Faraz Jaka 3rd ($571,374)
by Court on 12.20.09, 2:57 am
With Josh Arieh holding a majority of chips it didn’t take long in heads up play before one of the short stacks was all in and called. Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka moved all in for 2.59 million (blinds at 100k / 200k 15k ante) and Danny Alaei called with pocket kings. Faraz had the A
6
but just like O’Dwyer earlier his A6 did not improve against the pair and he Jaka (right) was eliminated in 3rd place for $571,374.
Jaka now has a 3rd place finish to go along with his runner up finish here in July where he took home $775,000 for his efforts. He is now over 1.25 million in earnings at the Bellagio alone this year, but has come up just short of a title on two separate occasions.
The elimination of Jaka leaves Josh Arieh and Danny Alaei heads up for the title. After eliminating Jaka the chip gap has drawn slightly closer with Alaei going into heads up play with 6.8 million to the 13 million of Arieh. The second place finisher will get $952,000 while the winner will take home an extra half a million for a total of $1,428,000
