On Monday, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier final tabled World Championship Of Online Poker Event #24, a $700 buy-in NLHE tournament that saw 3,491 entries. After several hours of play on the final table and "chosewinner" had been eliminated in 5th place, Mercier and the other three players paused the clock to look at a potential deal. The chip counts were:
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Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 2688
Well it is a skill to be able to get a deal for more than your value, if he knew he wont be able to make it, he will prefer to take a guarantee profit rather than wait and bust.
Or he might be staked, so a good deal is better than less money. Anyway deals are part of poker, deal with it!!
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
Another big payday for Jason Mercier, this guy must be in the top 10 all round poker players in the world. He excels at the 2 most lucrative games out there, i.e. PLO and NLH. Another great young player
