All the action was complete and the cards were on their backs when we got to the table. The board read , partypoker Sponsored Pro Jan-Peter Jachtmann had tabled , and was already out of his seat. Philipp Gruissem was showing for a flopped set of sevens and told the PokerNews Live Reporting team that all the chips had gone in on the turn when Jachtmann made top two pair.
A few minutes later, Jachtmann informed us that he re-entered immediately and that he stacked another player set-over-set on his first hand at the new table, where he is now seated to Mike Leah's right. Jachtmann said he held against another player who held on a board and his hand was still best when the last card fell.
There was a substantial pot of about 500,000 already brewing and the board read when we got to the table. John Duthie checked from the big blind and Martin Jacobson checked behind from the hijack.
The turn brought the and Duthie bet 105,000. Jacobson called.
The fell on the river and Duthie bet 350,000. Jacobson went into the tank for about half a minute before he folded and Duthie took the pot.
With about 200,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Adrian Mateos was on the button and facing a decision for 120,000 from a player in early position. After a bit of time in the tank, Mateos eventually called. His opponent tabled for ace high and Mateos showed for a pair of tens to take the pot.
When we got to the table, Adrian Mateos had already committed 290,000 to the pot preflop from early position and Bartosz Stasiewicz had called from middle position. The player in the big blind jammed for what looked like 1,600,000, Mateos shoved over the top, and Stasiewicz called to put both players at risk.
Mateos:
Stasiewicz:
Big blind:
Stasiewicz had the preflop advantage and both of his opponents needed help from the deck to survive. The board ran out which changed nothing, so Stasiewicz took the pot to bust both of his opponents and put his stack over the 5,000,000-chip mark.
A player had already raised to 65,000 when we got to the table and Martin Jacobson three-bet shoved for 360,000. The original raiser called to put Jacobson at risk.
Jacobson:
Opponent:
Jacobson had the preflop advantage and his opponent needed to improve in order to stack him. Jacobson paired his ten on the flop to extend his lead and neither the turn nor river were any help to his opponent, so Jacobson took the pot to double up.
With about 200,000 already in the middle and the board reading Rainer Kempe checked from the big blind to his lone opponent, who was under the gun. He bet 60,000 and Kempe called.
The turn brought the , Kempe checked, his opponent bet 160,000, and Kempe called.
The fell on the river and Kempe checked a third time. His opponent bet 325,000 and Kempe went into the tank for over half a minute before he called. Kempe's opponent showed for a turned set of sevens, Kempe tossed his cards into the muck, and the dealer pushed the pot to his opponent.