$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream | Payouts Level 24: 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 385
The players are in their seats and cards are now in the air for the final table of the $2,650 no-limit hold’em single re-entry.
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 $2,650 buy-in tournament has a $1,000,000 up for grabs and most of that will be awarded at the final table.
It is down to the last nine players and they will return on Tuesday at 1 pm for the Poker Night in America live-stream final table.
Poker pro Faraz Jaka leads the talented group for the Big 4 final table but he has some competition including Jordan Cristo, Jessica Dawley, Thai Ha, and Justin Zake.
Here’s a look at the $2,650 final table lineup.
Seat 1: Faraz Jaka Chip Count – 2,485,000
Jaka is a 33-year-old professional poker player originally from San Jose. He comes into the final table of the $2,650 no-limit hold’em with the most chips and the most experience of anyone remaining. Over his long tenure as a poker pro, Jaka has amassed $6.471 million in tournament earnings and has the inside track to add another $204,610 to that total with a victory in this one.
Seat 2: Jessica Dawley Chip Count – 1,285,000
Dawley is a poker pro originally from Louisville, but now resides right here in South Florida. Dawley is the only World Series of Poker bracelet winner at the final table from her victory in the 2018 ladies event for $130,230. With a second-place finish or better in this event, Dawley would beat her career-best score from her bracelet win. A top-two finish would also push her over the $1 million mark in career earnings.
Seat 3: Jordan Cristos Chip Count – 1,040,000
Cristos is a 32-year-old poker pro from Los Angeles with $2.76 million in tournament earnings. While Dawley is the only WSOP bracelet winner at the final table, Cristos is the only player at the final table with a World Poker Tour title. Cristos earned $613,355 in the 2013 Legends of Poker Main Event and is a regular in high-stakes poker tournaments. He also took down the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha at the 2019 U.S Poker Open last February for $179,200.
Seat 4: Raj Vohra Chip Count – 1,740,000
Vohra is a former tennis player, business owner and Florida native that comes into the final table second in chips behind Jaka. Vohra is a regular in most high-stakes events at the Hard Rock and will add to his $1.274 million in tournament earnings. Vohra is known to play in high-stakes cash games in the area as well.
Seat 5: Jake Daniels Chip Count – 570,000
Daniels is one of the few players that isn’t considered a poker pro at the final table. Daniels is a 32-year-old business owner from Houston who takes poker very seriously. He is coming off of a strong 2019 World Series of Poker where he cashed three times, including a 19th-place finish in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em six-max, which is historically one of the toughest fields of the series. Daniels is also a PGA Tour golf pro.
Seat 6: Phil Rigby Chip Count – 915,000
Rigby is the only non-American at the final table. The 54-year-old was born in London and grew up in Belize. He has just $83,083 in career tournament earnings and just by making the final table, has already set a career-best cash. It’s his second cash of the series after finishing 50th in the $600 no-limit hold’em six-max for $820.
Seat 7: Thai Ha Chip Count – 870,000
Ha is both a business owner and a poker player originally from Vietnam. The 28-year-old grew up in Philadelphia and has been on a tear over the last few months. Ha finished runner-up in the $10,000 short deck no-limit hold’em at the 2019 World Series of Poker for $183,081. His career-best score came right here at the Hard Rock when he won the WPTDeepSTacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $230,422. He has $1.222 million in career earnings.
Seat 8: Justin Zaki Chip Count – 115,000
Zaki comes into the final table as the short stack with just over four big blinds, but has enough experience to overcome his chip disadvantage. Zaki is a poker pro from Tampa with $2.45 million in tournament earnings. He is used to having success in the Sunshine State with one of his best finishes coming here at the Hard Rock. At the 2011 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the 34-year-old finished third for $415,680. His only bigger cash came in a runner-up finish at the 2018 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open for $434,614.
Seat 9: Nicholas Zautra Chip Count– 605,000
Zautra made his way to Florida all the way from Arizona. He was born and raised in the Phoenix area and is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guam. The 33-year-old is married and is not considered a professional poker player, but is looking to help out the poker community. Zautra is putting together a seven-week workout program that will help poker players stay in shape. A fifth-place finish or better would give Zautra a career-best score.
$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 385
Faraz Jaka takes the chip lead into Day 3 of the $2,650 no-limit hold’em.
After two full days of tournament poker, the 385-entry field in the $2,650 no-limit hold’em is down to its final nine players with Faraz Jaka taking a commanding chip lead into the third and final day.
Day 2 started Monday at noon with Raj Vohra leading the 75 players that survived Day 1. In just under three hours, it was Vohra that burst the bubble when his A-Q won a flip against pocket nines. His victory in the hand secured the top 52 players a cash of at least $4,440.
Over the next nine hours, the 52 players were trimmed down to the final table. It was another Vohra victory that secured that milestone as well when he flopped the nut straight against Mike Morton, who turned two pair. Vohra faded a four-outer on the river and will start the final day second in chips.
Outside of Jaka and Vohra, it’s a final table stacked with poker talent, including WSOP bracelet winner Jessica Dawley, WPT Champion Jordan Cristos, as well as high-stakes pros Thai Ha and Justin Zaki. Zaki comes into the final day as the shortest stack with a little more than four big blinds.
The field as a whole was filled with talent and plenty of top pros. Christian Harder, Darren Rabinowitz, Joe McKeehen, Ben Palmer, Blair Hinkle, Tom Koral, Sheddy Siddiqui, Josh Arieh, Justin Liberto, Matt Salsberg, Maria Ho, and James Carroll were among the pros who finished in the money but busted before the end of the day. Palmer earned the best finish of the bunch with an 11th-place finish.
Play stopped concluded with 27:31 left in the current level. The players will finish the level tomorrow before the subsequent levels switch to 90 minutes in length until heads-up play, when they will be reduced to 60 minutes.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for tomorrow’s final table:
$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 385
Mike Morton
On the turn with the board reading , it was a battle of the blinds between Raj Vohra in the small blind and Mike Morton in the big blind.
Vohra bet and Morton moved all in for about 300,000. Vohra quickly called. Vohra showed , good for the nut straight, and had to dodge four outs against Morton’s .
The river was the and Vohra won the pot, eliminating Morton in 10th place for $20,460.
The clock stopped and the final nine players will bag up chips and come back on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to play down to a winner.
$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 385
Darren Rabinowitz
Faraz Jaka raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Jake Daniels moved all in from the cutoff for 450,000. Darren Rabinowitz moved all in out of the small blind for 445,000 and Jaka folded.
Rabinowitz showed and was flipping with Daniels’ .
The board ran out , giving the pot to Daniels, who more than doubled up. The dealer broke down both stacks and verified that Daniels had Rabinowitz covered by a single 5,000 denomination chip.
While Rabinowitz was all in on one table, Joe McKeehen was all in and eliminated on the adjacent table. Rabinowitz’s hand ended just a few seconds earlier, giving McKeehen the slightly better position and payout.
Rabinowitz hit the rail in 13th for $14,370, while McKeehen earned $17,250 for his 12th place finish.
Jake Daniels – 985,000 Darren Rabinowitz – Eliminated Joe McKeehen – Eliminated
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 $2,650 buy-in tournament has a $1,000,000 up for grabs and most of that will be awarded at the final table.
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and Vohra won the pot, eliminating Morton in 10th place for $20,460.
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and Arieh was eliminated in 16th place for $11,800.