2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€1,122,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€8,657,250
Entries
1,785
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Mortensen and Mercier

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

Playing just the first hand at the new blind level before the table is chopped, we saw Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Danish player Morten Mortensen get involved.

Pre-flop, Mortensen opened to 38,000 from middle position, and in the hijack position, Mercier made it 117,000. Mortensen seemed undeterred, and so it proved as he re-raised to 248,000. A smooth call from Mercier and we saw a flop of {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, which both players checked.

The turn of {J-Hearts} led to a bet of 191,000 from Mortensen, and that was enough for Mercier to eventually lay it down.

"I finished 10th here four years ago," Mortensen was telling us at the break. "It would be cool to go further in a record-breaking field."

He's taking steady steps towards making that a reality... but there is a very long way to go. Mercier will remain a danger on whichever table he ends up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
1,350,000
283,000
283,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
740,000
-240,000
-240,000

Tags: Jason MercierMorten Mortensen