Behind the Sunglasses of Jac Attack

Jac Arama was born on February 20th, 1960 in Richmond, London. Over the years he has grown into a popular professional poker player with an aggressive playing style. Commentators refer to him as Jac Attack for this reason. The popular poker player is well known for his large collection of over 300 sunglasses that he has worn for games and tournaments. He’s had a total of 71 cashes with combined winnings of $793,923 dollars. At 53, Jac Arama has won 18 first place finishes.

He was first brought into public light with his first tournament victory in Amsterdam at the Master Classics of Poker in 2000. Taking first place, he won $63,471 in prize money. From there he papered on Late Night Poker, a television show. Many people remember when he beat Dave Welch and Joe Beevers on his first night and finished fourth. The second night he finished third and beat John Duthie. On his third debut on the show he won against Gary Jones.

Following the Late Night Poker win he went on to the season 5 Grand Final where he won fourth place. Jac was defeated by Padraig Parkinson, Korosh Nejad, and Joe Beevers. He also participated in the tournament the following year and placed second behind Lucy Rokach.
The wins of Grand Final caused his career in professional poker to grow even farther. In 2002 Jak Arama won two money finishes in the World Series of Poker. One of these was a final table appearance in a $1,500 Triple Draw Lowball Ace to Five game. He won third to John Juanda and Paul Philips.

In the British Open tournament in 2003 he won first place with £74,000 on a final table against Surinder Sunar. One of his worst defeats was in 2005 at Binions in Tunica for a bracelet. Everything appeared fine as Jac went all in with pocket 7′s and was called by his opponent who had A 3 with the same amount of chips. Flop was K J 4, but the 2 and 5 that followed gave his opponent the advantage. Jac was awarded $90,000, but did not get the bracelet. His career kept advancing as he went on to the grand final of the 2005 World Speed Poker Open and won $45,422 dollars at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
Arama was divorced in 1993 and remarried in 2003 to Diana. He has six children and enjoys other hobbies including Backgammon and motorcycling. He has homes in Brighton and Kensington and runs a travel company. In the 2002 European Poker Awards he was nominated for “Poker Personality of the Year”.