Jared Jaffee Wins World Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble Main Event

A total of 358 entries were made in the 2013 World Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble $3,500 main even, more than doubling the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool with a total of $1,145,600 on the line. Five days after the first hand was dealt only one player remained: Jared Jaffee.

For the win the Brooklyn-based poker pro earned $252,749 and 900 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his second title of 2013, having won the Aria Poker Classic $1,080 championship in July. He has also made four other final tables, including a third-place finish in the $2,500 no-limit hold’em four-handed event at the World Series of Poker for $129,447. All told he has garnered 2,740 POY points in 2013, with year-to-date earnings of $555,433. As a result he has moved into 15th place in the overall POY rankings.

Jaffee had to top a tough field in Jacksonville, with plenty of big names making deep runs including Jaacob Bazely (18th – $12,093) Jeff Madsen (15th – $14,127), Matt Glantz (12th – $17,292), David Diaz (9th – $23,734) and Ryan Eriquezzo (8th – $31,646). Jaffee overcame Blake Purvis heads-up for the title, sending him to the rail with $166,139 and 750 POY points.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

Photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour / Photographer Joe Giron.

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