The roller coaster that is Fara Jaka has continued into the night, with the recent PCA Main Event third-place finisher seeing his stack reach lows of around the starting stack, to the high of almost 200,000. Right now, it is somewhere in the middle of that spectrum.
We recently caught a hand that began when the action was folded to Jaka on the button. He raised it up to 2,400 and the the big player made the call. When the dealer flipped over a flop, Jaka's oppenent checked and Jaka bet 3,800. A call would see a turn hit the felt and both players check. It was then on to the river, with Jaka's opponent again checking. This time Jaka bet 20,000 and with a fold from his opponent, Jaka raked in the nice little pot.
We arrived at the table to see that Peter Eastgate and Blair Rodman were involved in a three way pot. There was about 8,000 in the middle when we got there, and the dealer had just fanned out a flop of . Eastgate checked to Rodman, who fired out 4,500. Both Eastgate and their other opponent made the call, and the turn brought the . All three players checked, and the same occurred when the hit the river.
Eastgate opened up for top pair, and that caused his two opponents to muck their cards. After collecting that pot, Eastgate is back up to 50,000.
Isaac Haxton has been sitting behind a fairly small stack for most of the afternoon and evening. That has finally changed just before this last break of the evening, as Haxton has managed to double up. When we arrived at the table, there was already 22,000 in the pot and it was on the turn of a board.
Haxton's opponent was first to act and checked. Haxton bet 14,000 and it was back on his opponent , who moved all in. Haxton called for his 41,200-chip stack and the two players turned their hands over.
Haxton:
Opponent:
Haxton was in front and it stayed that was as a on the river ensured that he doubled his stack.
Action folded to Mike "The Mouth" Matusow in the cutoff and he opened for 2,100. Terry Grimes was on the button and pushed back to the tune of 4,200, and after the blinds got out of the way, Matusow shipped for roughly 26,000. Grimes made a quick call and Matusow was in trouble.
Showdown
Matusow:
Grimes:
Matusow was in need of some help and found a little on the flop, which gave him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river would fill that draw and Matusow's 2012 World Series of Poker came to an end here on Day 2.
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flop, Jaka's oppenent checked and Jaka bet 3,800. A call would see a 
turn hit the felt and both players check. It was then on to the 
river, with Jaka's opponent again checking. This time Jaka bet 20,000 and with a fold from his opponent, Jaka raked in the nice little pot.
. Eastgate checked to Rodman, who fired out 4,500. Both Eastgate and their other opponent made the call, and the turn brought the 
. All three players checked, and the same occurred when the 
hit the river.
board.
on the river ensured that he doubled his stack.
turn nor 
river would fill that draw and Matusow's 2012 World Series of Poker came to an end here on Day 2.
