Jason Mercier was reduced to half an ante earlier today, and then pulled off a remarkable comeback. Well up to a point, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Sam Greenwood raised all in from the hijack for 465,000 and received no action. The following hand, Greenwood shoved from under the gun for 550,000 and once again took down the blinds and antes.
Steve O'Dwyer and Fedor Holz took a flop of in a raised pot. O'Dwyer was first to act and he checked his action over to Holz. Holz reached for chips and moved 85,000 into the middle. O'Dwyer stayed the course to see the pair the board on fourth street. He checked once more and this time Holz followed suit.
Fifth street was the and O'Dwyer fired out a bet of 175,000. Holz thought for roughly two minutes before plopping chips out into the table's center. O'Dwyer rolled over for trips aces and Holz threw his cards to the muck. O'Dwyer dragged the pot and now has about 2.2 million while Holz has dropped to just 250,000.
After shoving the hand before this one, Sam Greenwood moved all in from the big blind after David Peters had opened from under the gun to 85,000. Greenwood was all in for 635,000, and his shove went uncalled to give him the pot.
From the hijack seat, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 90,000. His only caller was Sorel Mizzi from the big blind, and the flop came down . Mizzi checked, Vogelsang bet 80,000, and Mizzi called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Both players checked again.
Mizzi tabled the for trip eights, and Vogelsang mucked.