12 Jan 12

PCA Main Event: Welcome to The Toilet's World

After letting Phil 'takechip' D'Suteuil borrow the chip lead for just a day, Faraz 'The Toilet' Jaka sprung right back into action, to retake the chip lead. Nobody could find an antidote to Jaka's lethal combination of running good and uber aggressive play on Day 4.

Faraz Jaka
This is where it ends up when you
flush chips down 'The Toilet'
source: PokerStarsBlog
24 players managed to survived the Faraz Jaka onslaught on Day 4 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10k Main Event, although they were probably just lucky enough to not have to play against him yet. But with the tables dwindling down to just 3 now, they will have to stare down the chip sucking vortex that is "The Toilet" soon.

All remaining players are guaranteed $52,000 now but most of their eyes will be firmly set on making the final table on Day 5, to at least triple their money and get a shot at the $2,000,000 first place prize.

Highlights of Day 4

• Faraz Jaka wins more chips: Jaka was unstoppable on Day 4 and with a big stack to play with, it was the perfect opportunity for him to showcase his aggressive style.

Jaka was also running red hot and a good example was when Lawrence Greenberg raised, and Jaka called from the blinds with 4h2h. The flop came Tc3d5s and Jaka check called. with the 5h on the turn, Jaka check raised all in after Greenberg lead out with his AdTd and Greenberg called it off. 6d on the river completed Jaka's straight and Jaka's "good call" compliment did little to salve Greenberg's elimination wounds.

In one of the last acts of the day, Jaka also sent Barry Greenstein packing with Greenstein going all in preflop from the small blind with Ts7s and Jaka calling from the big blind with Ad3s.

• Xuan Liu still hanging in there - Xuan Liu, inched just one peg up the chip standings on Day 4, finishing 15th with 1,082,000 chips. She could potentially become the female player to make the deepest run ever in PCA Main Event history if she hangs on long enough to best Ana Marquez's 10th place finish last year.

• Team PokerStars Pros no more - As Barry Greenstein and Luca Pagano made their exit late on Day 4, none of the Team PokerStars pros will be making the final table this year. Pagano finished 30th for $46,000 while Greenstein was the last player out of Day 4, finishing 25th also for $46,000. PokerStrategist and Team PokerStars Pro Jan ' Erdnase' Heitmann also busted on Day 4 in 38th place for $41,000.

• Notables eliminations- Pro golfer Sergio Garcia 51st - $35,000, Yevgeniy Timoshenko 52nd - $35,000, 2010 PCA High Roller champ William Reynolds 54th $35,000, Team Poker Stars Pro Arnaud Mattern 58th - $32,500, defending champion Galen Hall 64th - $32,500.

 

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event

End of Day 4 Chip Counts
Place Name Chips
1st Faraz 'The Toilet' Jaka
 4,114,000
2nd Alex Fitzgerald 2,709,000
3rd Phil 'takechip D'Auteuil 2,280,000
4th Anthony Gregg
 2,142,000
5th Byron Kaverman
 2,136,000
6th Sam Greenwood
 2,109,000
7th Kyle Julius
 1,818,000
8th Lee Goldman
 1,760,000
9th Martin Jacobson
 1,627,000
10th Maksim Semisoshenko
 1,446,000
...

15th Xuan Liu
 1,082,000
17th Bill Chen
 668,000
Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000 |   Player: 24 (654) |
Chip Average: 1,340,000 | Prize Pool: $10,398,400
From the PokerStarsBlog video store today, we have Part II of their David Williams interview and they also have a chat with 2nd chip leader Alex Fitzgerald