Piccioli grew up in Allegany, New York, and learned to play poker as a youngster while watching his dad’s regular home game. I’m just trying to help everybody let loose.
I’m trying to get reactions out of people. “Even in Day 6 of the Main, in these stressful times, I’m still having fun,” Piccioli said during an afternoon break. Monday and will go until nine players remain. Paul, Minnesota, had the unofficial lead with 35 players left. Piccioli slipped into the middle of the pack when action in the Main Event paused at 9:30 p.m. “I just kind of brain-farted myself out of the tournament,” he said.Ī year later, the 28-year-old Piccioli is making another deep run and was near the top of the leaderboard most of Sunday on Day 6 of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship at the Rio Convention Center. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal Piccioli was in position to bulldoze the rest of the field at last year’s World Series of Poker Main Event. A crowd watches contestants play poker during day six of the World Series of Poker on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas.