Johnson Doubles Through Mercier
After Jason Mercier reraised Greg Mueller's middle-position raise of 400 to 1,450, Marco Johnson re-reraised all in for 7,475 from the small blind. Mueller folded and Mercier made the call. He drew one after Johnson stood pat.
Johnson showed the 
and Mercier the 
before he looked at what he drew. Needing a nine, six, four or deuce to win, Mercier peeled a and made a slightly worse hand than Johnson.
Johnson doubled to 17,000 with two add-on chips left while Mercier dropped to 15,000 and still has three add-on chips left. Johnson is coming off a 13th-place finish last night in Event No. 15 where he earned $32,439.