Here Comes Mercier
Here comes Jason Mercier, as he just moved his stack up to about 590,000 after these two short hands.
On the first hand, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 8,000 from middle position before action folded to Sam Stein. He reraised to 19,500. Play folded to Mercier in the big blind. He tanked for a bit and then reraised to 46,500. Grospellier quickly folded, but Stein went into the tank. After a couple minutes, he gave it up and Mercier won the pot.
On the next hand, action folded to Jonathan Duhamel on the button and he raised to 8,500. Mercier three-bet to 21,500 from the small blind and Duhamel called.
The flop came down 
and Mercier fired 16,500. Duhamel folded and Mercier won the pot. He's now near 600,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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750,000
-15,000
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-15,000 |
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590,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
||
|
260,000
23,500
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23,500 |