WSOP Review: Magnificent Mercier Wins Two in a Week

Lee Davy brings you a round-up of all the main action at the 47th Annual World Series of Poker including a second bracelet for Jason Mercier in a week.

Jason Mercier has won his second bracelet of the week in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship, his fifth of his career, and he did so after suffering the crushing blow of losing heads-up to Ray Dehkharghni in the $10,000 Seven-Card Razz.

It’s quite a remarkable achievement for a man who wrote in his PokerStars blog that he just wanted to go to bed after being denied the opportunity to become the first player to win back-to-back $10,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Championship events.

The victory also nets Mercier an undisclosed and sizeable chunk of change from side action. We already know that Fedor Holz lost $200,000 to Mercier after he won his first bracelet, and Mercier himself said there was more money coming his way if he was to win two.