Jason Mercier was a bit later today but just sat down next to Steve O'Dwyer and Dan Shak. The PokerStars Team Pro sat down at the wrong table though and after a couple of hands was shown to the right one.
Mercier is coming straight from a win in the Alpha8 $100,000 St. Kitts for $727,500 just last week. It's not just all happy days for Mercier though, he stone bubbled a €10,000 Open Face Chinese tournament last night, a tournament ultimately won by PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade.
Christophe Vogelsang four-bt to 44,000 preflop and found a single opponent in Timothy Adams to see the flop of . The German bet 30,000 and was called by Adams before making it 60,000 to go on the turn. Adams folded and the German raked in the pot.
We arrived at the table with the board showing . 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson slammed a stack of chips totalling over 200,000 into the pot, forcing David Peters all in. He quickly made the call for his remaining 95,000 in chips and both players tabled their cards.
Jacobson:
Peters:
Jacobson had run into the over pair of his opponent and was unable to improve as the completed the board.
On a flop of we saw Stephen Chidwick bet out 8,500 from the under-the-gun position. Since it's a 5-handed table, Jani Sointula on the button wasn't far away. The long time grinding Fin made the call and the popped up on the river. Chidwick checked and Sointula bet out 13,000. Chidwick took his time before raising to 31,000. Sointula called.
The completed the board and Chidwick bet out 300,000, effectively putting Sointula to the test for his remaining 90,000. After some hefty thinking, while table mates Vogelsang, Schemion and Adams discussed a hand played not long ago (where Adams folded and Vogelsang claimed he had aces), Sointula folded.
Vicente Delgado raised and two further players including Sorel Mizzi in the big blind called. The Canadian bet 10,000 on the flop and Delgado raised to 28,000, Mizzi called to see the on the turn. The Canadian now fired 45,000 and Delgado checked his stack carefully before making the call with approximately 80,000 chips behind.
The on the river triggered the all in bet of Mizzi with the superior stack and Delgado called off before mucking his cards when he was shown for two pair by Mizzi.
With around 40,000 in chips in the pot and the flop reading , Stephen Chidwick checked his option from the small blind. Christoph Vogelsang bet out 17,000 from the cut off and was called.
The on the turn saw Chidwick check again prompting Vogelsang to reach for his chips and slide out another 45,000. Chidwick thought for a minute before making the call before the dealer produced the on the river.
Chidwick checked one last time sending Vogelsang into the tank. A minute passed before he moved all in for around 250,000 in chips and was instantly called.
Vogelsang turned over his for a missed straight before Chidwick tabled his for a set and the winning hand.
Chidwick had Vogelsang covered on the river and moves up to 770,000 in chips following the hand.
As we were ready to walk back up to the media room as the break had just started, we stopped by the last table as action was still going on between Joao Vieira and Juha Helppi. In what turned out to be a five-bet pot Vieira had 71,300 in front of him acting out of the small blind position. Helppi thought about it for some time before calling in the cutoff.
The contained at least one card interesting both players. The clock ticked away well into the break and Vieira bet out 33,000. Helppi called after some thinking of his own, and the dealer put the on the turn. Vieira now checked, and folded after Helppi bet out 50,000.
You could tell by Helppi's smile that something was going on. Vieira asked if Helppi didn't maybe want to show his cards. At first Helppi was resistent, but eventually he let Vieira pick one card. Vieira chose one of the cards and Helppi showed the with a big grin on his face.
The hand was interesting, but it did take a while to finish...
. The German bet 30,000 and was called by Adams before making it 60,000 to go on the 
turn. Adams folded and the German raked in the pot.
. 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson slammed a stack of chips totalling over 200,000 into the pot, forcing David Peters all in. He quickly made the call for his remaining 95,000 in chips and both players tabled their cards.
completed the board.
we saw Stephen Chidwick bet out 8,500 from the under-the-gun position. Since it's a 5-handed table, Jani Sointula on the button wasn't far away. The long time grinding Fin made the call and the 
popped up on the river. Chidwick checked and Sointula bet out 13,000. Chidwick took his time before raising to 31,000. Sointula called.
flop and Delgado raised to 28,000, Mizzi called to see the 
on the river triggered the all in bet of Mizzi with the superior stack and Delgado called off before mucking his cards when he was shown 
for two pair by Mizzi.
, Stephen Chidwick checked his option from the small blind. Christoph Vogelsang bet out 17,000 from the cut off and was called.
on the turn saw Chidwick check again prompting Vogelsang to reach for his chips and slide out another 45,000. Chidwick thought for a minute before making the call before the dealer produced the 
on the river.
for a set and the winning hand.
on the turn. Vieira now checked, and folded after Helppi bet out 50,000.
