How On Earth is Martin Jacobson Good?
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
PokerStars Blog watched the Main Event champion win a bonkers hand against the odds, but can you figure out just how unlikely this was?
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
€25,500 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€2,156,000
Entries
88
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 25,000
Ante
5,000
WSOP Champ on a Tear
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
Martin Jacobson was sitting on a shorter stack at the start of Level 6, but thanks to a quadruple up where he held two pair on a board containing four clubs (none of his opponents held a club), he is right back in the thick of it.
In a recent hand, there was around 24,000 in the pot when we picked up the action on the turn with the board reading 
. Vanessa Selbst checked from the under-the-gun position and snap-folded when Jacobson bet 6,500. Ship another one to the Swede.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 39,000 |
|
21,000 | -29,000 |
Finger Gets a Stern Lesson
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
Martin Finger raised to 1,400 from the hijack and then called when Dani Stern three-bet to 4,100, which led to a flop of 
.
Finger checked, Stern bet 4,800, and Finger made the call to see the 
turn. Finger checked for a second time, and then thought long and hard before folding after Stern had upped his bet to 11,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000 | -7,000 |
|
64,000 | 14,000 |
Set Over Set for Luca and Schemion
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
In the last hand of Level 5, Ivan Luca raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and then called when Ole Schemion three-bet to 2,400 from the button. The 
flop saw Luca check, Schemion bet 2,150, and Luca snap-call. When the appeared on the turn, Luca checked for a second time, and once again snap-called when Schemion bet 4,650.
The 
river put a fourth club on the board and action went check-check. Luca tabled the 
for a flopped set, and Schemion had flopped a set too, albeit a lower one with the 
. Still, Schemion got lucky as one of his deuces matched the four-flushed board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 10,000 |
|
13,500 | -10,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Trickett Undone
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Sam Trickett will have to make a decision on whether he fancies another spin at the Special High Roller after he fell to Adrian Mateos.
Around 17,000 had made it into the middle by the time the board rested as 
. The Spanish starlet confidently led for 10,200 but looked taken aback when Trickett shoved for 28,050. Actually he looked in pain as he tried to figure out what the Brit's intentions were.
He took his time and made the call which prompted the noise of defeat to leave Trickett's lips. He opened 
and lost out to Mateos' 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000 | 55,000 |
|
Busted |
Muehloecker Takes from Rossiter; "ElkY" Enters
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Jeff Rossiter raised to 1,500 on the button only to have Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 3,600 from the small blind. Rossiter made the call and then both players checked the 
flop. After the 
appeared on the turn, Muehloecker bet 8,500 and Rossiter snap-folded.
Meanwhile, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has entered the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | 5,175 |
|
50,000 | |
|
47,800 | -10,000 |
Some More Shots from the Day 1 Field
Calling the Clock
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
With around 20,000 already in the pot and a board reading 
, Ploand's Jose Carlos Garcia checked from the small blind and Dmitry Urbanovich did the same from the cutoff. When the 
completed the board on the river, Garcia bet 8,500 and Urbanovich his the tank.
Minutes ticked off the clock before Steve O'Dwyer, who'd been sitting quietly with headphones on, opted to call the clock. The tournament director came over and told Urbanovich he had one minute to act on his hand, but it only took him another 15 seconds before giving it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 10,025 |
|
63,000 | 63,000 |
Hoof Doubles Garibli
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Jorryt van Hoof was making great strides with his second bullet but just doubled up Ilkin Garibli to drop back.
The two players were heads up to a flop where Van Hoof led for 3,600 from the small blind. Garibli was on the button and made the call to head to the 
turn where he faced a decision for his final 14,675. He took a minute and made the call all in with 
. It was a good call as his Dutch opponent could only muster 
. Garibli survived the river.
Another player who will need a second bullet is Philipp Gruissem who busted, no details.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | -28,000 |
|
45,000 | 22,500 |
|
Busted |