Just 150 stick around for dinner. Four Paradise players live on

Johan “Dusty_Rat” Jakobsson continues to show why he has Paradise backing in this tournament, as his fearless aggression at the baize propelled him to 146,000 chips by dinner.

The Swedish pro (pictured) admitted he was “playing a bit weird” at the interval, but insisted it was due to him trying to tailor his game to the tournament.

A cash game specialist by trade, Jakobsson revealed his usual cash game style would not be effective in this game and so was making necessary the adjustments.

“My stack is at around 146,000 but I just lost 35,000 on the last hand, bluff-raising a flop with 7-4 of spades,” he explained of his typically relentless style.

“I’ve been moved four tables in half an hour though and it’s hard to play the player when you’re only at a table for five minutes.

“I did make one good play - probably my best of the day - when the button opened with a raise for the fourth time in about eleven hands since I sat down.

“I found pocket tens but after looking at the big blind’s chips, I thought he had the perfect stack for a re-steal, so I smooth-called and then snapped him off when he shoved.

“He had A8 and my tens held up, so I felt it was pretty much the perfect play in that spot.”

Zsolt Cserhati joins him on over 100,000 chips, but lost a significant pot when he took on a short stack with KQ, while there were also tough hands for Didier Erb and Tom Garland.

The Paradise qualifiers were both forced to make big lay-downs in the last two hours, with AQ coming under pre-flop pressure in both spots.

Didier was then forced to fold Jacks pre-flop after the table big stack four-bet all-in, leaving him on 83,000.

Having built his stack up from near elimination at the start of Day Two, Tom admitted he was feeling the strain of two long days at the Rio.

“I’m still fighting but there are some really strong players on my table and I’m absolutely shot to bits,” he confessed.

“I’ve even been making mistakes with the antes so I’m really pleased to get this break. I’ve not played for this long live before and it’s not like the internet, where you can go and grab something to eat or drink when you need it.

“That’s probably been my worst two hours but I haven’t thrown it away and after a breath of fresh air and bite to eat, I can go back with no fear.”

Chip Count
Dusty - 146,000
Zsolt - 119,000
Didier - 83,000
Tom - 30,000