Van Marcus Goes Out? Not Possible!

We watched Van Marcus at APPT Manila, and what we learned there was that there is no draw too slim for Marcus to hit. He moved all in from early position for a very short 7,000 chips. The player on the button reraised to 20,000 before John Mendel put in a very obvious third raise out of the big blind, all in to 66,200. That raise folded the button player and also allowed Marcus to know that his {J-Hearts}

was in serious trouble. Mendel indeed showed {A-Clubs}

.

But this is Van Marcus we're talking about, so of course the first card off the deck was the {J-Diamonds}

, followed by the {2-Diamonds}

and

. Marcus had once again hit an improbable card, but then something happened that never happened in Manila -- his opponent hit an improbable card against him. The turn was the {A-Hearts}

, making a set for Mendel and leaving Marcus looking for the case jack. He hit a one-outer on Day 2 of Manila, but couldn't do it here. The river was paint, but it was the {K-Clubs}