Mercier on the Hot Seat
Omaha 8/b:
That cold black cloud is coming down on Jason Mercier. He lost a huge Omaha Hi/Lo hand to Mike Gorodinsky. Pre-flop, Gorodinsky raised from early position and was called by Mercier and by big blind Freddy Deeb. The three each made an aggressive action on a flop of . Deeb bet, Gorodinsky raised and Mercier re-raised. Only Gorodinsky called the re-raise.
Gorodinsky got in a check-raise when the turn came . Mercier called that raise and then called one last bet on the river. He couldn't beat the second nuts that Gorodinsky turned over, . That pot put a hurting on Mercier's stack as he fell all the way to about 25,000.