High Roller Bounty Shootout
Day 2 Started
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
High Roller Bounty Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
9
Level
10
Blinds
2,000 / 4,000
Ante
500
Final Table Ready To Go
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout. After two flights of single tables, some eight-handed and some nine-handed, we have nine winners that will meet at the final table today.
For winning his starting table, each player has already earned $40,000 plus $2,000 for each bounty they collected. In addition, the player who wins the most bounties will also receive another $20,000 plus a seat into the next North American Poker Tour Bounty Shootout.
The man with the most bounties heading into play today is, who else, the defending champion Jason Mercier with six. He will be looking for the repeat, but will have to get through an impressive bunch to do so.
Here is how the seating assignments shape up.
| Seat | Player | Bounties |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 2 |
| 2 | Joe Sweeney | 6 |
| 3 | Micah Raskin | 3 |
| 4 | Michael Pesek | 2 |
| 5 | Eugene Katchalov | 4 |
| 6 | Jimmie Guinther | 3 |
| 7 | Scott Blackman | 4 |
| 8 | Jonathan Jaffe | 2 |
| 9 | Jason Mercier | 7 |
Despite the different-sized table they bested on Day 1, each player will start with 50,000 in chips today and will be competing for an overall top prize of $142,600. Play is expected to kick off shortly, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all of the exciting action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Shoot 'Em Out!
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Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
The cards are in the air at the final table!
Mercier's Fives are Good
Action folded to Eugene Katchalov in middle postion and he raised to 600. Jason Mercier called from the small blind and they saw a flop come down 
.
Mercier checked it and Katchalov bet 800. A min-raise to 1,600 came from Mercier with Katchalov calling to see the 
turn. Both checked, with the 
hitting the river. Both checked again and Mercier showed 
, good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | 1,000 |
|
49,100 | -900 |
The Bluff Works for von Kriegenbergh
Eugene Katchalov opened to 600 from under the gun and Jason Mercier called from the hijack. In the cutoff, Taylor von Kriegenbergh re-raised to 3,000. Only Mercier called to see the flop come down 
.
Mercier checked and von Kriegenbergh bet 4,100, unable to shake Mercier. The turn fell the 
with Mercier checking once again. After a few moments, von Kriegenbergh bet 8,000. Mercier gave it up after about a minute, yielding the pot to von Kriegenbergh who showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -5,000 |
From the Rail...
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
In between the last two hands, a spectator stood up and took one step toward the table. "Jason?" he asked. Mercier's head snapped around, and the fan continued, "Jason, can you send me five bucks on Stars? Please?"
Chuckles all around.
Raskin On Top
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
Micah Raskin opened to 600 from middle postion and Jimmie Guinther called on the button.
The flop fell 
and Raskin checked. Guinther bet 800, quickly seeing Raskin bump it to 2,500. Guinther kicked it in, surrendering the pot to Raskin who holds the early lead with about 60,000.
Sweeney Takes Some Off Raskin
Joe Sweeney made it 1,000 to go from under the gun. Next next to act, Micah Raskin popped it to 4,000. Action folded back to Sweeney and he called.
The flop came down 
and Sweeney checked it to Raskin who fired 4,000. Sweeney put in a raise to 13,000 with Raskin calling to see the turn. A check from Sweeney led to a check from Raskin as well. The 
hit the river and Sweeney fired 15,000. Raskin let it go and surrendered the chip lead to Sweeney.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000 | 19,000 |
|
42,000 | -18,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50