CPPT Event 9: 8th Place - Jeffery Giordano ($1,598)

Event 9

Level 26 (15,000/30,000/5,000)
Total Entrants: 195
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 660,000

Jeffery Giordano (St. James, NY)

If you voluntarily put money into the pot, you more or less have to call off if you are moved in on because the shallow nature of play just doesn't allow for raise/folding at this Final Table.

Michael Tocci almost just did raise/fold but was happy he didn't after he opened the action from under the gun and called the all-in shove from Jeffery Giordano from the blinds.

The two would be flipping as Tocci held [9d][9s] and Giordano held [Ac][Js].

Giordano would pick up additional outs on the [Qd][4s][10c] flop, but he couldn't connect on the turn and river and Tocci's pocket pair would hold up.

Tocci's situation was a tough one as whenever he's calling he's either way ahead or flipping against two over cards.

But, the only thing tougher than that spot, making a pair in poker so we don't expect to see players folding any pair pre-flop and most likely just going "Route 1" and moving all-in with any matching cards.

Tocci is now suddenly sitting with one of the bigger stacks at the Final Table, but still playing close to 20 big blinds.