Seat 6: Farid Jattin
Farid Jattin's already assured of banking the biggest cash of his poker career today at the final table of the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship.
Jattin sports a solid $438,034 in career tournament cashes, with the biggest feathers in his cap being an outright win at the Isle Poker Classic Main Event just a few weeks ago on Jan. 16 ($147,160) and a second-place finish here at Borgata in the 2011 Summer Poker Open Main Event ($117,481). The Miami, Fl., native has notched most of his cashes on the East Coast.
Jattin burst to the forefront of the coverage in this event on Day 3. He first grabbed our attention with a bold bluff, and he rode the sizable stack he had built up early on that day to the chip lead when play ended. He pulled this off despite a table draw that included accomplished pro and fellow big stack Chad Brown for much of the night.
Jattin has been one of the most active players in the tournament, calling lots of raises and three-betting plenty more. With a short-stacked Vladislav Mezheritsky to his left, he may have to reign in those tendencies early on or risk losing some chips to shoves. How Jattin interacts with accomplished pro and chip leader David Paredes on his right, though, may ultimately decide where he finishes in this tournament.