Kevin Allen's quest to win a World Series of Poker bracelet will have to wait until the WSOP-APAC in October because he's busted out of the Main Event.
From middle position, Martin Jacobson raised to 700. The player in the hijack seat called, then action folded to the player in the small blind. He reraised all in for 5,450, Jacobson called, and the other player folded.
Jacobson had the and was dominated by the all-in player's . Despite the domination, Jacobson came from behind to win on the board.
On the next hand, Jacobson opened to 700, and the player in the big blind called to see the flop come down . After the first player checked, Jacobson bet 900. His opponent called.
The turn was the , and action checked to Jacobson again. He bet 1,800, and his opponent check-raised to 5,400. Jacobson folded.
Jason Mercier has just been knocked out of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. Mercier's summer was filled with big swings as he busted right before the money in the $50,000 Players' Championship and on Day 1 of the Big One for One Drop.
There were also highlights as Mercier cashed in three WSOP events, including a third place finish in the $10,000 2-7 no-limit single draw for $99,313 and second in the Bellagio 100k for $1.6 million.
Just now Mercier hit the rail and we asked the players at his former table what had happened. The player under the gun, Alex Simic, raised to 750 and Mercier three-bet to 1,925. The action folded back to Simic, who called.
The flop came down and Simic led out, Mercier raised and Simic called. On the turn a blank hit and Simic put Mercier, who started the hand with around 22,000 chips, all in. Mercier called all in with and he was up against .
The river brought no help and Mercier was knocked out before the dinner break.
Over on the feature table as Eric Worre continued to amass chips, high stakes player Bill Perkins found a double when he was all in with against on a flop. Perkins spiked the on the turn and doubled through with quads back to nearly starting stack.
Bruno Fitoussi, Sean Jazayeri and Alberto Sapiano would all hit the rail, while Steven Gee's run at making three consecutive deep Main Event runs would come to an end when his couldn't outdraw his opponent's . After Gee took 9th in 2012, he backed it up with a 24th place in 2013, but unfortunately it ends there as Gee's performance in those years rivals Dan Harrington and Grey Raymer's performances back in the early 2000's.
However the story of the level would be Nick DiVella's rise to the top of the leaderboard as the first player to reach the six-figure club. Earlier in the day DiVella took a sizeable pot off Mike Matusow to move to roughly 42,000 before slowly building up to around the 60,000-chip mark. Then with a bet on the river holding a set, DiVella scooped a pot to send him to 100,225 before ending the level with 93,900. However it would be Jon Broderick who won - as quoted by his tabled - "won 40 or 50 pots" to end the level with 140,075 in chips.
The floor was called to make a ruling and it was explained as follows: Players A raised to 800 and got a call from Player B. When everyone else folded the dealer pushed the pot to player A and he released his hand into the muck. Player B still has his cards.
The exact two cards were irretrievable but player A said he could whisper his hand to the floor. The floor got on his radio and referred the matter up. When the next tournament official arrived it was explained again. He got on his walkie-talkie and referred it up again.
The final ruling was that player A’s hand was dead but that he would receive his 800 bet back. The blinds and antes went to Player B.
, and the German fired out 2,800. Both players called.
, the action checked to Altergott again, and he bet 7,300. Lhommeau folded, the second player called, and the 
completed the board.
for a straight.
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. Despite the domination, Jacobson came from behind to win on the 
board.
and Simic led out, Mercier raised and Simic called. On the turn a blank hit and Simic put Mercier, who started the hand with around 22,000 chips, all in. Mercier called all in with 
spiked against Ezzie's 
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flop. 
