Some Serious Raisin' Goin' On

We've seen a few, shall we say, interesting bet sizes today. During the first level, Jason Mercier opened a pot with a mini-raise to 200 before an opponent three-bet shoved for about 27,000. Mercier folded that one, and we just caught another odd reraise, this time at Carlos Mortensen's table.

A player had limped in from early position before Carlos Mortensen raised to 2,000 straight. On the button, Aaron Mermelstein thought a reraise was in order, and he made it 37,000 to go. That quickly folded the limper, but "The Matador" spent a long five minutes or so considering before he reluctantly released his cards. Mermelstein asked if Mortensen wanted to see it, and he slapped his {8-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} on the felt as the dealer pushed him the pot. He risked nearly his full stack, but it's allowed Mermelstein to add 3,450 chips to his tally.