After two days of play and repeated doubles, the champion of San Remo Jason mercier defeated the playing field of 85 strongest competitors and won the high roller tournament of the European Poker Tour.
In addition to Jason, stars such as Phil Ivey paid £ 20,000 each for the tournament. Daniel Negreanu, Guus Hansen and WSOPE Main Event winner John Juanda.
The second day began with the leadership of the Frenchman David Benjamin. This is how the starting positions looked at the beginning of the second day of the game:
David Benyamine - 295,900
Alexander Roumeliotis - 229,400
Jason Mercier - 161,200
Scotty Nguyen - 159,100
Masaaki Kagawa - 159,000
John Juanda - 138.900
Michael Watson - 118,000
Peter Jetten - 105,100
Isabelle Mercier - 99,200
Isaac Haxton - 83,200
Dennis Phillips - 73,200
Ghassan Bitar - 58,700
Andrew Feldman - 33,000
Jani Sointula - 6,500
Jani Sointula, Ghassan Bitar and Dennis Phillips were the first to leave the tournament on the second day.
Isabelle Mercier became the first participant to make it to the prize money - but finished in ninth place. She lost to Michael Watson in AJ vs. AK for £ 51,000.
David Benjamin was unable to maintain his chip lead for long. He bet his entire stack on K
-J
and lost to Michael Watson who held A-A
... Community Cards 8-7-10
-Q-7 Benjamin was left on the table in 8th place (£ 69,000).
In seventh place was Masaaki Kagawa (£ 86,000) who lost Comparison A-Q with A-K.
Isaac Haxton reraises Juanda and puts all-in on 8-8... But Juanda showed a pair of aces, which turned into a set on the flop. For his 6th place, Haxton received 103,000.
Scotty Nguyen was Juanda's next victim. And he put all-in after Juanda's raise. The opponents revealed the following cards: Scotty A-10, Juanda K-9... J-7-6-A-Jwhich meant a suit for Juanda and 5th for Scotty (£ 137,000).
Jason Mercier knocked out with a pair of twos Peter Jetten with his A-J... The following cards were dropped - Q-2-A-A-4and Jetten received £ 189,000 in prize money.
Michael Watson bet all his chips on A-7 and was knocked out of the tournament by Juanda A-K... Third place earned Watson £ 241,000.
By the beginning of the heads-up game, Juanda had a significant chip lead.
John Juanda - 1,185,000
Jason Mercier - 536,000
But the Mercier doubled and doubled. In the final hand Juanda raised preflop and Mercier re-raised all-in. Juanda thought a bit and answered with A-J on hands. Mercier opened his hand to Q-K... T opens on the table-9-J-5-3... Runner-up and £ 327,000 for Juanda, who won the WSOPE Main Event just a few days ago.
Mercier has won another trophy for the European Poker Tour and a whopping £ 516,000 in cash.
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