You may recall the ISPT satellite promotions at Lock Poker that we reported on now and again. Well that main event has now come and gone, taking place live in London, England at Wembley Stadium, and at the end of it all, the championship title went to Polish player Jakub Michalak.
This after a smaller than expected player pool (761 players to be exact) led to a massive overlay (€589,000 to be exact), meaning that every participant’s pot odds improved in direct proportion to that overlay. What’s more, the final 6 players didn’t play out the tournament to its natural finish, but rather came to a deal based on chip stack size at the time of deal-making. This guaranteed the short stack player at the time, Xavier El Fassey, would still walk away with at least €204,000.
Jakub Michalak is a participant in The Hendon Mob poker database, with the following accolades to his credit:
• 11th place in the £200 NL Holdem 2011 Grosvenor UK Poker TOur Grand Final, London
• 30th place in the €700 NL Hold’em Main Event at the UK & Ireland Poker Tour – Galway
• 3rd place in the €2,000 NL Hold’em Main Event at the IPT San Remo
• 5th place in the €200 NL Holdem Turbo event at the EPT/Estrellas Poker Tour – Barcelona
• 5th place in the €1,000 NL Hold’em 30m Levels event at the EPT Prague
• 20th place in the €1,000 NL Hold’em event at the EPT Berlin
• 14th place in the €1,000 NL Turbo, Six-Handed event at the EPT Berlin