Team EUROPE has drawn first blood at the 2013 Partypoker.net Mosconi Cup. The first event of the day was five on five teams and Team Europe scored a dominating 6-3 win over Team USA.
Things started out well for Team USA Dennis Hatch won rack two and Earl Strickland won rack three for a 2-1 lead. After that, it was all Team Europe with Mika Immonen, Karl Boyes, Ralf Souquet and Darren Appleton won their matches to put Team Europe on the hill at 5-2.
Strickland stopped the bleeding with a win over Niels Feijen, but Immonen took advantage of a missed combo by Shane Van Boening to score the final point and put Team Europe ahead 1-0.
Next up is Rodney Morris & Earl Strickland vs Darren Appleton & Karl Boyes.