in with ... lynne calls with ... .. ANNETTE OBRESTAD IS OUT IN FOURTH

734 renaut, 460 firth, 406 lynne

lynne all-in with .. no takers

annette all-in UTG with red fours... round to firth in the BB with ... calls...

... it was Firth all-in but Annette is now seriously short with 88k...

hanh limps with , 50k raise from Renaut with , called...

... ... .. and HANH NGUYEN IS OUT IN FIFTH SPOT...

466 renaut, 328 annette, 288 lynne, 278 hanh, 240 firth...

lynne with raises to 40k... takes the blinds

annette all in with ... Renaut snaps her off with ...

... thats all you need to know (2C for the record)... 328k for Annette...

annette shoves with ... passed round...

626 renaut, 292 hanh, lynne 288, 262 firth, 131 annette

open shove from Collins with black fives, renaut calls with ...

... the champion goes... completes the board and AISLING COLLINS WILL NOT HOLD ONTO HER TITLE, OUT IN SIXTH

renaut raises with hanh in the BB with ace-deuce off and folds

hanh open shoves for 293k... no takers

453 renaut, 293 hanh, 288 lynne, 269 firth, 153 annette, 144 collins

Frank all-in with , hanh calls with pocket fours - annette has folded a four...

.. ... and KAREN FRANK IS OUT IN 7TH SPOT...

hanh raises to 50k, reraise all-in from ... Hanh calls...

J 2 K J 10 and Hanh returns the favour to Lynne

Hanh raises to 40k, Lynne reraises all-in with and Hanh calls...

... ... ... massive turnaround for Hanh Nguyen... up to 320k now

flop... on the turn, renaut bets 30k with , Grondin with Ad ... calls... .. 45k from Renaut... Grondin moves all-in and Renaut calls TO SEND LAURENCE GRONDIN OUT IN 8TH SPOT...

453 renaut, 284 firth, 278 lynne, 166 collins, hanh 160, 153 annette, 106 frank

raise to 30k from grondin... Hanh is all-in in the SB with .. laurence folds...

Presenter and heat three player Tatjana Pasalic welcomes the players back to the table...

players on a ten-minute break

b-on-b annette with raises, hanh all-in with , call - .. ... ... double up for Hanh to 120k... annette with 152k

grondin raises to 22k... and takes

acting first, its a raise to 20k from annette with ... no action

lynne otb with pocket sixes, raise to 25k, collins folds the SB, as does frank in the BB

frank first to act, raises to 22k, passed to the blinds... who fold

someone has just asked what the next level is... 7/15 is the answer

renaut raises to 22k with ... no takers

lynne raises with pocket sevens to 22k, passed round to grondin who also folds

button limp from firth with , annette calls with , hanh too with
>, - - 16k from annette, pass from Hanh, called by Firth, ... check from annette then firth, .. checked

collins raises to 22k with , annette in the BB with ... moves them all in (144k) 122k for the champ to call... the pair of them are giggling away as Aisling says she can't quite pull the trigger this time...

grondin with raises to 22k... no action...

renaut raises to 22k... no action

Hanh all-in now with ... renaut to her left with ... 60k to call... she folds... and Hanh takes

passed to Hanh in the cut off, raises to 15k... grondin moves all-in in the SB with ... Hanh folds

annette with raises to 20k... round to grondin in the BB with ... moves all-in... annette folds

grondin raises utg to 21k with red sixes... round to renaut in the BB with ... 51k from claire, grondin folds

b-on-b... annette ... raises and takes

blinds to 5/10k...

lynne raises to 16k with .. call from firth with ... blinds pass... flop... firth bets 20k, lynne folds

b-on-b... frank limps with ... firth checks with .. ... checked, ... frank bets 6k... called... ... check from frank, firth bets 15k and takes it

frank up to 138k now

claire raises to 15k with ... lynne folds the ducks otb... frank calls in the BB with ... ... frank bets 16k... renaut asks how many she has back... and calls... ... frank bets 16k again... renaut passes

annette raises to 12k with ... takes Collins' BB... a trend that has happened on all of Aisling's BBs...

frank with raises to 13k... no takers

frank with the ladies... raises to 18k, passed to the blinds who fold

halfway through the level... 310 helen, 299 lynne, frank down the bottom with 86, hanh has 100...

grondin raises 13k with , call from Collins with ... ... check from Grondin, Collins bets 18k... Grondin folds

b-on-b annette raises to 17k with , call from Hanh in the BB with ... ... annette leads in with 13k and takes it

frank reraises to 35k with , raiser Renaut calls with - , renaut bets 30k, frank folds

grondin raises to 13k, for collins... reraises to 38k... grondin folds

annette raises to 12k, renaut calls with blinds fold... ... annette raises 16k, call from renaut, ... check from annette, 21k from claire, annette folds

jacks for collins, 15k raise, lynne in the BB with ... calls... ... check from lynne, 24k from Collins, called by Lynne... .. check from Lynne, then from Collins... - ouch - wow, checked...

blinds going up to 3/6k... firth 297, 260 lynne, collins 237, 199 claire, 189 grondin, annette 168, 130 frank, 120 Hanh

.. renaut checks with grondin with , firth bets 8k ewith , call from annette with , renaut and grondin fold, gets 8k from firth, raises to 28k... firth calls... ... check from firth, annette moves all-in for 80k and Firth folds

grondin raises to 9k with ... takes

b-on-b... walk for Hanh

grondin raises to 9k, call from frank with ... ... checked... ... 10k from grondin, called... is checked...

annette with again, 8k raise is called by Hanh with sixes, and lynne with threes... and collins with ducks... and Firth with ...

.. annette checks, hanh checks, lynne bets 20k, collins folds, firth and annette too, and then hanh......

annette raises to 8k with , reraise to 21k from Renaut with and annette folds

helen limps with and we have a sixway pot...

.. case king... Frank bets 12k with , call from frank with , annette calls with ... hanh with raises to 40k... passed to frank... passes... firth calls... annette... folds... turn is ... helen bets 20k to take the pot to 152k... Hanh makes it 42k, firth calls... Firth checks, Hanh bets 10k, Firth calls and takes... Hanh shows her hand for the first time

33k pot pre-flop, .. Firth checks with , 12k from Hanh with , reraise to 24k from Firth and Hanh folds

passed to annette with , reraised to 28k from Hanh with ... takes it

flop, annette checks with , grondin with bets, annette calls, turn is , annette bets 26k, grondin folds

and she picks up the jacks again, raises to 10k on the cut off, frank calls in the SB with , BB firth with black eights calls too... .. checked to lynne, bets 25k, firth bins the snowmen

firth limps , hanh calls with , lynne with red jacks otb raises 26k, blinds fold, as does firth, then Hanh... finds the 22k to call

... checked from Hanh, lynne bets 50k and hanh folds

annette raises to 4k... no-one gets involved

hanh with 263 and collins 254 lead the way after level one - blinds up to 2/4k

collins raises to 5k with , call from Firth with .. ... check from Collins, 8k from Firth, called... checked, ... Collins pops 16k out there, takes it

grondin raises to 5k utg with ... takes

lynne raises to 5k with , call from Hanh with ... .. checked... gets 6k from Hanh, Lynne passes

black kings for claire, raises to 5k... grondin reraises with to 12k... reraise to 31k from claire and Grondin folds

flop... annette raised UTG with , hanh with pocket tens and lynne with join in... annette bets 11k... hanh calls, as does Lynne... on the turn... annette goes for the chips... fires 24k... hanh raises to 60k... lynne folds, as does annette...

4k raise from Grondin with , call from Collins with - flop is checked, gets 5k from Collins... Grondin folds

for annette, raises 5k in the cut off, for grondin in the BB - calls... flop, checked... on the turn, grondin checks, annette too, .. checked by Grondin, 5k from Annette... Laurence folds

Blinds go up every 30 mins here... give or take a break or two... starting at 1/2k

Some teeny teething problems - 'tis day one after all... but we're good to go:

1 Helen Firth
2 Annette Obrestad
3 Hanh Nguyen
4 Claire Renaut
5 Laurence Grondin
6 Lynne Beaumont
7 Aisling Collins
8 Karen Frank

Kara Scott is in the commentary box with Jesse May...

Online qualifier Hanh took the first hand...

The first heat of the fourth edition of the PartyPoker.com Women's World Open IV kicks off in London at around 11am - with the defending champion Aisling Collins starting the defence of her title.

Before the line-up some info on the tournament - a field of 24 players stumped up the $3,000 buy-in and sit down in three eight-handed tables. Players start with 200,000 in chips and the top two in each heat take their chips through to the six-handed final, which takes place tomorrow afternoon (March 24).

The payout structure is:

1st $30,000
2nd $15,000
3rd $10,000
4th $8,000
5th $6,000
6th $3,000