As soon as the deal was made, Jordan started to play hyper-aggressively, trying to pick off his opponents with marginal hands – but not too worried about the outcome because of the $43,150.00 that he had already locked in.

He wasn’t able to take either player out, and very quickly he was short stacked himself and all in with against Chris Fisher’s . Nothing was final until the river, but the community cards ended up on Chris’ favour and Jordan was off to the tournament desk to pick up his payout coupon.

3rd place: Jordan Saccucci, $43,150.00

Once play fell 3-handed in the Second Chance Event, the players paused the clock to see if they can negotiate a deal. They asked for ICM counts, and after some back and forth they finally agreed to the numbers.

The tournament requires $4,000 to be left aside for the eventual winner, who will also take home the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy. The rest of the prize-pool was divided as follows:

• Jordan Saccucci – $43,150.00
• Christopher Fisher – $33,295.00
• Theodore Doukas – $31,000.00

Congratulations on your winnings!

We missed the elimination, but for what was told to us action folded around to Christopher Fisher in the small blind, who looked over at short-stacked Kenneth Lindgren in the big blind before moving all-in. Kenneth made the call with under 10bb, and tabled Qx 9x – only to find out Christopher had him dominated with Qx Jx. Christopher paired his jack on the board and sent Kenneth home in 4th place, bringing the field down to just 3 players.

Chip counts of the final 3 players:

4th place: Kenneth Lindgren – $12,760.00

Paul Petten moved his 266K stack in from under the gun, and Theodore Doukas threw in a calling chip from the button as the blinds got out of the way.

Paul:
Theodore:

Paul connected with the board, but not hard enough to win the pot, and was eliminated in 5th place from this Second Chance tournament.

5th place: Paul Petten – $9,720.00

Action folded around to Jordan Saccucci in cutoff and he threw in a raise to 50K. Francois Bergeron, sitting in the big blind, moved all-in for 440K, and without too much hesitation Jordan made the call.

Jordan:
Francois:

Jordan flopped a set to win the almost 7-figure chip pot as the board read , and Francois left the table a little flustered, having been the chip leader not that long ago. Jordan now holds around 1.1 million, good for the chip lead.

6th place: Francois Bergeron – $8,240.00

Terry Flood limped into the pot from late position, and Jordan Saccucci made it 100K to go from the big blind. Terry obliged, and the dealer brought out a flop. Jordan slid forward 75K, which was enough to put Terry all-in, and Terry made the call with . Jordan showed down , and his ace-high held for the win as the turn and river brought no help to the at-risk player.

7th place: Terry Flood – $7,160.00

Francois Bergeron has taken over the chip lead in the last few orbits, and currently holds nearly 900K in chips.

A portion of his newly acquired chips came from a hand versus Theodore Doukas not too long ago. Francois opened preflop to 34K from early position, and called Theodore’s 3bet to 85K. On a flop, Francois check-raised a 52K bet up to 125K. Both players checked the turn as well as the river, and Francois tabled for a rivered set of tens. Theodore did not seem impressed with the hand, and muttered some words to himself while mucking his hand.

Here are the full counts entering level 23:

Christopher Fisher placed a raise to 34K from middle position, and Marton Szlavy moved all-in for 158K from the big blind. Christopher made the quick call and hands were tabled.

Marton held and was mathematically ahead of Christopher’s  , until the board was revealed.

8th place: Marton Szlavy – $6,280.00