11-18-2008 17:27 UTC+2

Isabelle Mercier Eliminated in 16th Place (€10,557)

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No Mercy for Isabelle

On the hand immediately after Arnaud Mattern crippled Isabelle Mercier by hitting a runner-runner Broadway straight, Mercier was all in from the small blind and started packing up her things before the cards were even dealt, apparently resigned to her fate.

Mattern opened for 10,500 and Brian Jensen called from the big blind. Both players checked the {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{4-Spades}

{2-Clubs}

flop and the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

that fell on the turn. The river was the {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

and Jensen set out an 8,000 bet, eliciting a fold from Mattern.

Jensen turned up {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

for top pair and Mercier peeked at her cards for the first time. She turned over {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{2-Spades}

and with a heavy sigh, headed out the door to applause from the rail.

I bet Isabelle is looking for that punching bag from her infamous PokerStars commercial right about now.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Brian Jensen Isabelle Mercier