Mattern Shakes Mercier
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Arnaud Mattern was first in from the cutoff seat, and he raised to 1,900. Jason Mercier called from the button, and the two men took a flop of 
. Mattern led out with a bet of 3,200, drawing a raise to 8,500 from Mercier. Mattern wasted no time shoving right back, putting Mercier to the test for the ~27,000 chips he had behind. Reluctantly, Mercier called with 
, and he was well behind. Mattern had flopped the joint with 
, and he had Mercier dead to four outs.
As Arnaud tells it, "I don't know why, but the board bricked out," and Mercier has been sent to the rail. It's been a good day so far for Arnaud, and he finds himself witting quite comfortably with 139,000 now.