Jaka Doubles Through Brikis
by Rich on 07.03.09, 2:09 am
Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka (pictured right) won a monstrous pot against Josh “brikdog24″ Brikis during Level 27.
Jaka opened to 180K on the button and both Sean Keeton and Brikis called from the blinds. The flop fell A
T8
and the blinds checked to Faraz. Jaka cut out green 25K chips and splashed 250K into the pot. Keeton folded and Brikis raised to 650K. Jaka looked at the dealer and said all in. Josh instantly called and the hands were tabled.
Jaka: A
9
Brikis: 85
Josh was ahead mathematically, but needed an eight, five or any heart to flush “The-Toilet.” The turn was the Q and even Keeton’s rail was calling for a heart. The river was red, but it was the 3 and Jaka faded fourteen outs twice. Faraz pulled in the 4.33 million chip pot and now sits in second with 5.1 million.
Keeton bowed out soon after. He raced AQ against the JJ of Matt Hawrilenko and couldn’t catch up making Hawrilenko the chip leader with 6.7 million.
A bizarre moment occurred during the last level. Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” began blaring throughout the Amazon Room. The players couldn’t help but laugh at the situation.
“It’s not like their playing for a million dollars or anything,” someone on the rail spat.
“It’s ok,” Brikis assured him. “It’s better than Hellmuth.”
We are now three handed with a minimum payout of $400K.
