Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier just raked in an enormous pot and we barely caught the end of it. After things cooled down Mercier explained to us what happened.
There was a raise to 1,200 and three players called including Mercier in the big blind. The flop brought out and the action was checked to the player in position who bet 3,000.
Mercier raised it up to 9,600 and Simon Higgins, the initial raiser, moved all in for 27,100. The player in position made the call and Mercier moved all in over the top. Mercier's opponent had 33,000 chips behind and he made the call for his tournament life.
Mercier:
Higgins:
Opponent:
The board ran out , and Mercier's flopped straight held up. Mercier knocked out two players and he's now chip leader with 180,000 chips.
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The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated January 2, 2014):
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Place
Player
Points
1
Thomas Muhlocker
350.68 pts
2
David Benefield
321.18 pts
3
Ole Schemion
311.62 pts
4
Jeff Rossiter
258.92 pts
5
Joao Barbosa
257.14 pts
6
Kenny Hallaert
253.87 pts
7
Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos
251.08 pts
8
Jonathan Duhamel
243.35 pts
9
Timothy Adams
222.31 pts
10
Frederik Brink Jensen
209.90 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Before the dinner break, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised to 1,200 from the hijack seat. He was called by Keith Lehr on the button and Dario Sammartino out of the big blind. From there, the three players were prompted with a flop and action was checked around to see the come out on the turn. Sammartino led for 2,700, Mercier called, and Lehr folded. The river was the , and Sammartino checked. Mercier bet 5,000, and Sammartino gave it up.
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and the action was checked to the player in position who bet 3,000.
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and Mercier's flopped straight held up. Mercier knocked out two players and he's now chip leader with 180,000 chips.
flop and action was checked around to see the 
come out on the turn. Sammartino led for 2,700, Mercier called, and Lehr folded. The river was the 
, and Sammartino checked. Mercier bet 5,000, and Sammartino gave it up.
