FSPC Event #9 (Flight 1B): And If You Don't Know, Well Now You Know...Trudeau

2018 Florida State Poker Championship
Event #9 | $1,100 No Limit Hold'em ($200,000 GTD)
Level 9 (Blinds 500/1,000/1,000)
Total Flight 1B Entries: 48

Flight 1B Players Remaining: 26

Jeff Trudeau (Orlando, FL) became a name known across the poker world during Day 6 coverage of this year's WSOP $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event.

Jeff Trudeau (Orlando, FL) had a career highlighting summer, coming out of the World Series Of Poker a household name in the tournament world.  Jeff seemed primed for this summer, coming off a 2017 in which he earned over $397,000, which was almost three times more than any year prior.  He started the series off with a bang, making the final table of the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event #3), but ended up bowing out in 10th place ($14,437).  The result may have been a disappointment for Trudeau at the time, but he had the whole summer ahead of him.  Jeff would end up recording two more cashes after the final table, but it wasn't until the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event #65), that Trudeau had breakout.  

The 2018 $10,000 Main Event will be remembered for a lot of things, but two of the most talked about moments of the tournament (prior to the final table), belonged to Trudeau.  He made one of the bluffs of the tournament against Aram Zobian (who ended up finishing in 6th place), which was caught on ESPN cameras (check-shoving for his tournament with pocket fives on a four flush board after Aram bet river).  There was a lot of talk about that hand, until he faced off against Laurynas Levinskas, in a hand where he'd call three-street with ace-high.  The final call was of a 3,300,000 shove from Levinskas, with Trudeau holding A♣ J♣ on a 5♠ 6♣ 2♦ K♠ Q♥ board.  It will go down as probably the best call of the tournament, and is still being talked about today.  A video interview that Jeff did after the hand is posted below (courtesy of PokerNews):

.@Jeff_Trudeau talks about the insane ace-high call he made to soar near the top of the counts in the Main Event. pic.twitter.com/HxlQhHlTSk

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 11, 2018

Let's not forget to mention that Jeff finished in a beyond impressive 26th place in the event, earning a career best score of $282,630.