Jacobson Wins 10-Minute Hand
Martin Jacobson has just added yet more chips to his stack in a hand that spanned 10 minutes.
It was Jacobson who started the betting, raising 16,000 from the hijack. Vicky Coren folded, David Kitai called on the button and Jonathan Duhamel called in the small blind.
Duhamel checked the flop, Jacobson bet 33,000 and only Kitai called. The was greeted with checks from both active players but the saw Jacobson lead for 86,000.
Kitai went deep into the tank, so deep we thought he would never emerge again! He shaped to call, then pulled his hand back. He then recounted his stack two or three times, checked the size of the other stacks and went back to staring at Jacobson. Everyone talks about the "Ivey Stare" but Jacobson has one that rivals even the great man.
A full nine minutes later Kitai folded, showing . Jacobson declined to show and he approaches one million chips.