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Faraz Jaka has been among the chip leaders in the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event for the better part of a week and on Friday, he’ll have his chance at a $2 million payday. Jaka holds a narrow lead over the final eight competitors, which include three online wizards, a rising female star and a former runner-up finisher in this event.

Jaka already has over $3.8 million in tournament winnings, though incredibly, he has never won a seven-figure prize despite numerous high-profile final table finishes. If he finishes in the top two on Friday, he’ll have that elusive score to add to his poker resume.

Xuan Liu

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Entering the day in a virtual tie for the chip lead is Kyle Julius, who has over $1.2 million in tournament winnings and wins in the Sunday 500 and an FTOPS victory. He’s followed closely by the only remaining female in the tournament Xuan Liu. Liu made the final table of the EPT San Remo main event in 2011, finishing third for €360,000.

The next biggest stack is Ruben Visser, who is also known for his online play with over $1.3 million earned, although he did finish deep in the 2011 World Series of Poker main event, cashing for $196,174. The rest of the table is rounded out by John Dibella, David Bernstein and Mark Drover.

The short stack entering the final table is none other than Anthony Gregg, who finished in second place at the PCA to Poorya Nazari back in 2009. In addition to that life changing score, Gregg has also won the Sunday 500 and Sunday Million online, racking up over $2.5 million in career earnings.

Here is a look at the chip counts entering the final table.

Seat 1 — Mark Drover — 1,430,000
Seat 2 — Anthony Gregg — 1,160,000
Seat 3 — David Bernstein — 1,960,000
Seat 4 — Ruben Visser — 4,400,000
Seat 5 — Faraz Jaka — 6,470,000
Seat 6 — John Dibella — 3,465,000
Seat 7 — Xuan Liu — 6,355,000
Seat 8 — Kyle Julius — 6,450,000

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Tune in and watch video coverage of final tables from the 2012 PCA live on PokerStars.tv.

WHAT: PCAlive 2012 webcasts

WHEN: PCA Main Event - Final Table: 14:00 ET (20:00 CET), 13 Jan 2012

PCA High Roller - Final Table: 14:00 ET (20:00 CET), 14 Jan 2012

WHERE: Watch the webcasts at PokerStars.tv.

Both webcasts will be CARDS UP (on a 40 minute delay), with commentary from James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and a variety of Team Pros. In addition to English, commentary will also be available in Spanish, German and Russian.

Dibella leads a sick life, he wakes with a pair 1 in 3 hands. Also abs justice Julius just lost AKhh to JQcc, so disrespectful walking off set when shorty is all in with JQ

I don't see how it's all that disrespectful.  Just looked like a daft boy showing off to his mates.  Still hope he loses and Xuan wins.

Well if i bust someone on the final, i wanna say unlucky and shake their hand, not be stood outside having a fag cos i have x amount of chips

Ok but he didn't go for a fag.  He walked away, said "look how fucking nonchalant I am troops" then walked back when the coolness wore off.

Definitely a dick but not disrespectful to the all-in player imo.

just gone right off xuan lui - hope this is set over set

My internet stopped working just as Julius stuck the 4-bet in.  Did he do a string bet and Liu made a fuss about it?

it was dubious, but quite clear what he intended to do

fk'd it as he was nervous, not an angle, Lui insta shoots the angle and gets a ruling

Jaka really deserved that stroke of luck.  He's been different class.

Go on The Toilet!

how does faraz not ship pre off 11bbs?

#blessed

Fk off tech problems, the K9 fold would have been sick

Met Faraz a couple of years back at the PCA, top lad. In fact his cousin or something was in Nottingham uni at the time that's how we got chatting.

Ye! But tbh would have been the worst fold in poker history!

Still sick misread for the sweat!

At a final table dominated by big name poker pros, it was a New York stock trader John Dibella

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who walked away with this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event title, not to mention a $2 million dollar payday.  Dibella defeated a tough line up of pros to turn a seat he won in a $1,000 satellite into one of the biggest scores of the year.

The first amateur to win the title since John Gale in 2005, Dibella came into today’s action fifth in chips behind four full time poker pros.  Former WPT Player of the Year Faraz Jaka was the chip leader when play began, with Kyle Julius and Xuan Liu right behind him.  Dutch pro Ruben Visser was fourth in chips and Dibella began fifth and seemed like an afterthought in poker fans’ minds.

Visser was the first player to head home from the final table, busting at the hands of Julius early in the action.  Julius was on top of the counts for the vast majority of final table action, but faced plenty of other tough big stacks as Dibella busted David Bernstein in seventh plcae and Liu took out 2009 PCA runner up Tony Gregg in sixth place. Mark Drover exited in fifth place at the hands of Jaka, who struggled to pick up chips at the final table, but amassed a big stack at Dover’s expense.  Jaka and Dibella exchanged double ups, but when Jaka busted Liu in fourth place when his A6 outflopped Liu’s A7, it seemed like it would be Illinois poker pro Jaka vs Illinois poker pro Julius heads-up for the title.

The two aggressive pros clashed with one another during three-handed play though, as Jaka five-bet shoved with KJ and Julius called with AK.  Julis’ hand held to give him a monster lead and Jaka was almost down to the felt.  Julius finished off Jaka a couple of hands later, but not before doubling up Dibella in a massive pot where Dibella flopped a set against Julius’ overpair of aces.

Dibella chipped away at Julius over the course of a short bout of heads-up action, then picked off a bluff from his more experienced opponent to bring the match to a close.  Dibella’s biggest cash prior to his $2 million victory was a $16,000 cash in none other than this event in 2008.

Here are the final table results from the PCA Main Event:

1st: – John Dibella – $2,000,000
2nd:  Kyle Julius – $1,275,000
3rd: Faraz Jaka –  $755,000
4th: Xuan Liu – $600,000
5th:  Mike Drover – $488,000
6th:   Anthony Gregg – $348,000
7th: David Bernstein – $260,000
8th: Ruben Visser –  $156,400

The livestreaming action on PokerStars.tv continues on Saturday with the final table of the $25,000 High Roller event.  Satellite qualifier Nick Yunis just missed out on the final table, finishing in ninth, but still collected a $79,770 payday.  Other notables who finished in the money inlcuded Elio Fox (16th), Bill Perkins (15th), and Matt Marafioti (11th).

Poke Pro Jason Koon will begin the final table of the High Roller as chip leader with 1,646,000, but the red hot 2010 WSOP Main Event Champ Jonathan Duhamel is right behind him with 1,530,000.  Nicolas Fierro, Issac Haxton, and Team PokerStars Online Pro Randy Lew are also part of the final table line-up, which gets underway at 12pm ET on Saturday.

Here are the chip counts and seat assignments for the PCA High Roller final table:

Seat 1: Isaac Haxton – 762,000
Seat 2: Leonid Bilokur – 1,139,000
Seat 3: Randy Lew – 197,000
Seat 4: Jonathan Duhamel – 1,530,000
Seat 5: Nicolas Fierro – 1,181,000
Seat 6: Jason Koon – 1,646,000
Seat 7: Michael Telker – 397,000
Seat 8: Govert Metaal – 545,000