Faraz Jaka Wins SCOOP #33 For $173,720
May 20, 2012 12:38 pmFaraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka has won PokerStars SCOOP #33-H $2,100 NL (1R+1A), after defeating a field of 175 players on his way to picking-up the $173,720 first place prize.
The tournaments prize pool swelled to $808,000 after all the add-ons and re-buys were taken into consideration, and out in force contesting the event was a whole slew of Team PokerStars pros. These included Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Bertrand Grospellier, Johnny Lodden, Nacho Barbero, Eugene Katchalov and Shaun Deeb.
As the tournament played down to 27 competitors, this year’s SCOOP meister Shaun Deeb just missed out on yet another final table after four bet shoving with 4-4 into the pocket queens of zugzwang16. Deeb’s 12th place finish did, however, add another $14,140 to his already impressive 2012 Scoop tally.
A short while later, Maxim Lykov (A-K) eliminated a short-stacked Naza114 (4-4) in 10th ($14,140) to get the nine man final table underway.
At this point, Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka was in 4th spot but quickly climbed the ranks after open-shoving with 6-6 only to get lucky against Mafews’ Q-Q, who then exited in 9th ($16,160). Faraz Jaka’s (Q-Q) next victim was Max Lykov (A-Q) in 5th ($48,480) and in a similar style zugzwang16 (A-10) fell to Jaka’s pocket tens in 3rd ($94,940) to set-up the heads-up phase of the competition against Austria’s HC_68.
Subsequently, Faraz Jaka swiftly extended his 2.5 to 1 chip lead to a massive 11 to 1 advantage before the final hand was played. Living up to his nickname “The Toilet,” Jaka (6s-3s) then hit his flush on a Jd-7s-2s-Js board to relegate HC_68 (10-10) to a runner-up spot worth $125,240.
Meanwhile, Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka earned his first SCOOP victory, while extending his online tournament tally to $2,513,408. The US pro also has an additional $3,307,321 in live tournament cashes.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1. Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka (Mexico) – $173,720
2. HC_68 (Austria) – $125,240
3. zugzwang16 (Uruguay) – $94,940
4. römpsä (Finland) – $70,700
5. Max Lykov (Russia) – $48,480
6. Sphinx87 (Poland) – $40,400
7. HITTHEPANDA (Canada) – $32,320
8. RandALLin (Mexico) – $24,240
9. Mafews (U.K.) – $16,160