Jonas Klausen

Hi, I’m Jonas Klausen from Team Titan. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written a blog entry. This is partly laziness, but also some computer problems. I got the brilliant idea that I would reinstall my desktop Alienware computer, because for some time it had some small problems. It took a little less than two days to get it up and running 100% and when it finally succeeded, it also took some time to get Office to work again. But now it all runs smoothly, so I finally found the time to write a blog entry. I apologize for the absence.

I have been playing a lot of poker lately, especially cash games. Although I’m still in the development stage of my cash game, I think that it is beginning to flow, as it should.

I have completed my 100,000 hands with my cash coach; it turned into a mediocre performance of plus €8000-9000, as 80,000 of my hands were played on a €0.5/€1 table. Then I felt good enough to begin to move up, and have since moved up a few times so I play everything between 2/4 and 5/10. I’ve been extremely happy with my coach. He has really managed to get me thinking in the right lanes, plus he has been very motivating to work with. I also can’t completely deny that he deserves a lot of credit for my progress in tournaments. Many thanks to my good friend Jacob “Sasuke” Rasmussen, who has bothered to take the time to get me started with this cash game project. I really got a lot out of it.

No Big Tournament Cashes

Since I won my FTOPS, I’ve been very thin with good tournament results. I think I’ve played 150 tournaments without any significant cashes, and I don’t even think I came in the money more than once or twice. It’s that variance one must live with as a tournament player. But that has not even phased me, and I have been much better in shaking off such experiences through my relatively new approach to poker, as you can read about in my previous blogs.

However, last night I finally reversed that boring trend a bit. Ongame dished up with a nice $5000 event, and although I would love to have followed in my fellow-countryman Frederik Brink Jensen’s footsteps and won this evet, I had to settle for a sixth place for $27,000, after a very unimaginative final table. It was a shame that the tournament had such a deep start and a quick finish; I would love to have seen a somewhat deeper final table with more than 20-30BBs. It’s nice to be able to include another big cash on the list of this year’s achievements. I’m very hopeful and confident that there will be several large wins like this in 2011.

Upcoming Plans

As plans are now, I will play EPT Berlin and EPT San Remo. Besides that, I will try to qualify for the EPT Main Event Madrid. If this fails, I won’t play it. Also, I have booked tickets to this summer’s WSOP in Las Vegas through my personal secretary Peter Willes Jepsen. Always nice to have a handyman on hand We fly from cold Denmark to warm Vegas, so I hope I have the time to play a couple of smaller events before the Main Event begins. But now we will see what time brings.

Until then I hope to be able to maintain my high fitness level, without too many injuries. The many hours of the Crossfit room is really starting to kick in and I feel in better shape than ever. So that, combined with the poker flows, makes me very happy with the world and life as it looks now. I hope everyone out there feels the same way.

Until next time, a little quote…

Mike McDermott: “I want him to think that I am pondering a call, but all I’m really thinkin’about is Vegas and the fuckin’ Mirage.”

Jonas Klausen

Jonas Klausen

I’m Jonas Klausen from Team Titan. This week the EPT was held in Copenhagen. It was nice for once to have home advantage, although this time it didn’t mean much. I played my absolute best under the circumstances.

I pulled a really tough table, with only one soft spot. However, it was rather expected in EPT Copenhagen, which is considered one of the year’s hardest EPT tournaments. When Level 7 started, we hadn’t lost any of our original 10 players which means a lot in such a tournament.

I was eliminated at the beginning of Level 8 and unlike other times, was completely ready for my exit. So it’s back to the daily routine of exercise and a lot of poker.

Taking a break

On Monday I decided to take a break. In the last month I have played at least 2 hours a day, often more. I had for a long time been really tired of poker, and this attitude had clearly begun to affect my game, which had not been on top. But I must say that I have rediscovered the joy of the game.

Most of last week went with FTOPS. However, it was unfortunately without great results in the last events in the tournament series. This is a really great quarterly tournament series, and I look forward to next time. Especially the Main Event, which had a staggering first prize of $1.3 million. That would be nice to take home, but it will have to wait for next time.

My future program for the live tournament circuit is as follows: EPT Berlin April 5 – 10; and EPT San Remo April 27 – May 3. I am actually looking forward to both events, and hope I can prepare myself for both as well as I had been for Copenhagen. I’ve never been so well prepared, and it’s certainly something I need to stay focused on.

Be ready to take up the challenge

I realize that participation in tournaments is only a small part of what tournament poker is. You must be mentally and physically ready to take up the challenge. Until then, I will spend my time with a lot of online poker, the Sunday tournaments and a lot of cash game grind. I finally have control of the cash game, and I enjoy being able to decide my own working hours.

Right now I am getting ready for a trip to spa and sauna-gus, followed by a workout if the body will agree to that. I’m pretty bombed after training the last 3 days and if there is anything I’ve learned over the past few weeks, it’s that over training is a stupid idea.

But until next time… Good luck.

Jonas Klausen over and out.

Jonas Klausen

Hi, I’m Jonas Klausen from Team Titan. In February the weather is really gray and cold in Denmark. It changes between minus degrees, snow, wind and rain. But that is just one of the things you have to accept when you live in this Nordic country. But my poker accounts are hot.

On Monday I played my way to my second victory in FTOPS. It was a strange night where I had no intentions of playing but when my brother fell asleep during the movie we were watching I decided to go to the computer and play some tournaments. The tournament was a pretty long grind and I had some crazy swings. But when I reached the final table I was feeling good.

I was lucky enought to draw position on Michael Tureniec who was the most aggressive player at the table. A couple of good shots when I was behind 3 ways made all the difference. I did really good during the tournament and even though Michael might have deserved to win we ended in HU. I had a chiplead of 11 million against his 5 million. After about 20 hands in the heads up he is down to 4.4 million. We go all in preflop where I have 55 against his TT but another great shot puts a 5 on river and I win the tournament.

Michael played a really good Final Table but he did not have the last luck in heads up which of course I can’t complain about. $182,000 and my second FTOPS jersey. 2011 is looking better and better. Now I just need to work on keeping the motivation and keep developing my game.

Monday was a 24-hour session and even though I did not feel tired during the game I was pretty beat when I went to bed. It can be hard living your life during the nights. I only got 5-6 hours of sleep and when I woke up I felt bad and I have been struggeling with fever and a sore throat ever since. But that is an okay price to pay for winning a tournament. This week I will spend drinking tea with honey and taking drops for my throat. Therefore I am taking a few days off from the poker tournaments till I feel better. When I am back on top I will put more energy into the FTOPs and see if I can win again.

Until next time. May your flops be good and your cards be monster!

Jonas Klausen

Jonas Klausen

I’m Jonas Klausen from Team Titan. First, I want to start by apologizing that my blogs are not always on time. This time I can blame someone else though. When I am done writing my blog is has to undergo a short process. First it needs to be corrected for grammar mistakes, etc. and then it has to be translated from Danish to English. Finally it has to be uploaded to Titan Poker’s website. I will try to speed up the process a bit.

Congratulations to my team mate Sam Trickett who has had a FANTASTIC start to 2011. He won AUD $2,900,000 during Aussie Millions without even going deep in the Main Event – very impressive I must say.

There has been a lot of buzz around the tournaments with very high buy-ins because they create prize pools which make the All Time Money list lose its importance. I can see the problem but I also think that the established poker players who think this is a problem need to get their priorities straight. The All Time Money list lost its importance when Jamie Gold won $10,000,000. Find some other ways to measure yourselves and take a look at the All Time Money list only when you can’t understand where all your money has gone. That is all there is to it.

For Sam Trickett, 2011 will be a memorable year which will be envied by poker players around the world. Personally I can’t complain. I have had an amazing, almost dream like start to 2011. Last Sunday I finished second in PartyPoker’s $250,000 GTD winning $30,000. Approved. With the risk of sounding too confident and arrogant I must say that it looks like 2011 could be a really good year for me. I am hungry for more and this is definitely not the last you hear of me this year.

And now for something different. In the last two blogs I have focused on training and diet. This is the last topic I will talk about on the blog before I return to something more poker oriented. Physical training and well being is just as important for a poker player as a strong mental being which can get you through the previously mentioned downswings. The human brain is a great mystery and I am sure there are many ways to affect it. Among other things this can be done through different kinds of meditation. Personally I have a few things which work for me but I guess it is up to you to decide if this is something for you. But for me it really works.

I use my Shakti Fakir acupressure mat a lot. Basically it is a mat with small plastic needles. When I am in a good period I use it at least 20-30 minutes a day. You have to get used to it and in the beginning it really hurts. It stimulates the blood in your back which means that the blood is rushing through the big muscles in the back. This is a very strange feeling and something you really need to experience. When I am on the mat it gives me time and peace to straighten out all my thoughts. I am a very organized person, which means that my everyday life works best when there is structure and this break give me the chance to sort things out.

What works for you? Of course this is very individual. Make sure you stimulate and challenge your brain. I bet you that it won’t hurt.

This is the last blog of its kind at least for the next while. From now on my blogs will deal with fewer topics or maybe only one topic per blog. I thought it was a good idea to start out this way to give you some idea about who I am. Now the introduction is done and I hope you have enjoyed it so far. From now on there will be room for more poker related topics.

Stay tuned… Jonas Klausen

Jonas Klausen

I’m Jonas Klausen from Team Titan. Has it been a good start to 2011? I have absolutely no complaints. As you know, the new year started with my victory in Boss Media’s Sunday Tour and last Sunday I continued my winning streak with a 3-way deal in a $150,000 GTD which earned me a nice amount of cash. I am very satisfied with my game these days. I choose the right spots and as compared to 2010, I am reaching the end game when I play. It is nice and refreshing – life as a poker player is ALWAYS more fun when you earn a little $.

Lately I have been working very hard and very seriously on my poker game. I have been seeking some cash game coaching in an attempt to get a more steady income but this has forced me to use a program called Holdem Manager. I have always believed that this program was on the border of cheating but since poker sites accept it you don’t have much choice if you want to play cash game. I am using the program for cash games but I also started using it for tournaments and I am sorry to break it to you but playing with this program is cheating. It gives you a way to big edge when you play 10-12 tours at a time which I do every Sunday. So I am sorry to say that my achievements in 2011 are not only due to great game play. As long as poker sites allow it I don’t see how we can avoid it unfortunately. I have always played without this program and I am pretty sure that if poker sites were to ban this program I would have a big advantage against the players who have been using it for a long time. Unfortunately this is part of the game and you just have to deal with it.

Good Eating Habits, Good Poker

And now for something completely different. In my last blog post I wrote about physical activity. I just came back from a nice cross fit work out and I have reached a point now where I can’t live without it. This is what starts my day. This week I want to write about diet and nutrition. For the past half a year I have been following the Paleo Diet. I am convinced that as a poker player you have to be in balance with yourself and for me to be that, I need to be satisfied with what I see in the mirror every morning, noon and evening. When you play tournaments it is all about having the biggest advantage possible and nutrition, work out and feeling good about yourself are all important elements. Paleo helps me concentrate for longer periods, which means that at the end of a long day of 10-12 hours I am still able to put pressure on the other players. I think that a regular work out and a healthy diet should be the daily preparation before tournaments for all players.

The Paleo Diet focuses on cutting out all unnecessary calories and bad eating habits from your diet. Pasta, rice, potatoes, bread and dairy products are all banned. All products coming from the food industry should not be part of your diet. Organic is good and healthy for the body. So basically my diet consists of lots of meat and vegetables, healthy fats like olive oil, and nuts. Besides that I also try to get rid of bad habits like candy, fast food and things which contain a lot of sugar. But I also believe that you shouldn’t be too fanatic about your eating habits because it can cause some other problems. I would say that I am following this diet 80% of the time and leaving myself 20% where I can “sin”. This means that I can go out for breakfast with my colleagues, visit friends and family and eat whatever they serve. It is not possible to control your diet all the time so remember to give yourself some room for other things.

Until next time…

Jonas over and out…

Jonas Klausen

I’m Jonas Klausen from Team Titan. Welcome to my second blog and welcome to a new week. As I promised last week my blog will not deal very much with poker but instead contain stories from my life as a poker player. I will focus on how everyday life looks for a tournament player. The days can be long because as a tournament player you find the big and best tournaments on Sundays only.

A large part of this blog will be about my attitude towards physical activity in life. I personally believe that it is very important to develop yourself all the time both physically and mentally. Make sure that you have the tools to make it far in life and to keep you on track. Make sure that you are up for the challenges which life gives by being aware of the time and society that you live in. If you understand what is happening around you, you will experience the turns life gives you in a much more straight forward and clear manner.

Drawn to Physical Competitions

One thing that I have taken with me all through my life is physical activity. I have always been drawn to competitions and therefore sport activity with this aspect have been my big interest. Sports like gymnastic, soccer, swimming, even horseback riding for a short period. What fascinated me the most was handball and I have spent countless hours in the local sports arena with a handball. I have been running up and down the hard wooden floor and even in my childhood home the walls, floors and the garden have been part of the setting for my handball practice. I even played beach handball at one point. When I was younger, handball gave me the kick which I am getting from poker today. Handball is a sport which has given me much pleasure but also lots of pain. There are ups and downs on a handball team and it hurts just as much, if not more, when you lose a quarter- or semi-final as when you get a bad beat in poker.

I started playing handball when I was around 8 years old and the first years looked very promising. Especially around the age of 13-14 I proved myself as a very talented left back. I was forced to stop playing due to an injury in my shoulder; an injury which I still suffer from now 10 years later. It is amazing what you put yourself through to feed the little competition creature, who like a bad little Gollum (Lord of the Rings) is nagging you to continue.

So I am done with handball and instead I am focusing on something else though it still contains a lot of pain. The last couple of years I have been a big fan of the gym and I have spent a huge amount of time there. During the last 3-4 months it has changed and today I feel like a fool when I walk into a gym. Now I have seen the light and I almost feel like Moses on the mountain with the 10 Commandments. CROSSFIT!

The Ultimate Way of Working Out

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the ultimate way of working out. To all the people out there who are spending their time in gyms: Find the nearest CrossFit center, sign up and be prepared to become hooked for life. Let me tell you more about the sport and what makes it so amazing. First of all I need to say that CrossFit is for all kind of people no matter age, sex, level or purpose. CrossFit is not meant for big muscular guys. CrossFit creates the perfect balance between building muscles, cardio and agility. The purpose with this sport is to become a good and strong overall athlete. During the last couple of months I have developed more physically than I experienced in the last year in the gym. CrossFit is a combination of Olympic weightlifting (the heavy ones you see on ESPN), sprinting and gymnastics. You are sure to burn more calories during one hour of CrossFit training then during an hour of spinning. Like in any sport, you decide yourself what level you want to practice on. I guess I don’t need to tell you, that I am hooked! I spend at least 6-7 hours a week on actual CrossFit training and with transportation etc. it adds up to much more. This is especially thanks to the two fools (two poker colleagues) who easily can make a regular practice session of 1.5 hours including transportation last for more than 3 hours. I owe them a huge thank you though for introducing me to the wonderful way of practice.

To sum up – I spend a lot of time on this sport: transportation, practice, stretching, massage and the Fakirmat. Besides that you also spend a lot of time sleeping and resting, and it would probably not be possible for me to practice my sport at this level if I had a full time job. But of course it is not enough to fill out my whole week of free time but this blog is already pretty long so I will save the rest for next week. If you would like to know more about Holdem Manager, swings, Paleo diet, Sauna Gus and Starcraft II then keep checking out my blogs in the future.

Until next time.

Jonas, Over and Out..

Jonas Klausen

How does one start a blog like this? Well, that is hard to answer and when I looked it up the cookbook for boys there was no recipe for this international dish. But let me start by introducing myself. I am Jonas Klausen, a 24-year-old poker player originally from Fyn (an island in Denmark). I represent Titan Poker as a member of Team Titan. I am Danish and like most other kids I spent my childhood in elementary school and high school. To say it short, I was raised in a small and safe environment.

It was during my time in high school I started playing poker. I began in 2001/2002 with 5 Card Draw. This was the beginning and I mostly played for small money in my hometown. This game was quickly replaced by the game we all know and love: No limit Texas Hold’em. I quickly found myself totally devoted to the game.

From Home Games to Online Poker

The world around disappeared and in addition to the home game I went to Odense (the biggest city on Fyn) and I started playing on the Internet. During high school, poker was an excellent way to make a little extra money beside from my SU. I guess a short explanation about SU is needed for the people who are not from Denmark. Well, in Denmark we get paid to study. Every month a certain amount is deposited to your bank account. This amount is based on the income of the parents, whether they are divorced or not, etc.

When I finished high school I moved to Odense and within the first month I had my first breakthroughs. I reached the final tables at the Sunday Million and a couple of other big tournaments. Three or four months later I finished second in the same tournament, which gave my bankroll a huge boost. From the beginning I saw myself as a tournament player since I never had any interest in competitions but after the big boost I started playing cash games. Back then the game was still soft and I played $25/50 pretty hard. I kept playing regularly in the tournaments and after a long downswing in cash games, where hundreds of dollars were thrown back into cyberspace, I started focusing on my favorite hobby again. Since then, tournaments have been my main source of income.

Traveling Poker Pro

For the past 7 years I have been traveling all over Europe and the United States, competing in different tournaments: EPT, WPT as well as WSOP. A couple of times I have been very close to the big win but it seems like I am just missing the last bit in the final stages, a feeling that many of you probably know. The closest I have ever been was the summer of 2009 where I was runner up in WSOP $1500 Event 43. A very bad setup against Eric ”Basebally” Baldwin where my QT gets 44 on a QT4 board and determined the heads-up game. A very intense game.

So where I am now? I just moved to the capital of the country, Copenhagen. I needed a change and I took the step. Copenhagen is my home now and I already love the city. But this is my first blog so I better not reveal too much.

A bit about my blogs and what they will be about. I will spend time to introduce you to the life of a poker pro and how I experience it all. From time to time I will share some thoughts about poker. I want to take this opportunity to invite everyone out there to send me an email at: titanteam @ titanpoker.com. If you have any suggestions or any criticism about my blogs or if there are some subjects you would like me to address, let me know.

A Legendary Hand

The poker part of this week’s blog posting is a bit short. I started the year by winning Boss Media’s Sunday €75,000 GTD for €17,000. I beat around 550 players and after 9 and a half hours, I was the last player standing. The last hand was won in a legendary way. Blinds are 10,000/20,000 and I have around 2,000,000 chips. My opponent has 600,000 in front of him and he is looking at 40,000. I pay in BB with J9o, the flop is QT3, he bets 60,000 and I pay. Turn is 8. Here I can’t help thinking about Johnny Chan and Eric Seidels’ heads up in the legendary 1988 WSOP main event. I check again and right away he bets 155,000. I stop and think for 10 seconds and then I call. River gives an off suit Ace and I consider stopping because I don’t believe that he will bet another Q. In the end I choose to go all the way like Johnny Chan and I check. Then something strange happens. He only bets 55,000 and is left with 350,000. After having considered for 20 seconds I go all in and he is quick to pay with QQ. A huge set-up which I am happy to take. A perfect way to start the year and I really hope that 2011 will be much better than the horrible 2010 I experienced.

Lastly I will like to congratulate my team mates Sam Trickett, Marvin Rettenmaier and Sorel Mizzi on a great 2010 to say at least. I am mostly impressed by Sam Trickett’s many deep runs at the WSOP and the other events he participated in. That is really great and I hope they can all continue the same way in 2011!

Until next week, may the force be with you…

Jonas Klausen

Florian Desgouttes

372 players took their seats in the poker room today for Day 1B of EPT Prague at the Hotal Hilton Prague International including Team Titan members Jonas Klausen and Florian Desgouttes.

Level 1 -Blinds 50-100

A French player bet 300 from the button and Jonas Klausen 3-bet him for 925. Call from the French man.
Flop: 6♦ 6♣ 10♥
Jonas Klausen bet 1 K. Call from his opponent.

Turn: 8♣
Jonas check-called the 1525 bet from the French player.

And on the river, 5♥, Jonas checked again. This time, the French player bet 4300. After a long time thinking and making strange grimaces, he finally made the call and showed AK. His opponent had AQ and folded.

Jonas played a lot of small pots and finished the level with 31.5K.

Florian Desgouttes was really quiet and had 30K at the end of the level (the starting stack). He hit a set of 5s on a board with 3 spades and 3 players. He bet the size of the pot and his two oponents folded.

Jonas Klausen

Level 2: Blinds 75-150

Jonas Klausen raised to 375 UTG +1 and the small & big blind made the call.
Flop: 4♥ 5♥ 5♦

The small blind and the big blind checked. Jonas Klausen opened to 500 and won the pot.

End of the level:

Desgouttes: 29.3K
Klausen: 33K

Level 3: Blinds 100-200

A player in early position bet 650 and another one raised him to 1300. Florian Desgouttes 3-bet to 3450 with A♠K♠.

Flop: 9♥ 2♠ 4♣

Florian Desgouttes c-bet to 3400 and his opponent made it 5.5K more. Florian gave up and is down to 25K.

Jonas Klausen won a few small pots without showdown to climb to 38K at the end of the level. Florian Desgouttes paid some raises preflop but didn’t connect any flops. He has 26K at the 1st break.

Level 4: 150/300 : Florian come back to average and Jonas Klausen lost a big pot

All the table folded until the player in small blind who min-raised to 600. Florian Desgouttes from Team Titan made the call. On the flop: J♣ 7♠ 3♥  the SB c-bet to 600. Florian raised him to 1800 and his adversary decided to pay after a short hesitation.

Turn: 3♦
Check from the SB and Florian took the control of the hand betting 2.7 K. Fold from the small blind player.

Then, a few minutes later, Florian Desgouttes raised UTG +2 to 725 with 7♣ 5♣ and just the SB paid.

Flop: 7♦ 8♦ 3♠
SB player opened to 1500 and Florian raised to 3.6 K. The answer was a call.

Turn: J♦
The SB checked and Florian Desgouttes fired out a 4.5 K bet. His opponent folded and Florian is up to 33K.

Jonas Klausen had a tough table with Sebastian Homann, who recently won WPT Marrakech, and Roberto Romanello directly on his left. The UTG player bet 625 and a player in middle position paid. Jonas Klausen completed with J♦ 8♦

Perfect flop for the Danish Team Titan player: Q♦ K♦ 9♦

Jonas bet 1225 and the first raiser, Roberto Romanello called.

Turn: 9♣
Jonas Klausen sent a second bet for 2875 and was called again.

River: A♦
Jonas Klausen fired out a 3rd barrel for 5.8 K. Roberto Romanello raised him to 12K and Jonas called.

Romanello showed Q-9 for a full-house and won the pot. He is chipleader of the table and makes it really difficult to play. And the bad thing for Jonas is that the Englishman has the position on him.

Jonas Klausen is down to 18K after this hand and at the break.

Level 5 – 150/300 Ante 50

273 players are remaining for an average chipstack of 40,879.

The two players of Team Titan didn’t play during this hour. They were card dead.

Level 6: 200/400 Ante 50

The button player opened to 1200 and Florian Desgouttes raised to 2750 from the big blind with As 8s. The button called.

Flop: Q♥ Q♠ 4♦
Desgouttes c-bet to 2850 and his opponent called.

Bet 6250 from Florian on the turn, 10♥. The button paid.

Finally, on the river, 2♣, Florian Desgouttes moved all-in and his opponent folded. Florian Desgouttes is back to an average chipstack.

Jonas Klausen spent another level folding every hand. “I have really no cards and opportunity to play”.

Chipcount at the dinner break:

Florian Desgouttes: 45K
Jonas Klausen: 21K

The end of the day was just a nightmare for both Team Titan players.

Florian succeeded to climb up to 50K before moving to table 15 where he joined Liv Boeree, Antonin Teisseire and a few big stacks. Not really the best situation.

Just after he arrived at his new table, Florian lost 14K with AQ on a flop Q-J-9-5-J.  His opponent held pocket Kings and Desgouttes is in front of a stack of 31 K for an average of 56K.

Jonas Klausen eliminated at level 8 on blinds 400/800 Ante 75

Our Ddanish player was down to 13K without playing hands.  Nothing to do against a card dead day.

The UTG player raised to 1.9K and everybody folded until Jonas Klausen who moved all-in. The initial raiser called with Aces. Jonas Klausen showed A♣ Q♣ and unfortunately no miracle happened.
Board: 6♣ 5♣ 6♦ 10♠ 4♠

The Danish player left the tournament area with a lot of frustration because he just had no chance to fight today.

Florian Desgouttes fought strongly during the last level of the day and finished at 20.3K.

177 players survived and the average is 63,5 K.

Tomorrow at noon, we will follow our two remaining members of Team Titan who qualified for Day 2, Marvin Rettenmaier and Florian Desgouttes.

Jonas Klausen

Sam Trickett and Jonas Klausen have been eliminated from the EPT PokerStars.com London 2010 Main Event.

With the Blinds 1500/3000, Ante 300,  Jonas Klausen had just a few chips left and was eliminated just after the break.

Team mate Sam Trickett was to follow minutes later.

Sam Trickett raised preflop and his opponent reraised him. Sam Trickett announced all-in for 50 K more and was called. 

Hands:

Player X:  A♥Q♥
Sam Trickett:  A♣9♦

Board: A-Q-9-3-7

It is unfortunately all over for Team Titan at the Main Event of European Poker Tour London 2010.

Jonas Klausen

We are on break now at the European Poker Tour’s Main Event in London, but just before it, Jonas Klausen almost lost everything he had, leaving him with only 2.5 K.

After some raise-reraise action preflop, Jonas Klausen (Small Blind) and his opponent saw the flop of Q-2-J.

Klausen moved all-in and his opponent snap-called with Q-J. Jonas Klausen put himself in a really bad situation with A-J.

Two trivials cards came on the turn and the river and Jonas Klausen is really close to be eliminated with just 2.5 K left.

Sam Trickett has 90 K left after having lost a 45 K pot against Ross Boatman.