Mercier Obscene Chip Leader
As illustration, please witness how he has pwned former chip leader Saar Wilf in the past 10 minutes or so:
Blind on blind in a limp/checked preflop confrontation, Mercier bet out 57,000 on the turn of the board and Wilf called. Come the river, though, Mercier bet 163,000, and this time Wilf folded.
A few hands later and Mercier raised preflop; Wilf called. Mercier proceeded to bet out around 50,000 on the flop, and again Wilf called. They saw a turn and Mercier bet out 107,000, but this time Wilf made it 250,000. "All in," said Mercier. "Excuse me?" said a surprised Wilf. After a few moments' contemplation, Wilf folded.
Wilf - down to 373,000
Mercier - up to 2,046,000. That's over a fifth of the chips in play, and no-one else has over 860,000. Wow.