Jonathan Schuman - the most recent UKIPT champion
At the beginning of the festival we wondered if the united kingdom and Ireland could find an equaliser. That is the fourth collaboration of the UKIPT and Estrellas poker tours in Marbella and entering this event Spain were leading 2-1.
Well we've the solution and it is a resounding yes as 47 year-old property developer Jonathan Schuman has won the UKIPT6 Marbella main event and €96,159. Perhaps though the score is more 2.5-1.5. Marbella is Schuman's home from home, and this casino as familiar to him because the Vic in his native London. That is his biggest tourney win, but Schuman have been playing live two or 3 times every week for 30 years, that's usually always he can fit around his property development business.
For see you later it was Strong's tournament to lose
For see you later this final table was about Rodrigo Strong. The Brazilian came in because the chip leader and only lost the lead for a little while. Indeed by the point play was three-handed the LAPT9 Chile champion was back to blame. Play paused to speak about a deal and a chip chop deal, which left €10,000 to play for, was quickly agreed and robust had secured the biggest slice of the pie, €110,653 to be exact.
The deal was to be his downfall though as at the first hand after it'd been struck he'd lose a tournament defining pot to Janssens. You observed he should not have four-bet jammed J♣7♣ without the protection net of the deal and Janssens would possibly not has been as quick as he was to name with A♣K♦. By the river Janssens' full-house had seen Rodrigo's tournament come crashing down. "If we hadn't done a deal he'd have won it!" said Schuman after the tournament was over.
He was left with just 12 big blinds and got them in soon afterwards with pocket kings. Schuman called with A♠5♦ and flopped an ace to send him to the rail. The Brazilian was still smiling though and appeared to thoroughly benefit from the tournament
Heads-up play begins
That left us heads-up and the 2 players had taken very different paths to achieve this stage. Within the red corner was Janssens, he'd eliminated the primary three players on the final table and been the one player to carry the chip lead with the exception of Strong. He actually began with a chip deficit with Schuman starting with a two million chip lead (12 big blinds).
The Englishman had entered the overall table fourth in chips and seemed intent on preserving his stack instead of increasing it. But you sense he didn't care one bit. He was intent on being around for any deal negotiations (and he was). "I just did not want to move out in 8th, so anything from 7th upwards, I USED TO BE happy. So now, it's an improbable feeling," he told the PokerStars Blog.
When Schuman did play a large pot, he had a large hand. We didn't really see him move a chip until play was four handed. At this point his jacks held to double up against Strong's ace-queen and for the primary time he had chips and also you sensed he wasn't going to part with them easily.
Schuman worked hard to get chips and to maintain them
Whilst that hand with jacks got him back within the game, another hand with jacks was his tournament defining pot. He shoved with the hooks and Janssens snap called with aces. A jack at the flop gave Schuman an enormous pot. If the bullets had held Janssens would've had 90% of the chips in play and Schuman would've been at the rail.
As is was Schuman will be the one who'd send Janssens to the rail. The Englishman had stretched out to a 2:1 chip lead by the point of the overall hand. Janssens three-bet all-in for 38 big blinds with A♦J♦ but Schuman had him dominated with A♥K♥ and the board ran clean to offer him the win.
Janssens played an incredible role within the final table story
As alluded to above Janssens played a huge part on this final table, particularly within the opening stages as he eliminated three players in a row.
First to head was Nikola Ristivojevic, the Serbian shoved his final 13 big blinds with A♣T♠ and lost a race to the Dutchman's pocket nines. The physical therapist is used to helping cure aliments but he was only bringing the pain at this final table and Armin Zoike can attest to that. He had his pocket kings cracked by Janssens' Q♦J♦ one queen at the flop and another at the turn doing the damage.
First out on the final table
Zoike had his kings cracked
Thirty minutes later Janssens had his third scalp and he didn't need any help from the poker gods this time around. Michal Ozimek three-bet jammed for 12 big blinds with A♦9♦ and Janssens snap called with A♣Q♥. Two diamonds at the flop gave the Pole a large sweat but he bricked the turn and river.
A missed flush cost Ozimek
When play was five handed a deal was discussed but negotiations broke down when Milos Skrbic rejected the terms. Not QUARTER-HOUR later he was out. A limp jam from the small blind with A♠7♠ went wrong as he bumped into Strong's pocket aces to bust in fifth.
Skrbic jammed into aces to bust
Strong's ascension back to the chip lead was complete when he took out Alexander Voytko in fourth. It was (almost) a classic race as Voytko's pocket nines got run down by Strong's K♥Q♥ when a king flopped.
Fourth place for Voytko
That's when the deal happened and when the tournament really began for Schuman. Having blended into the background for far of the general table he suddenly came to the fore and tonight he's the player who can proudly say he's the most recent UKIPT main event champion.
Here are the official results:
UKIPT6 Marbella main event Players: 844Buy-in: €1,000 + €100 Places paid: 127 Total prize pool: € 810,240
| 1 | Jonathan Schuman | United Kingdom | € 96,159* | |
| 2 | Bob Janssens | Netherlands | € 101,238* | |
| 3 | Rodrigo Strong | Brazil | € 110,653* | |
| 4 | Alexander Voytko | Israel | € 48,610 | |
| 5 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | PokerStars Qualifier | € 38,320 |
| 6 | Michal Ozimek | Poland | € 28,680 | |
| 7 | Armin Zoike | Germany | PokerStars Qualifier | € 20,175 |
| 8 | Nikola Ristivojevic | Serbia | PokerStars qualifier | € 14,180 |
You can atone for all of the final table action here and spot each and everybody of the 127 within the money finishers here.
The next UKIPT event is the £500+£50 Super Series and it happens at PokerStars LIVE! on the Hippodrome Casino August 31st-September 4th. Satellites will begin in early July, control the @UKIPT twitter account for a press release about those satellites.
But from all of the team in Marbella we are hoping you've had a lovely time on the UKIPT's annual summer holiday. But for now buenas noches from Marbella.
PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at UKIPT6 Marbella: Marc Convey and Nick Wright. Photos by Mickey May and Rene Velli. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog
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