Mercier Closes in on The Lead
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier has just closed the gap between himself and the chip leaders some more after winning a pot off fellow Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin.
Mercier raised to 24,000 under the gun and Ramdin three-bet from his immediate left to 56,000. The other players folded and Mercier made the call.
The flop brought 
and Mercier check-called 60,000. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought the 
and Mercier counted out a big bet of 190,000. Ramdin tanked for a solid three minutes before finally kicking in his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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930,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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755,000
-115,000
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-115,000 |
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