In what appeared to be his first ever sojourn to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Jordan Batt definitely made a statement that he can play the game and – if he ever steps away from his business obligations – he may have a career in the works.A businessman from Northbrook, Illinois, Batt had no record of ever cashing in a live poker tournament prior to the 2012 WSOP Main Event. By the time Day 6 of the tournament came around, Batt was in the middle of the pack with 1.3 million in chips. Some might have thought that he was just hanging around to get the best finish possible, but Batt had other intentions.
The Illinois poker community member increased his stack from the start of play, getting Roman Valerstein to release his hand for a 400,000-chip pot. He then knocked out Ben Greenberg to shoot his chip stack up to 2.75 million and further lit the fireworks with the elimination of Max Ovseyevitz to move over the three million chip mark.
That was where the Cinderella dream of the businessman came crashing down. Although he fought valiantly into the early morning hours, he couldn’t find his way to the final three tables for Day 7. After seeing Canadian Marc Ladouceur raise and American Scott Abrams 3bet in front of him, Batt made his stand from the big blind.
Ladouceur folded, but Abrams made the call with A-K for a coin flip against Batt’s pocket jacks. Alas, the drama ended quickly with a king on the flop and, once he missed his two-outer twice, Jordan Batt was busto in 29th place.
Not a bad way to make your first tournament score, however. For coming up just short of Day 7, Batt made his first ever tournament cash, a six-figure score of $236,921.
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