Reluctant Showdown Still Wins Chips for Mercier

Markus Ristola raised to 63k preflop just now, called by Matt Hawrilenko, and Jason Mercier.

The flop: {4-Hearts}

. No further betting led to the {Q-Clubs}

coming out on the turn... and again no bet from any of them.

On the {5-Hearts}

river, it's Mercier who took the first stab at the pot, but got a call from Hawrilenko. He showed down the {9-Clubs}

, which turned out to be good, though.

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