Jason Mercier opened to 6,000 from middle position and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 15,500 from the button. Action folded back to Mercier who four-bet jammed for 56,500. Muehloecker snap-called and they both tabled their hands.
Jason Mercier:
Thomas Muehloecker:
Mercier was at risk and dominated. The board was of no help to him, and he headed to the exit five away from the money.
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is happening now, and later this month the PokerStars Players NLH Hold’em Championship (PSPC) will take place January 30-February 3. One man who will be heading to the Bahamas is 41-year-old Jared “BeamDoctorPoker” Halter, who won a Platinum Pass on PokerStars Michigan.
“I won a PSPC Platinum Pass on Wednesday, November 9,” Halter told PokerNews. “I had just returned from Vegas that morning on a red eye flight and slept for four hours on a friend’s couch before I drove home for two hours. To be honest, I was very fortunate to win because I had a very rough 72 hours. Some things happened in Vegas that caused me to have anxiety attacks for the first time in my life and I ended up only sleeping about five hours total in the previous 48.”
He continued: “I was exhausted and when the MTT started, I said to myself, it will take a miracle for me to win. Funny enough, I mis-clicked two different times early in the tourney and called three-bets with hands like 85o (I did not win those hands). I streamed the tourney, and only single tabled it, because of how tired and ungrounded I felt from the previous time. During the stream, I talked about how exhausted I was and how there was almost zero chance I win. Of course, as we know, the universe had a different plan.”
On the completed board with 30,000 in the pot, Daniel Custodio jammed as the big stack. His opponent was Paulina Loeliger who was in position and had a stack of 40,000 in front of her.
The hand took place as the break was taking place, and Loeliger had been in the tank for several minutes.
She eventually called off her stack with but was eliminated as Custodio had trips with his .
After the hand, Loeliger tried to muck her hand but was stopped by the dealer. She then moved her attention to the pot before exiting the tournament room.
Tinay Aksoy raised to 8,000 from the cutoff before action folded to Pedro Marques who moved all in for 35,000. Aksoy called.
After the hands at other tables concluded, the players turned over their hands.
Pedro Marques:
Tinay Aksoy:
Marques was ahead and at risk as he had the dominant pocket pair. However, there was a ten in the window as the flop came giving Aksoy a full house. Marques was drawing to two outs to survive. They didn't come as the turn came the and the river the to eliminate Marques from the tournament.
Action was heads up with on the board when Joseph Drory checked and Christoph Csik bet 62,000 from the next seat over. Drory responded with a shove for just over 350,000 and Csik called.
Drory turned over for the flush draw, while Csik had for a set of sixes. The river was and Drory was out of the tournament.
The tournament is now down to 128 players and one elimination away from the money.