by Brad Willis and Change100 Jason Mercier is a winner. If that seems too obvious a statement, we only point it out because it happens so often, we're afraid we're caught in a recurring dream sequence in which Mercier stands there with a trophy and a big smile on his face. It's not a bad dream, but we probably shouldn't be dreaming about Mercier so much. In the past 24 months, Mercier has won--real, first place, defeated everybody, owned all the chips wins--nine major tournaments. How he does it seems different every time. Dominating wire to wire, coming from behind,
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Jason Mercier, NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout winner
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Jason Mercier notches another win
Main Event
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Selbst slays final table to snag $750,000
Late last night, our plans for the penultimate day, NAPT Mohegan Sun report were left in tatters by the final hand played at the tables. Despite seven hours of competition that were all about the dominance of Vanessa Selbst, Mike Beasley inched into the chip lead going into today's final....more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 5, level 29 live updates (50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante)
5:55pm: Vanessa Selbst wins NAPT Mohegan Sun On the seventh hand of heads up play, Vanessa Selbst came in for a raise to 200,000, Mike Beasley moved all-in with Q♥T♠, and and Selbst snap-called with A♥8♠ The board ran out 3♦6♣K♦7♣8♣. Selbst claimed the NAPT title and $750,000. Mike Beasley...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 5, level 28 live updates (40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante)
4pm: Level over That's the end of level 28; 15 minutes until level 29. 3:55pm: The time is...not now Alistar Melville open-shoved under the gun for 1,425,000. The similarly short-stacked Scott Seiver asked for a count and then said, "We gotta play some time." But not this time. Seiver...more
Bounty Shootout
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Levels 7 & 8 updates (3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante)
Mercier defeats Stein for NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout title Two hands after that last sickening hand, Stein was out. He doubled once to 40,000, and then lost on the next hand when he couldn't make 9♥3♥ beat Mercier's T♠6♣. Jason Mercier's published winnings including bounties,a $25,000 seat in the...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Level 5 & 6 updates (2,000-4,000-500)
7:42pm: Dinner break Players are now on dinner break until 9pm ET. Here are the heads-up chip counts Sam Stein: 426,000 Jason Mercier: 449,000 7:36pm: Stein folds to the four-bet Jason Mercier raised to 10,000 from the button and Sam Stein called from the big blind. All hell broke loose...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Level 3 & 4 updates (1,200-2,400-400)
5:18pm: Level done Players are moving up in blinds. You'll find us HERE now. 5:15pm: And sometimes they have it Our final three players are known for their ruthless aggression and ability to run without the ball, but sometimes they actually have a hand. Samm Stein came in for a...more
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