Some Serious Raisin' Goin' On
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We've seen a few, shall we say, interesting bet sizes today. During the first level, Jason Mercier opened a pot with a mini-raise to 200 before an opponent three-bet shoved for about 27,000. Mercier folded that one, and we just caught another odd reraise, this time at Carlos Mortensen's table.
A player had limped in from early position before Carlos Mortensen raised to 2,000 straight. On the button, Aaron Mermelstein thought a reraise was in order, and he made it 37,000 to go. That quickly folded the limper, but "The Matador" spent a long five minutes or so considering before he reluctantly released his cards. Mermelstein asked if Mortensen wanted to see it, and he slapped his 
on the felt as the dealer pushed him the pot. He risked nearly his full stack, but it's allowed Mermelstein to add 3,450 chips to his tally.
Oh, and don't worry about Mortensen; he's still got 84,000 chips in front of him.
board, James Carroll bet enough to cover the rest of his opponent's stack. After a few moments, Carroll's opponent called all in for his remaining 12,000, but Carroll tabled 
. His opponent couldn't beat it and is eliminated.
and Tamayo was able to double up.
, Joe Cada bet 1,725. His lone opponent in the hand made the call and watched as the board paired on the river with the 
falling. Cada didn't slow down here and bet 3,475. His opponent tanked for a few minutes and then made the call.
board, Greg Debora check-called 3,875 from Aarton Overton. Both checked the 
turn card and when the 
fell on the river and Fernandez again check-called, this time for 3,650. Jaka tabled 
and Fernandez couldn't beat it.
, and Collopy mucked.
for his opponent. An ace flopped and that was the end of the line for Chen as he wasn't able to stave elimination.
, Bernard Lee fired a nice, pot-sized bet of 7,625. His opponent tanked for a bit and eventually made the call. Lee tabled the 
for quad fours and his opponent mucked.