On January 26, Faraz Jaka secured his 21st career victory by winning the Mid-States Poker Tour Bally's Black Hawk main event in Colorado. This achievement, which netted him a top prize of $127,849, brought his total career earnings to more than $8.3 million. Jaka, a poker coach, expressed interest in participating in more local tournaments to better understand the players he coaches. His victory was made sweeter by the presence of his students at the final table, showcasing the community aspect of his coaching venture.
I think I've played four tournaments here at Black Hawk and won two of them, so that's cool. I feel like I should play more here because I live here.
I'm tempted to play more stops because so many of the people I coach this is the prize point they play in, and I want to be familiar with the players here.
This was a really cool moment, I had three of my Jaka Coaching students here at the final table with me.
The $1,110 buy-in no-limit hold'em event drew a field of 636 entries, creating a final prize pool up to $615,420 to more than double the guarantee of $300,000.
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