Mercier Takes Hit in $2K
by Rachel on 06.06.09, 12:46 am
Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier took a major hit to his stack during the last level of the of the $2K NLHE event with the blinds at 1.5K/3K with a 400-chip ante. Mercier raised in the small blind before the flop and was called by Kenny “hixx” Hicks (pictured at left) in the big blind. The flop was A
T
2
. Mercier led out for 11.6K and Hicks made a raise to 32K total. Mercier told the dealer she didn’t need to bring in his bet but asked how much the raise was before announcing all in. He could hardly get the words out before Hicks snap-called and flipped over his AT for top two pair.
“I’ve got backdoor diamonds,” said Mercier, before turning over A8. The turn was 5, and the river was the 9. The total cost to Mercier was about 140K after the flop, leaving him with 160K after the hand. Hicks, on the other hand, now has over 300K.
A short time later Mercier called 6K pre-flop in the big blind. Three players saw the J96 flop. Mercier and another player checked before the player on the button bet 15K. Mercier called and the other player folded. The turn was the A and both players checked to see the 4 on the river. Mercier led out this time for 22K and the button took his time making a decision. He carefully counted out a call then shuffled the stack of 22 yellow chips for a while before eventually putting them in the pot.
Mercier rapped the table and said, “You win.” The other player was reluctant to turn over his cards, so Mercier said, “Ten-high” and showed his 10-8, for a missed open-ended straight draw. Only then did the other player show his 7
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Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka and Eric “white_mamba” Ladny (pictured at right) got involved in a couple all-in pots that resulted in Jaka hitting the rail. First, Faraz moved all in first position for 32.9K and was called by Ladny in the big blind. Jaka turned over 77 while Ladny had KQ. Faraz won the race on a board of 83233 to double up while Ladny was down to 65K after the hand.
A little while later Ladny raised to 7.5K pre-flop and was called by Jaka. The flop was 965. Ladny bet out 10K and Jaka made a small re-raise of 10.5K more. Ladny moved all in and Jaka called. He quickly turned to Ladny and asked, “You flop a set?” Ladny acknowledged he did, flipping over 99. “God, I knew it,” Jaka said as he tabled two red aces. Turn and river were no help to Jaka and he was eliminated in the money.
Players still alive in the event include:
Jason “JAKoon1985″ Koon - 220K
Jon “FatalError” Aguiar - 200K
Eric “white_mamba” Ladney - 160K
Ryan “late_entry” Gentry - 120K
Scott “stpauli111″ Hall - 85K
Tyler “tydean” Smith - 50K
WSOP Event #14: $2.5K 6-Handed LHE
Event #14, the 6-Handed Limit Hold’em event has been underway since 5 p.m. and the 300 or so runners in tournament have their own secluded corner in the back of Brasilia. A couple of players have made early exits, including Mike “Schneids” Schneider. Some of the P5ers we’ve spotted in the field are Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich, Alex “allingomes” Gomes, Jordan, “scarface_79″ Smith, Eric “jakz101″ Crain, Barry Greenstein, and Jon “PearlJammer” Turner.
The players have now gone on dinner break and will return at 10:30 p.m.
