Anthony Hnatow raised preflop to about 110,000 from the button and Martin Jacobson flat-called from the big blind. The flop came and Jacobson check-called a bet of 90,000 from his French opponent to see a turn.
Jacobson checked again and Hnatow fired a cool 250,000 which the Swede called again as the pot swelled to around a million chips. The river was the and Jacobson checked a third time and Hnatow let loose the third bullet, betting 580,000.
Jacobson sat back in his chair somewhat uncomfortably but made the call and Hnatow visibly aged 10 years and shook his head. The Frenchman flashed and Jacobson scooped with . Big pot for the Swede.
Ruslan Prydryk, who came fifth back at EPT Warsaw in 2009 and then spent much of the latter stages of the recent EPT Prague as a big stack before crashing out in 48th place, has taken a couple small hits.
First, he called a 120,000 raise in the big blind from Lucien Cohen in the hijack, before check-folding to another 120,000 on the flop.
A few hands later and it was Prydryk who opened to 130,000 in the cutoff, but Laurent Polito made it 600,000 from the button and Prydryk gave it up.
Kaspars Renga came to this unofficial final table as the extreme short stack, and he's getting shorter still. He actually hasn't played a hand yet, but has nevertheless dropped deeper into the danger zone. Last we saw, Anthony Hnatow opened to 120,000, successfully stealing Renga's big blind. He's at around 600,000 with the average at around 3 million.
Martin Jacobson opened to 120,000 from middle position.
"How much are you playing?" asked Wice from the small blind.
"Around 4.5 [million]," came the reply.
Wice elected to just call and the players went heads-up to see a flop where the Canadian decided to lead for 200,000 but Jacobson made the call. The turn was the and Wice now fired 610,000, the Swede took longer in his decision this time but again he made the call as the pot grew to nearly 2 million.
The deathly hush around the table became more apparent as the dealer silently put out the river. Wice bet again, 1,100,000 this time which was around of a third of Jacobson's very sizeable stack. Finally, the latter folded, perhaps a decision influenced by the third club but we'll never know.
Martin Jacobson raised to 110,000 on the button, and in the big blind Laurent Polito reraised to 310,000. Jacobson eyed him up for a moment and then called.
They saw an flop and Polito silently checked, staring straight ahead. Jacobson bet 300,000 and Polito now announced all in for 2.7 million.
Snap-call.
Polito: for an overpair
Jacobson: for a set
Turn:
River:
"YESSS!!!" cried Kaspars Renga - on just about 10 big blinds, he is now guaranteed a place at the final table. Polito is gone and Jacobson is the chip leader on around 7 million, and we are done for the day.
With that huge pot at the death, Martin Jacobson has leapfrogged over Alex Wice and into the chip lead for tomorrow's final table. The Swede won two huge pots as we went to one table of nine as first Anthony Hnatow bluffed off a million chips to him then Laurent Polito's demise gave him 3 million more in the last hand of the day.
Wice had dominated the chip lead for most of Day 5 and played fearlessly, not afraid to tangle with his Swedish rival. Elsewhere on the table, the popular Belgian Kenny Hallaert sits in wait, as does Julien Claudepierre.
The table is completed with Lucien Cohen (complete with his rat) the super aggressive Hnatow, as well Ukrainian poker champion (and former EPT finalist) Ruslan Prydryk and the short-stack, Latvian Kaspars Renga. All wil have their eyes on the first prize of €880,000 but only one of them will be taking it home...
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and Jacobson check-called a bet of 90,000 from his French opponent to see a 
turn.
and Jacobson checked a third time and Hnatow let loose the third bullet, betting 580,000.
and Jacobson scooped with 
. Big pot for the Swede.
flop.
and Wice now fired 610,000, the Swede took longer in his decision this time but again he made the call as the pot grew to nearly 2 million.
river. Wice bet again, 1,100,000 this time which was around of a third of Jacobson's very sizeable stack. Finally, the latter folded, perhaps a decision influenced by the third club but we'll never know.
flop and Polito silently checked, staring straight ahead. Jacobson bet 300,000 and Polito now announced all in for 2.7 million.
for an overpair
