George “Marathon” Caragiorgas, likely the most experienced player who made Day 3, was just eliminated deep in this opening event to the Playground Poker Fall Classic.
He took a big hit moments ago, as his middle position open was confronted with a 3bet shove from Maxime Heroux in the big blind. George committed the extra chips and tabled the best hand – 
. Maxime held a trailing 
, however, as he has done numerous times already today, he came from behind to win the pot as he paired the 
board. George was forced to pay out 800K, and with under 200K left after the fact, his chips went in on the very next hand. Mike Mirand made the call from the button and the two players went heads up. This time it was George who had the weaker ace, and with no help on the board, his 
couldn’t defeat Mike’s 
.
17th place: George Caragiorgas – $1,200.00
