Jason Mercier Eliminated in 7th Place ($84,857)
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Jason Mercier made a mini-raise to 120,000 from the middle seat, and Ray Henson called in position. Small blind Chris DeMaci took a moment to think before calling as well, but there was a reraise coming. Big blind Joe Tehan squeezed in a three-bet to 515,000, sending the decision back to Mercier.
Mr. Mercier wasn't going anywhere. In his deliberate fashion, he stacked out a four-bet to 1.1 million straight, enough to fold the two monkeys in the middle. When it came back to Tehan, he announced a reraise all in with the covering stack. "Wow," was all Mercier said as he made the call for his last 3.645 million to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Mercier: 
Tehan: 
"It's kind of big," Michael Binger said with a smirk, eying up the enormous pot that was about to be pushed to the winner of this flip. Mercier and Tehan wished each other luck, and both of them were all smiles (and a few sidelong winces) as they sweated their fate.
The flop was full of blanks for Mercier as it came down 
to grow Tehan's lead with two to come.
Turn: 
. It too was a miss, but there was an overwhelming feeling in the arena that the six-outer was coming.
It wasn't.
The river 
drew a simple shrug from Mercier, and he shook hands with the table and wished them luck as he made his exit.
"Good hand, Joe. Take it down, buddy."
With that, Jason Mercier and his lucky shirt have become our 7th place finishers. He'll pick up $84,857, but that will likely be little consolation to the Team PokerStars Pro who had a clear plan to win the trophy today.
"Wow... Jason Mercier lost a race," Ray Henson said once Mercier had gotten out of earshot.