Congrats Concat

Alex "Concatenate" Jacob, one of my best friends in the poker world, won the US Poker Championship at the Taj Mahal for $878,500. He cruised through the final table in convincing fashion, winning it really without too much trouble. In a few days I am going to try to write about why he and Paul and Jason Strasser and Shannon Shorr are winning millions playing tournaments, and I continue to struggle. For now I will just say that hands like this are the difference:

Sat Oct 07 18:34:00 PDT 2006
Alex Jacob Rakes a Monster Pot
Michael DeMichele raises to $75,000 and Alex Jacob reraises to $225,000 from the big blind. The flop comes Kh9s3c and Jacob bets $325,000. DeMichele raises to $900,000 total and Jacob moves all in. DeMichele thinks for a few moments before mucking his hand. With that pot, Alex Jacob has taken over the chip lead.

Alex had A-5 offsuit on this hand. I feel like these hands, which only come up once or twice a day, are one of the differences between champions and me.
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Thursday Oct 5 evening (coco with Kwickfish 25-50): 2.5 hrs, +500/2 = +250
Thursday Oct 5 evening alone: 1.5 hrs, +4005
Thursday Oct 5 night (coco with Kwickfish, 10-20 shorthanded): 3.5 hrs, +5406/2 = +2703
Friday Oct 6 night (10-20 shorthanded): .25hrs, +5565
Saturday Oct 7 night (10-20 shorthanded): 2 hrs, +4052

Year to date: 190,347