PROFILE
Name: Jay Farber
Age: 28
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, CA
Current Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Living the dream of the everyman who journeys to the World Series of Poker Championship Event with visions of a bracelet dancing in their heads, Herbert “Jay” Farber will take his fourth place stack of 25.975 million chips to the felt as a part of the “November Nine.” Farber will be sitting in a decent position in the Nine Seat with the short stacked David Benefield (6.375 million) on his immediate right and two more shorter stacks, Sylvain Loosli (19.6 million) and Michiel Brummelhuis (11.275 million) on his left. He will have to watch out, however, as chip leader J. C. Tran (38 million), will be on the button when he is the big blind and should face withering attacks from the veteran.
Farber is a nightclub promoter in Las Vegas, but he does find his way to the tables on occasion. On his Twitter profile, Farber claims to be a “poker player and degenerate gambler” but the numbers don’t quite back him up. According to the Hendon Mob database, this is his first official cash of his tournament poker career, but Farber himself states he has cashed in tournament poker for slightly more than $2000. With the $733,224 he has guaranteed himself as a part of the “November Nine,” Farber will have a bit more pocket change to venture into the casino with after the WSOP Championship Event Final Table concludes this fall.
HOW HE GOT HERE
Day 1(B): 104,400
Day 2(B): 298,900
Day 3: 604,000
Day 4: 1,345,000
Day 5: 3,030,000
Day 6: 8,975,000
KEY HAND
Farber has been steadily rising through the ranks after each day of play at the WSOP Championship Event. He would finish Day 3 in 45th place, moved up to 40th after Day 4 and silently pushed up to 30th place on Day 5. After Day 6, he jumped into the Top Ten and rode that stack to the “November Nine.”
Farber was the beneficiary of a hand against the chip leader Tran that would push him to his “November Nine” mark late on Day 7. After Tran bet out from under the gun, Farber called behind him and, along with Carlos Mortensen, saw a Q-10-7 rainbow flop. Tran threw out a continuation bet that both Farber and Mortensen called and an eight came on the turn. Tran reached into his holster for a third bullet, this time for over three million chips, and Farber called while Mortensen got out of the way. A six on the river presented a multitude of draw options and both players checked; after Tran showed his Q-J for top pair, Farber outkicked him in showing down his K-Q. Without that hand, Farber would be in much worse shape this fall.
