Jason Mericer has just helped himself to another pot and is looking comfortable, despite having to share a table with Phil Ivey.
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Seat 3: / /
Seat 4 brought in, Mercier completed and the gentleman in Seat 3 called. Seat 4 folded and it was a heads-up contested pot. Mericer lead fourth and was called, but then check-called a bet on fifth. Seat 3 lead on sixth and Mercier called. Seat 3 led on seventh, only to see Mericer raise. Seat 3 sat riffling chips for 25-40 seconds before sending his cards into the muck.
Catching the action on fifth street, we found Nick Schulman all in against Jason Mercier and a third player. Both active players checked sixth before Mercier's bet on seventh was called.
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Mercier: / /
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Mercier tabled his / in the hole for a straight and a low and after both players mucked, he collected the pot to move to 11,500 as Schulman headed to the rail.
Phil Ivey won the second of his nine World Series of Poker bracelets in the $2,500 Seven card Stud Hi/Low event in 2002 and he is giving himself a great chance of claiming a second in this discipline by continuing to climb up the chip counts.
Phil Ivey: /
Seat 1: / (folded sixth)
We joined the action on fifth street where Ivey took up the betting and his opponent quickly called. Ivey then fired again on sixth with four to the low and three to the flush on show. His opponent took a peek of his hole cards and folded.
We've seen loads of new champions crowned again this week, mostly from the 2013 World Series of Poker. Sarah Grant and Lynn Gilmartin have this week's highlights, direct from the Rio.
Former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Hachem rarely needs an excuse to bet, so when the player in Seat 1 on his table check-called fourth then checked again on fifth, it was no surprise that Hachem fired another barrel.
Hachem’s bet on Fifth Street was enough to get the job done.
George Danzer will not be adding a third 2013 WSOP cash to his impressive record of results today as he has been eliminated from the tournament.
German pro Danzer has an excellent record in non-Hold'em events, including a second place finish in last year's $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Low event.
We arrived at the table to find Jason Mercier bet with his two deuces showing on fourth, and getting called by Nick Schulman and another player.
Mercier bet again on fifth. Schulman called and their opponent raised, before he was called twice.
Sixth saw the third party pair his jack, as he put in a bet. Both Mercier and Schulman called.
On seventh, after facing a check, Mercier put in a quick bet as Schulman folded, before receiving a call, moments later. He confidently spread out the three-fours that were hidden below, as he scooped in the big pot.
A raising war broke out on third street that resulted in both Kevin MacPhee and Seat 1 being all in and at risk of elimination.
By the time all the cards were out on the felt, Seat 1 had made a pair of tens, MacPhee held an 8-7-6-5-2 low and Kirk Morrison had improved to two pair, kings and sixes (although he joked that he had made three pairs). Seat 1 was sent to the rail and the rest of the pot split up.
The prizepool of Event 39 has officially been released with the 558-player field forming a $753,300 prizepool with the top 56 players earning a guaranteed $2,809 in prizemoney. Here are the final table payouts:
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in the hole for a straight and a low and after both players mucked, he collected the pot to move to 11,500 as Schulman headed to the rail.
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