Mercier Put to The Test by Liu

In a heads-up pot with roughly 50,000 in the middle on a flop showing 5♠3♦2♣, Jason Mercier checked from the big blind to Jason Liu on the button who bet out 25,000. Mercier put in a check-raise to 67,000 and Liu came along.

The 2♠ hit the turn and Mercier kept up the aggression with a bet of 61,000. Liu took a moment before putting in a stack of 25,000 chips, covering the 160,000 behind for Mercier, who went deep in the tank.

After close to five minutes of thought, a player at the table called the clock and Mercier was given 30 seconds to act. As the clock ticked down, Mercier eventually tossed his cards into the muck and the pot was shipped to Liu.

"Four-seven of spades?" asked another player at the table who was curious of Mercier's holding.

"Something like that," replied Mercier.