William Luciano won the 2016 Chicago Poker Classic Main Event for $254,892, topping a field of 736 in the $2,000 buy-in event held at Horseshoe Hammond. He drew inspiration from a certain recent World Series of Poker Main Event winner when he was down to a slim stack on Day 1.
"I was inspired by Martin Jacobson in the [WSOP] Main Event a couple years ago where he sat back with a shorter stack and then ran it up for the win," Luciano told tournament reporter Paul Oresteen.