Sixhanded, with the blinds at $40,000 and $80,000 and a $10,000 ante, O’Leary raised to $230,000 from early position, Jacob reraised all in from the small blind, O’Leary called. O’Leary had gone on a ...

Before coming on “Jeopardy!” Alex Jacob had a successful career as a professional poker player, which might have helped him in his lucrative 2015 run on the show. Building on a strategy pioneered by ...