Seat 2: Jared Jaffee
Jared Jaffee's trying to make it two straight.
His last recorded cash coming into today's final table of the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship was a first-place finish at WPT Jacksonville bestbet Fall Poker Scramble in November. There, he defeated a final table that included Blake Purvis and Ryan Eriquezzo. He pocketed $252,749 for the victory, just barely the biggest cash of his career over a second-place finish at the Wynn Classic in a $5,000 buy in back in 2010 when he collected $246,477.
The WPT has been Jaffee's lucky charm, as he also has fourth and fifth place finishes on his resume, but he's also had a little bit of success at the World Series of Poker. He sports final table finishes in the $2,500 8-Game Mix (Seventh - $30,319) in 2010 and $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed (Third - $129,447) in 2013.
Jaffee's table draw is both advantageous and a little disadvantageous. On the bright side, he has Vladislav Mezheritsky, the shortest stack, on his right, so he may be able to open a little wider early on without fear of constantly being shoved on. On the downside, he's going to have Anthony Maio on his left. Maio seems to like to call a lot of raises in position, and he has a big stack to boot, so Jaffee may be put in some tough spots by Maio today. Jaffee's out-of-position game will have to be on point today.