Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

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This young phenom burst on the live tourney scene after years of online cash game and tourney domination.

In 2005, he finished 27th in a WPT.

In 2006 he had his first WPT final table, finishing in a heartbreaking 2nd place for $650k.

He followed that incredible performance with a string of cashes and final tables in the 2006 WSOP. Only bad beats were able to keep him from multiple bracelets.

Feeling robbed not winning a bracelet after multiple dominating WSOP performances, Alex took a few days off to really work on sharpening his game.

With renewed focus, he attacked the WPT again in October 2006 with a 1st place finish for almost $900k, his first major title.

He followed that up with yet another money finish in a WPT a mere two weeks later.

2007 has been another banner year for him, already winning a $10k tourney, the Ultimate Poker Challenge Championship.

With a victory in hand already this year, he heads into the 2007 WSOP with unprecedented momentum.

He currently is massive chipleader at the final table in event 3, having sliced through a field of almost 3,000, now vying for a first place prize of over $700k and a coveted World Series poker.

I don't think the poker world has ever seen such a dominating and consistent tournament performer in its history. Most pros in the know are already talking about Alex Jacob as the best of all time, and in this case, they are unlikely to be wrong.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

uhh jamie gold is the best tourny player ever

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

Alex is good but he's no Mansour Matloubi.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

yes he really seems to be dominating lately. it will be interesting to see where he stands in 10 years.

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is this the 2p2er "AJo_go_all_in"

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Alex is good but he's no Stu Ungar .

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Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

Unquestionably.


G.O.A.T

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is this the 2p2er "AJo_go_all_in"

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Not to be confused with Grimstarr's gimmick account "AQ_go_all_in"

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is this the 2p2er "AJo_go_all_in"

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yes

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

ever heard of sample size IDIOT

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

You're going to make Jeff Madsen think you weren't being sincere.

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You're going to make Alex Jacob think you are being sincere.

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jc tran runs better

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You're going to make technologic think you were being sincere.

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AJ go all-in

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"Only bad beats were able to keep him from multiple bracelets"

yea me too man [censored] those bad beats holdin me down. if it werent for luck id win them all

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With renewed focus, he attacked the WPT again in October 2006 with a 1st place finish for almost $900k, his first major title.



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The Taj Mahal USPC is not part of the World Poker Tour.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

This is Blasphemous, Diablo, and you know it.

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lol

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Not to be confused with Grimstarr's gimmick account "AQ_go_all_in"

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not to be confused with gambler2k4's account KQ_go_all_in

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

im confused. is this a troll or not?

i thought we already established that TECHNOLOGIC is obv the best of all time.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

also, youre really gonna omit him winning the uspc?

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all i can say is i wish i had his game.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

but how much did he lose?

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

i think he's probably pretty damn good, and there were probably only one or two hands that he played in the uspc on tv that i thought were bad

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There is no question that he's capable of winning multiple bracelets this year. I've been reading his blog religiously. Linkage.

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i am 1-0 against alex in heads up freeze-outs. does that make me the best?

from playing with alex and talking to him a fair amount about poker, i wouldn't hesitate to say he could be the GOAT.

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There is no question that he's capable of winning multiple bracelets this year. I've been reading his blog religiously. Linkage.

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NICE TRY!!!

p.s. I ended up looking at it the 2nd time through because it makes me lol.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

he is a great great player but u need to see him over time to call him the best of all time, even he will tell u that

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im confused. is this a troll or not?

i thought we already established that TECHNOLOGIC is obv the best of all time.

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I think it's only been established that technologic is Strassa's mentor and a proven closer.
But Jeff Madsen I hear has a few words for El D.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

Jeff Madsen will disappear from the tourney circuit within a year. He'll be next year's Layne Flack.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

PITTM,

technologic is def not currently the best of all time. He is a guy with real talent who (unlike his student Strassa) has shown real tournament closer skills down the stretch in major events, but he hasn't been around long enough to say whether or not he's one of the greats. Definitely has huge potential, though.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

Nick,

Thanks for the catch, easy to get a little mixed up with the never-ending roster of major tourney finishes Alex has to his credit already.

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Reassuringly he appears to also have the best etiquette amongst most top tourney players. For example, I remember when he said "gg bro" in the uspc and the guy was very rude back to him and he kept quite despite the guy being a jerk.

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All,

Alex takes home $282,367 for a 3rd place finish out of about 3,000 players to start off his 2007 WSOP.

Re: Alex Jacob, best tourney player of all time?
 

El D, You need to contribute to NVG more.

We are berated with moronic threads here on an hourly basis, it is good to see some fresh stuff that actually is not stupid.

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All,

Alex takes home $282,367 for a 3rd place finish out of about 3,000 players to start off his 2007 WSOP.

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is that he start with 3.1mil chips final table?
must have some real beat there....

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aul Evans has the button in seat 5, O'Leary limps from the small blind for 120,000, and Jacob checks his option. O'Leary checks in the dark as the flop comes {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Jacob bets 150,000, O'Leary raises to 600,000, and Jacob thinks for over a minute before calling.

The turn card is the {K-Spades}. O'Leary moves all in, and then gets up to walk around the final table arena while Alex Jacob thinks things over.

Jacob is in the tank for several long minutes, and O'Leary might be getting tired from all the pacing he's doing around the stage.

Jacob eventually calls after a full five minutes with {9-Hearts}{4-Hearts} -- a pair of fours. O'Leary shows {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, and he's in the lead here. Jacob needs to catch a nine or a four to survive.

The river card is the {6-Hearts}, and Alex Jacob is eliminated in third place, earning $282,367.

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All,

Alex takes home $282,367 for a 3rd place finish out of about 3,000 players to start off his 2007 WSOP.

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is that he start with 3.1mil chips final table?
must have some real beat there....

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Yeah, he should have cashed out when he had 3 million.

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