Seat 7: Michel Marcone, Grenoble, France – 1,250,000
Michel Marcone was the Day 1 overall chip leader, second after Day 2, but by close of play on Day 3 found himself fighting with far fewer big blinds – and is really happy to have made the final table. He might now be the short stack, but this represents the biggest achievement of his poker career in terms of money and prestige for the 62-year-old Grenoble resident.
Marcone learned how to play poker at 15, and later started playing online after he tried out some small live tournaments in brick-and-mortar venues. Nowadays he does not buy in to MTTs, but plays qualifiers for PokerStars Open and EPT events – and has won a number of packages on pokerstars.fr.
He said that he was excited to be coming back on Sunday, and that his main goal would be
trying to ladder a spot or two.
Tournament progression
Day 1: 434,500 (1/562, 1c)
Day 2: 1,395,000 (2/65)
Day 3: 1,250,000 (7/7)