Faraz Jaka, a professional poker player with over 11 million dollars in winnings, enters the GRID with a crazy hand with queen-three offsuit. Faraz throws us back to the 2010 North American Poker Tour in Foxwoods, where he played a hand that PokerStars included in their “Greatest” collection.

Matt Glantz opened and Jaka three-bet from the button with queen-three offsuit, a typical play for Faraz in those days. The Small Blind called while Glantz folded. They went heads-up to a flop of Queen of hearts, 5 of diamonds, jack of diamonds. After the flop checked through, the turn brought another jack, and the small blind bet 1/3 pot. Jaka called and they saw an offsuit six on the river, which led to a dramatic series of bets, a tank and an unexpected twist.

A former WPT poker player of the year, Faraz was once nicknamed by CNN “the homeless poker millionaire” for his vagabond lifestyle, hopping from MTT to MTT stop while enjoying the adventure and education of worldwide exploration. He explains how he makes that lifestyle work for him, even offering tips to listeners on how to pack as light he three-bets. 

Faraz makes videos at youtube.com/farazjakapoker and is a coach at pokercoaching.com/faraz. You can find him on twitter and instagram @FarazJaka. 

Now that Faraz has covered queen-three offsuit, there are 119 hands remaining on thepokergrid.com. 

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