The Tragic Fall of Isabelle Mercier
Mattern turned up
and was well behind Mercier's 
. The flop, though was 
, pairing Mattern's nine and leaving Mercier drawing extremely thin. The turn was the 
and to add insult to injury, the 
appeared on the river, making Mattern trips. After the hand, Mattern was up to 48,300 and a clearly unhappy Mercier down to 52,000.
Only a few hands later, Mattern moved all in from the cutoff and Mercier called from the big blind, turning up
to his 
. "My turn" she said dryly, referring to his earlier suckout.
All looked sunny for Mercier on the
flop. The turn was the 
and Mattern picked up four more outs with a gutshot straight draw, and the 
on the river filled it in cruel fashion. Mercier cut down her stack to pay him out, slamming her chips together as she pushed them toward the middle. She was left with less than 2,000 in chips.