It's Official, Jason Mercier Runs Like God
We came into the hand on a flop of 
where three players were all in including Eric Cajelais and Mike Ellis. Jason Mercier had all three players covered by just a little bit with about 18,000.
It all happened kind of fast so it was hard to get everyone's hand, but Cajelais had 
, one player had 
for top set, and Mercier had 
for a couple of backdoor flush draws and as he put it, "I think I have like 1% equity."
But, slim equity or not, the turn and river came 
and Mercier binked himself a nice little 50,000 chip pot and three knockouts. Mercier has a bracelet in PLO, so with some chips he'll certainly be dangerous as we get deeper into the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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. Cheong and the middle position checked to Lindgren who opened for 2,000; Cheong called, but the middle position player check-raised to 11,000 total.
, 
. And with that, another one bites the dust.
David "Bakes" Baker checked, the player in the big blind bet 2,200 and Phil Galfond in the cutoff called. Bakes however may have been stronger than he let on at first and he check-raised the pot to about 10,000. Both players folded and he took down the pot. Galfond is down to around 15,000 but after that nice little check-raise, Bakes is up to around 25,000
flop, as well as the 
turn. When the 
peeled off on the river, Devilfish bet a modest 1,500 and his opponent made the call.
, the player in the big blind, Matt Jarvis and the player on the button all checked around before the dealer produced the turn of the 
.
. There was already 12,000 in the pot when Moorman checked to his opponent, who fired out 7,000. Moorman called, and the river came the 
. Moorman checked again, and his opponent fired out 12,000, which represented about half his stack. He tanked for a couple minutes before folding, leaving about 26,000 in his stack.
. The small blind led out for 2,000, which got everyone but Dwan to fold.
river, allowing Dwan to bet 10,400. The small blind didn't take long to release his hand.