Mercier Takes a Huge Hit
Konstantin Uspenskiy raised from early position and Jason Mercier decided to defend his big bling. The flop rained down
and Mercier made a very small check-raise and Uspenskiy called. The turn was the
and both players checked before we saw the action card of
. Mercier bet 34,000 and Uspenskiy moved all-in for 136,000. Mercier took his time before eventually making the call and mucked his hand when he saw the nuts in the hand of Uspenskiy.
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Mercier was down to 75000 but Uspenskiy, who has played fantastic all day, now has second place.
