Mercier Loses Million-Chip Pot
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Level 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Mercier's stack has suffered the first big dent to his stack after a battle in the blinds with Vladimir Troyanovsky.
The latter raised to 100,000 from the small blind and Mercier peeled to see a 
flop. Troyanovsky led for 100,000 and the Team PokerStars called to the 
turn where his oppoenent checked to him. He took the invitation to bet by sliding 270,000 forward. Call.
Both players checked the 
river and Troyanovsky's 
bettered Mercier's 
. He dropped to around 3.3 million whereas the Russian is up to 2.2 million.