18 Jun
Another day, another bracelet’ read the mocked up t-shirt Jason Mercier was wearing on a mocked-up magazine cover, but it’s just become real as the unstoppable poker machine took down his second event of the WSOP last night. In doing so, he pocketed not only the $422,874 first prize, but also moved one huge step closer to the $1.8million payday from his well-publicised prop bet with Vanessa Selbst.
tweeted Mercier, highlighting his 5th bracelet overall and the massive amount of cash he has just taken down in other side-bets, aside from the well-documented Selbst one.
Mercier has been on a real heater this series, opening his account by taking down the 2-7 No Limit Draw Championship a week ago, followed by a deep run in the 7-card Razz championship event –a run which prompted Vanessa Selbst to attempt a $100K buy-out of her bet. Mercier refused the offer, and a massive furore erupted online. Selbst claimed she was drunk when making the offer and tried to get out of it as early as the day after. Mercier was having none of it however, and said the bet would stand, obviously believing his odds were better than the 180-1 offer from Selbst.
Losing out heads-up to Ray Dehkharghani in the Razz finale, it seemed that Mercier had perhaps blown his chances and a lot of money besides. However, yesterday he entered the final table of the $10K H.O.R.S.E. as chip leader and, despite finding himself short-stacked at points, he eventually broke down the resistance of Aussie James Obst during heads-up play to land his 2nd bracelet. “Move over Phil Ivey. Sicko!” tweeted Remko Rinkema after Mercier’s unbelievable win, two 1st places and a 2nd with many events still to go being an incredible feat which very few have managed at a single WSOP.
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