Just look at Jason Mercier’s last 12 months.
He crushed the 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker and finished second on the overall leaderboard. He won two World Series of Poker bracelets (and nearly a third one). He was the WSOP player of the year. He got engaged. He got married. He learned he was going to be a father.
And now…he’s just won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $25,000 High Roller for $794,000. What’s more, he did it with his mom, dad, and wife at his side.
Jason does it again! Wins the 25k high roller at Seminole Hard Rock for 794k! #GOAT pic.twitter.com/MkB2g5orGa
— Rick Mercier (@RickMercier954) April 6, 2017
This was no easy game. The 116 entries included the world’s best. What’s more, Mercier had to beat Justin Bonomo to bank the top prize.
Here’s what the final table looked like:
Place | Name | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Jason Mercier | USA | $794,600 |
2nd | Justin Bonomo | USA | $556,800 |
3rd | Loni Harwood | USA | $348,000 |
4th | Anonthy Spinella | USA | $240,700 |
5th | Olivier Busquet | USA | $153,700 |
6th | Sam Soverel | USA | $113,100 |
7th | Bryn Kenney | USA | $92,800 |
8th | Ari Engel | Canada | $78,300 |
9th | Jeff Gross | USA | $75,400 |
I mean, really. It doesn’t get much tougher than that.
Oh, and if this sounds familiar, it should. Mercier won this exact same event two years ago. If you didn’t think the kid is comfortable on his home turf, you might now be reconsidering your position.
You can read how the whole final table played out at the SHRPO live blog.
Congrats to Mercier on yet another astonishing accomplishment.
Won it ! 794k and another trophy ! First W of 2017 #OnToTheNextOne #Pillaging
— Jason Mercier (@JasonMercier) April 6, 2017
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