Andrew Chen just filled us in on the details of Jacobson's double up.
Chen told us that Jacobson opened to 10,000 and got three bet to 30,000 by Igor Pihela. Jacobson then made it 66,000 and received a call from last nights qualifier.
On Jacobson bet out 35,000 and Pihela made the call. The on the turn gave Jacobson the opportunity to shove his remaining 75,000 in, and he did just that. Pihela called with and was up against Jacobson's .
The on the river gave Jacobson a flush and he doubled to almost 400,000.
Mike McDonald raised to 9,000 from the button and both Joseph Cheong and Martin Kabrhel in the blinds tossed in the extra chips. On the three-way flop of , the action was checked to McDonald and he bet 15,000. Only Kabrhel called and the on the turn was checked through.
The on the river saw a check of "Timex" and Kabrhel bet 80,000 to promot a fold from McDonald.
Earlier today Ivan Soshnikov was still in the Eureka Main Event as the bubble approached. However, he was also playing the Super High Roller which meant he had to hope for a different sort of run good as he went from stack to stack before leaving his chips to blind off in the Eureka event. Read all about it here.
From our PokerStars Blog colleagues we heard the news that Ivan Soshnikov is still multi tabling the €50,000 High Roller and the €1,100 EUREKA Main Event. Except for he's not, as he can't find his stack in the EUREKA. His table broke and he has no idea where his stack moved to. So back to the High Roller tables it is for Soshnikov.
Both Jean-Noel Thorel and Christoph Vogelsang are using their second bullets in this tournament and were recently involved in a hand together.
The hand started with Thorel raising to 8,500 from the hijack and getting called by Vogelsang on the button and also another player in the small blind.
The flop came down {c} and a quick check prompted Thorel to b lead out for 10,500. Only Vogelsang made the call as the two watched the dealer produce the on the turn.
Thorel didn’t slow down, betting out another 18,000 which was quickly called. The completed the board and Thorel reached down for his chips and tossed out 50,000. Vogelsang thought about his decision for almost a minute before finally making the call.
Thorel then slowly tabled his for a straight and watched as Vogelsang threw his cards into the muck.
Both Jean-Noel Thorel and Connor Drinan have purchased their second bullet and bumped the attendance to 46 entries in total, which includes 5 re-entries.
Coming back as one of the short stacks, Brian Roberts is storming to the top of the chip counts within three hands in a row. After doubling up and then knocking out Jean-Noel Thorel, he just busted Connor Drinan as well. Roberts raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and Drinan made it 28,000 on the button.
Roberts looked at the dealer, then formed a triangle and was thus all in. Drinan called off with a total of 180,000 in total and both players tabled their cards.
Roberts:
Drinan:
The board ran out and that was it for Drinan on the first bullet.
Mikita Badziakouski three-bet shoved out of the small blind for exactly 80,000 and initial raiser Dmitry Gromov snap-called, confidentially tabling his . His opponent from Belorussia was behind with but improved with the board running out .
Gromov had some words in Russian for his table neighbor and them whispered a "thank you" towards the dealer, shortly after complaining about another bad beat from the previous day.
We arrived at the table just as Jean-Noel Thorel moved all in for around 100,000 in chips on a flop. Connor Drinan and Vladimir Troyanovskiy mucked their hands before Brian Roberts made the quick call as the last player to act.
Thorel:
Roberts:
Thorel had flopped a pair and an open-ended straight draw but was behind to Roberts who already flopped the straight. No help came with the on the turn and on the river as Thorel was sent to the rail.
Olivier Busquet opened from the hijack position and called Brian Roberts' three bet from the small blind to 30,000.
The flop came and Roberts bet out 18,000. Busquet made the call and the fell on the turn. Roberts moved all in for 87,000 and after some hefty thinking it was Busquet making the call.
Olivier Busquet:
Brian Roberts:
The on the river didn't do Busquet any good and Roberts doubled.
Jacobson bet out 35,000 and Pihela made the call. The 
on the turn gave Jacobson the opportunity to shove his remaining 75,000 in, and he did just that. Pihela called with 
and was up against Jacobson's 
.
on the river gave Jacobson a flush and he doubled to almost 400,000.
, the action was checked to McDonald and he bet 15,000. Only Kabrhel called and the 
on the turn was checked through.
on the river saw a check of "Timex" and Kabrhel bet 80,000 to promot a fold from McDonald.
and a quick check prompted Thorel to b lead out for 10,500. Only Vogelsang made the call as the two watched the dealer produce the 
on the turn.
for a straight and watched as Vogelsang threw his cards into the muck.
. His opponent from Belorussia was behind with 
.
and Roberts bet out 18,000. Busquet made the call and the 
