Jason Mercier Earns Third World Series of Poker Bracelet

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Going into the $5,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em event, Jason Mercier was looking for a summer saving score. Poker had not treated Mercier well the first few weeks of the summer series, having only recorded one small cash while racking up heavy losses in the cash games. To make matter worse, Mercier was forced to pay out a hefty sum to Brian Hastings as part of a bracelet bet last week when Hastings won the $10,000 stud event.

Mercier had dug himself into a huge hole, but fortunately for him, he came out on top of the 550-player field and picked up not only the lion’s share of the $2,585,000 prize pool, but also his third world series of poker bracelet.

“It feels great,” Mercier admitted. “I was really down on myself. I was getting beat up in cash, busting every tournament. This is the first tournament I made day 2 of. It feels really good just to go deep, make the final table, and to win is just the cherry on top.”

Mercier banked $633,357 for the victory, and now has $14.3 million in career live tournament earnings. He also earned 1,680 Card Player Player of the Year points and when combined with his three other final table appearances this year, he now has a total of 2,270 points, putting him in 10th place overall. Mercier still sits in 12th place on the all-time tournament earnings rankings.
This was the 28-year-old Floridian’s first hold’em bracelet. His previous two bracelets came in pot-limit Omaha.

In order to secure the win, Mercier topped a stacked final table that included fellow bracelet winners Mike Gorodinsky (3rd) and Igor Dubinskyy (5th), as well as top international pros Simon Deadman (2nd), Dario Sammartino (4th) and James Obst (6th). Other notables who made deep runs included Nacho Barbero (7th), Jorryt Van Hoof (9th), Tuan Le (12th) and Jennifer Tilly (14th).
 

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Wow,Jason run like a god this year.GG for him.
 
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I thought he was running bad until this wsop win this year
 
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Nice.....12th all time money list....
 
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He had a great SCOOP as well. must be nice!
 
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Sick player, huge score...

He is known to back like all of his friends and has been burned a lot on it. I hope he locks up some of this money for his future as tournament poker is showing signs of shrinking and I dunno how realistic it is for him to simply jump in cash games and think he can crush at the highest or even near the highest levels.

He is one of the most successful donkament players post boom for sure. Probably the symbol to me of the young, daring MTT pro post boom.

Crazy to think he is only 28.
 
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He is a natural at Poker great job for Jason. I can see him being on of the great ones in the future.
 
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Sick player, huge score...

He is known to back like all of his friends and has been burned a lot on it. I hope he locks up some of this money for his future as tournament poker is showing signs of shrinking and I dunno how realistic it is for him to simply jump in cash games and think he can crush at the highest or even near the highest levels.

He is one of the most successful donkament players post boom for sure. Probably the symbol to me of the young, daring MTT pro post boom.

Crazy to think he is only 28.

You got to admit that cash game bluff shove he did against Ivey was pretty cool, unfortunately Ivey didn't believe it LOL.
 
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Congrats to Jason Mercier! He was definitely a player who I expected to do well this year and after some online success prior to the WSOP he is probably a name we will see more of this year.
 
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He's deep in the Players Championship too. Could be a great Series for him
 
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Congrats to Jason! I like his playing style.
 
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You got to admit that cash game bluff shove he did against Ivey was pretty cool, unfortunately Ivey didn't believe it LOL.

Not the guy you want to run a huge play against....
 
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Running great so far this year at the series. I see him running deep in the main event this year!
 
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Jason is running hot this season! I think he could be the next big thing in poker.
 
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Jason is running hot this season! I think he could be the next big thing in poker.

He's already there. He's one of the more successful players out there, though as he's even said, he was struggling for much of the WSOP until this score. There's no denying his talent, and combine it with a little run good here and there, it equals success.
 
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Omg he is such a hugh poker player hope someday i'll get to meet him and learn some tips from him
 
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Great result. Jason do good job this year. His game is real cool!
 
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This guy is destroying!!!! Playing in a very hard level, congratulations, he deserved.
 
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