Loeser Bluffs Mercier?
Level 10
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jason Mercier raised to 34,000 and Manig Loeser called. Mikita Badziakouski also called in the big blind. The flop came 
. Badziakouski checked and Mercier continued for 46,000. Loeser called and Badziakouski folded. The turn was the 
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Mercier bet 108,000 and again Loeser called.
The river was the 
. Mercier checked and Loeser bet 575,000. Mercier folded. "That would have been a sick bluff," he said to Loeser, who sits on over one million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000
172,000
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172,000 |
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920,000
-80,000
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-80,000 |
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landed on the turn and Schwippert checked again. Eiler announced a bet of 225,000 and Schwippert instantly pushed his cards to the middle face down.
and a hefty sum in the middle, David Peters (early position) was in the tank facing a decision for his remaining 400,000-ish against Ryan Riess, who had set him all in from the cutoff.
for nines full of threes, Peters showed a defeated 
, and Riess scored the elimination.
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, no help to Kempe, locking up the pot for Mercier.
flop Isaac Haxton check-called a bet of 45,000 against Sergio Aido. The turn was the 
. Haxton had around 300,000 behind and put out a small bet of 40,000. Aido moved all in and after a short while Haxton called. 
for a straight and Haxton showed 
for two pair and was eliminated.
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and Rast check-called a bet of 22,000 from Kurganov. The turn 
was checked by both players. The river was the 
and Rast bet 95,000. Kurganov called.
for a missed flush draw and Kurganov took down the pot with 
.
. Both players checked and the 
