Mercier No Longer Peaking
Two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jason Mercier had just tweeted about how he was peaking in this event with his chip stack up to 700,000. Well, thanks to Tobias Reinkemeier, he is no longer peaking. In fact, Reinkemeier knocked him all the way back down to under the starting stack amount.
From under the gun, Mercier opened with a raise to 20,000. A couple seats over, Reinkemeier reraised to 41,000, and action folded back around the table to Mercier. Mercier made the call to see the dealer roll out the 
on the flop. Following a check from Mercier, Reinkemeier fired a bet of 40,000. Mercier wasted little time in making the call to see the turn.
Fourth street was the 
, and Mercier checked again. Reinkemeier stayed on the gas and put more pressure on his opponent with a bet of 107,000. Mercier made the call.
Then, the dealer completed the board with the 
. Mercier checked, and Reinkemeier sat motionless for a few brief moments before asking Mercier how much he was playing. Mercier responded nonverbally by moving his hands out of the way so Reinkemeier could see his stack. Then, Reinkemeier double-fisted two tall towers of chips for a bet of 225,000. Mercier tanked, and eventually confirmed the bet amount before making the call.
Reinkemeier turned up the 
after Mercier called, and Mercier mucked his hand unable to produce better. Reinkemeier collected the pot and moved to over 1 million in chips. Mercier dropped back to 280,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,070,000 | 290,000 |
|
280,000 | -70,000 |
and was well out in front of Brandon Steven's 
. According to 
flop made Behbehani a 77.68% favorite and left Steven, whose percentage dropped to 19.70%, in need of either a five or running cards. The 
turn was one of the cards Steven needed and his flush draw brought his chances up to 27.27%. That meant 72.73% of the time Behbehani would survive, but this was not one of those times as the 
spiked on the river to give Steven the flush.
. Lamb led out for 35,000, Lee called, and Katchalov raised to 110,000. Lamb folded, and Lee went into the tank. After over two minutes, Faltinsky called the clock.
completed the board. Both players checked, Lee showed 
for a set of sevens.
. Dan Perper was in middle position and contemplating a big bet of 275,000 from Dee Tiller on the button.
for a missed flush. "I couldn't leave my soldiers out there to die."
, and both players checked to see the 
, Martin Finger raised to 80,000, and Lee called.
completed the board. Lee led out for 95,000, and Finger tanked for a bit before folding.
