Hands 13-18: Drinan Loses Some to Quoss and Mercier

Hand #13: Fabian Quoss received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #14: Jason Mercier made it 40,000 with from first position. Drinan in the big blind called with .

The flop came and Drinan check called a bet of 37,000 with his inside straight draw and over card. The hit the turn giving both players a flush draw. Drinan checked again, and folded to Mercier's 101,000 bet into the 176,000 pot.

Hand #15: Fabian Quoss raised to 45,000 from first position and Jason Mercier called from the big blind. The flop came and Mercier checked. Quoss bet 50,000 with and Mercier folded his .

Hand #16: Drinan raised his button to 40,000 with and Quoss in the big blind made the call with . The flop came and Quoss and Drinan both checked. The hit the turn and another two checks later the hit the river. Quoss checked and Drinan bet 75,000 into the 102,000 pot. Quoss had the best hand, but there were many over cards and a big bet in front of him. He did call however, and beat out Drinan's queen-deuce.

Hand #17: Jason Mercier on the button raised to 40,000 with and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #18: Mercier went for two in a row and made it 40,000 with from first position. Drinan called from the big blind with and the flop came . Both players checked and the hit the turn. Drinan, with his open ended straight draw, bet 60,000 into the 102,000 pot. Mercier made the call and the completed the board. Drinan made a bet of 155,000 into the 222,000 pot and Mercier shoved all in. Drinan folded just about instantly.