Wow Mercier!
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4/8/2008 12:34:58 PM
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The best way to kick off your live tournament career… is to win one. And Jason Mercier can now say that he is one of the few players, who started his live tournament “career” with a tremendous bang.
Mercier entered the San Remo EPT event (season 4) a complete tournament novice and emerged the winner after outplaying an array of skilled and experienced players, including our very own Ray Rahme. He will be heading home to the US, with his million dollar prize pot and an EPT title.
The final table kicked of with the chip stacks looking as follows:
Dario Minieri (Italy) 1,832,000
Jason Mercier (USA) 1,591,000
Anthony Lellouche (France) 1,192,000
Gregory Genovese (Italy) 694,000
Dag Palovic (Slovakia) 585,000
Eric Koskas (France) 449,000
William Thorson (Sweden) 418,000
Marcus Bower (USA) 278,000
The final table saw some of the quickest action in the tournament’s history, the play lasting just under three hours. This is how the final action went down: Dario started the pot with a 90k raise, and his fellow countryman Genovese moved all in. Nobody expected Mercier to then go all-in as well. Dario did the same but took no further part in the hand when, on the 7-A-5 flop Jason bet out again. Jason had an A-3 for a pair against the T-9 of Gregory, naturally busting Gregory Genovese.
1st Jason Mercier USA €869,000 ($1.36m)
2nd Antony Lellouche France €505,000 ($793k)
3rd Dario Minieri Italy €287,600 ($452k)
4th Erci Koskas France €223,600 ($702k)
5th Gregory Genovese Italy €188,500 ($296k)
6th William Thorson Sweden €140,600 ($221k)
7th Dag Palovic Slovakia €111,800 ($176k)
8th Marcus Bower USA €76,600 ($120k)
Ironically Mercier, a math teacher, was on the verge of backing out of the tournament, because his friends that were supposed to join him, dropped out. Good thing you didn’t follow your friends’ suit then, Mercier… You do the math!
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Ray Rahme performs at EPT San Remo
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4/3/2008 9:36:19 AM
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Alongside other poker professionals, an array of top online poker players from around the world, including Ray Rahme, gathered to battle it out live for the crown of the EPT, San Remo. This major event, is the last leg of the EPT, before the Grand Final, which is set to take place from 12-17 April 2008- in Monte Carlo.
Our own Ray, outplayed a strong field of 337 of the toughest players that kicked off day 1a, and remained one of the 144 whom will progress to the Main Event, which starts today.
Ray got off to a slow start, with a chip stack that went up and down repeatedly. However, just after the break, Ray clawed back in style, and made a full recovery.
Luca Pagano placed a bet of 1,700, which was re-raised by Raymond by over 3k. An A-4-9 flopped and another 5k came from Raymond, forcing Luca to fold.
On the next hand Raymond made it 4,500 from the button, and got a caller. The flop of 2-Q-J saw Raymond go straight to his chips, thumping all his blues over the line (about 10k) and leaving his opponent no choice but to muck!
Ray will continue to compete against the survivors of Event 1b, which includes the likes of top poker pro Daniel Negreanu, when the EPT Main Event kicks off today. The 3 Piggs Poker Team would like to wish Ray the best of luck, and as for the rest of you, keep your eye on this spot, to see how Ray fares.
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