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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is the most prestigious event of the summer, but not every hand in the tournament is pretty. Poker pro and coach Faraz Jaka had a wild bustout on Day 1 that had many poker fans scratching their heads.

But there was a method to Jaka's madness in the hand that saw him three-betting seven-deuce preflop before getting in a difficult river spot and calling off with trips and running into the full house of Benjamin Gold. The Jaka Coaching founder broke down his thought process during the viral hand in a recent X video.

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Faraz Jaka Busts WSOP Main Event Aggressively Playing Seven-Deuce

Building an Image

The hand took place during Level 4 with blinds of 300/500/500. Gold raised to 1,200 on the button with Q♥Q♣and Jaka three-bet in the big blind with 7♥2♦. Gold called.

Jaka explained his loose three-bet as follows: "Occasionally, if I feel like the table setup is right, I like to build of the image of an unpredictable madman, show a crazy bluff, and try and get into player's heads. I'm quite calculated in picking a bluff spot that I think is very highly likely to work."

Jaka bet on the flop of Q♦3♥2♥and Gold called. Gold called again on the K♦turn as Jaka continued the aggression with a bet of 14,000.

"This is a really good card for me to keep bluffing, so I bet 14,000 into 21,000," said Jaka. "This size is built to target all of his hands like pocket fours-jacks that are going to fold now ... We are blocking one of his key continues and that's pocket deuces, so this turn is really a no brainer when we've got a deuce in our hand."

Jaka said his plan was to check most rivers, but the 2♠gave him trips and he decided to value bet 30,000 more. Gold raised all in for 35,000 and Jaka felt committed to calling.

"This is a spot that very few players are ever going to bluff, so I tank for a good five minutes," he said. "One concern I had here is that he could be raising a hand like pocket aces or ace-king for value, or he could overvalue a hand like king-queen."

Though he was likely getting the correct pot odds to call, Jaka admitted that folding may have been the better move. "I really don't know if I like my call on the river, it was quite close."

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Poker Pros Weigh In

Jaka's wild Main Event bustout hand drew plenty of comments from poker pros on social media, including old school poker legend Vanessa Selbst.

"I agree with a lot of the thought process here but why not just choose a better hand?" Selbst asked. "Ur gonna get the opp to 3b BB v BTN many times early on, choosing the worst hand in poker makes little sense to me. I don’t think showing down 84s gets less 'madman' cred but plays much better."

https://twitter.com/VanessaSelbst/status/1941717288459051112

Two-time bracelet winner Jesse Martin also weighed in: "Honestly a reasonable explanation. River still seems bad but the thought process overall is better than I expected."

High-stakes pro Sam Greenwood, a recent guest on the PokerNewsLife Outside Pokerpodcast, gave his thoughts on the hand in a post on his "Punt of the Day" Substack.

"Bad three bet preflop, flop and turn look fine, he could maybe hero fold the river and probably should vs someone who you thought you could exploit by three betting 72o pre," wrote Greenwood.

While the hand may have confused the pros, Jaka, nicknamed "The Toilet," said his longtime fans may have expected it from him.

"Those of you who have been following me for over a decade probably weren't too surprised to see this hand," Jaka said.