Faraz Jaka

A professional poker player who has repeatedly become a finalist in international WSOP and WPT events and has earned a great reputation among card game fans is Faraz Jaka. On his account tens of millions of dollars of net profit from playing live and virtual poker. The player is characterized by his temper and risk-taking, which to this day bring him victories.

Main Information

Faraz Jaka is a really talented high level player. He doesn’t have a WSOP bracelet at the moment, but he can compete with any of the world’s poker stars. Along with this, he has many other hobbies and has even developed his own poker site. Here are some basic facts about him:

Player Biography

Faraz Jaka was born in the USA, San Jose, California in 1985, where he still lives today. He attended Piedmont Hills High School, where he made record achievements in athletics, especially running. In addition, he had a passion for basketball, writing poetry, and was even an avid hip-hop fan. He later earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and business from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With such a broad outlook, he has gathered all the necessary skills for the perfect poker player – competitive spirit, resilience and out-of-the-box thinking. He comes from a family of Pakistani migrants, and often refers to himself as a “homeless millionaire”. This is due to his immense passion for traveling. He literally takes one backpack, a couple of belongings, a few million dollars and sets off to a new country. Throughout his life, Faraz Jaka has visited more than 30 countries, with the cities of Ostrava in the Czech Republic and Ivanovo-Frankovsk in Ukraine being his favorite. Faraz Jaka began his interest in card games during his first year of university, when he and his friends would play small live games. With little experience, he would often play any two one-suit cards to put together a Flush. For this, his friends jokingly gave him the nickname “Toilet”. Subsequently, it caught on and became the official nickname at international tournaments WSOP and WPT. A year later, the poker player has already gained enough experience, increased his income to $170,000. Having gathered courage, he bet all this money – and lost it. As he later noted in an interview for CNN magazine, “it was a great life lesson”. After that, Faraz Jaka pays special attention to the strategy of the game and changed the general approach to poker.

Poker Career

In 2007 Faraz Jaka won several significant tournaments at once and earned huge money. These include UB.com (prize pool of $200,000), Sunday Warm-Up (net profit of $110,000), Monday (award of $85,000). In the following years, luck has also been on the side of the poker player. In 2009, he became the winner of Super Tuesday, earning $78,000 and thanks to the tournament Guarantee increased his profit by $150,000. The most significant achievements in Faraz Jaka’s career are considered to be:

• “Season VIII Player of the Year” title at the World Poker Tour (WPT) where he managed to reach 2 final tables;
• Reached 6 final tables at the WSOP.

The poker player does not have a WSOP winning bracelet in his collection, he chose to become a businessman and created his own online poker site, Checkraise. His net profit is in the tens of millions of dollars. 

Live Poker Achievements

Faraz Jaka’s success in live games far exceeds that of the online format. The poker player often takes part in expensive tournaments and prestigious poker sessions. He makes it to the finals of almost every event he enters and is a top-3 player. Here are the most important live games featuring Faraz Jaka:

Online Poker Achievements

Faraz Jaka’s love for online poker is so strong that he developed his own platform with his friends! During his career, he has played in hundreds of virtual games and earned a total of about 5 million dollars! Here are the most colorful tournaments that made history:

Top Three Career Cashes

Despite the fact that Faraz Jaka is not actively participating in poker tournaments now, and concentrated on his own business, poker fans will be discussing his high-profile victories for a long time to come. The top 3 are presented below:

Player Socials

Faraz Jaka is very active on social media, where he constantly conducts themed polls, trainings and virtual education for all poker fans. Subscribe to his social media to learn his signature tricks, secrets and useful tips. In addition, he posts interesting content from his travels!

Follow the links below to stay up to date:

• Twitter – @FarazJaka;
• Instagram – @farazjaka;
• Facebook – Faraz Jaka;
• YouTube – @FarazJakaPoker;
• Faraz Jaka’s personal website (with training) – jakacoaching.com.