Jason Senti is perhaps best known for his deep-run in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Senti not only made the Final Table, but was able to overcome being the short-stack and work his way back into contention of the tournament, until a sick beat sent him packing in 7th place. However, what many poker fans don’t realize is that Senti is one of the top online poker players, and one of the most sought after No Limit Holdem coaches in the business –Senti is part of the BlueFire Poker coaching team which is of course headlined by Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond.
Senti, better known as PBJaxx in the online poker world has always been considered one of the top mid-stakes No Limit Holdem players and coaches, his WSOP success can be traced directly back to BlueFire Poker, since it was Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond –the owner of BlueFire Poker—who backed Senti in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, having enough confidence in Senti’s tournament to pony-up the $10,000 buy-in.
Senti was not always a poker player; he has a degree in electrical engineer from the University of North Dakota but decided poker was a better alternative after college, even though he landed a very well-paying job right out of college. The 25 year-old Senti is originally from Grand Forks, North Dakota, but now makes his home in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota.
While still working his day job Senti made a small deposit at an online poker site and after some initial good results in tournaments he set his sights on the No Limit Holdem cash games. Senti quickly moved from penny limit games to $1/$2, all the way to $25/$50 in less than a year! At this point ‘PBJaxx’ decided poker was paying the bills better than an electrical engineering job.
As word of his poker skills spread Senti was later recruited by Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond to be a No Limit Holdem instructor at his new online poker training site BlueFire Poker. Senti is now considered one of the best online poker training coaches in the industry, especially when it comes to explaining difficult concepts to new players.
In the 2010 WSOP Main Event, Senti came to the table as an extreme short-stack, but was able to pick his spots and employ a solid push/fold strategy to get himself back into the tournament. Senti told pokerlistings.com prior to the tournament that he would do the following in terms of strategy, “To start the table I’m going to be pretty short-stacked so I’m going to put a lot of work into that… I’m going to make sure I really understand good ranges in those situations.”
Senti’s 7th place finish earned him nearly $1.4 million, but had Joseph Cheong not made a runner-runner straight who knows what would have happened? Perhaps Senti would have gone on to become the 2010 WSOP Champion!
