Mercier Leads The Final 12
Wecome to Day 3 of the $25,000 High Roller event here at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure! Out of the 151 entrants, 90 players returned for Day 2. After 12 levels, just 12 remain, all with a shot to capture the $1,72,850 first-place prize.
Jason Mercier is the chip leader with 1,023,000, but his Day 2 was hardly a breeze. With 21 players left, Mercier nearly went from second in chips to out after his tournament life was at risk against Day 1 chip leader Ryan Fair. However, Mercier's overcards prevailed against Fair's pair, vaulting Mercier back up the counts en route to the end-of-day chip lead. Here are the Day 3 seating assignments.
| Player | Table | Seat | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Lykov | 1 | 1 | 835,000 |
| Jason Mercier | 1 | 2 | 1,023,000 |
| Matt Affleck | 1 | 3 | 95,000 |
| --empty-- | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Will Molson | 1 | 5 | 526,000 |
| Govert Metaal | 1 | 6 | 792,000 |
| --empty-- | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Marafioti | 1 | 8 | 385,000 |
| Shander de Vries | 2 | 1 | 325,000 |
| David "Bakes" Baker | 2 | 2 | 853,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 2 | 3 | 571,000 |
| Leo Fernandez | 2 | 4 | 704,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 2 | 5 | 632,000 |
| Tom Marchese | 2 | 6 | 728,000 |
| --empty-- | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| --empty-- | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Play resumes at 12pm local time, so we'll see you at the top of the hour.