Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier (born 12 November 1986) is a professional American poker player from Davie, Florida. He won two bracelets in the World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) and one of the European Poker Tour ( ETP ). The sum of the prize money, the Mercier previously was able to gamble in live tournaments, is more than 9.9 million U.S. dollars.

Mercier is a member of the PokerStars Pro team. The Bluff Magazine voted him the best player of 2009., The sports channel ESPN and the Global Poker Index classified the Americans in their respective rankings at No. 1 a.

European Poker Tour

In 2008, Mercier twice reached the final table of the EPT tournaments. In April, he won the Main Event of the EPT tournament in San Remo, and she received a prize money of 869,000 euros. In 2009 he reached # 6 of the EPT Main Event of Barcelona, ​​an achievement which earned him 227,800 euros; Winner was Sebastian Ruthenberg. In October 2008, Mercier won the High Roller event at EPT London and ran for a 516,000 British pounds.

World Series of Poker

In the World Series of Poker Mercier won two gold bracelets, reached nine final tables and came 31 times the money. In the WSOP series of the year 2009, he won in Las Vegas, the $ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event and received 237 462 U.S. dollars. In 2011, he won his second WSOP bracelet, this time in the $ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed event. This success, again in Las Vegas, earned him a 619 575 U.S. dollars.

Mercier twice reached the final table at the World Series of Poker Europe. In 2009, he was fourth in London and received a prize of 267 267 pounds sterling, in 2012 he landed at Cannes in 8th place and was rewarded with 84 672 euros.

North American Poker Tour

2010 Mercier won at the North American Poker Tour in Uncasville, the $ 25.000 No Limit Hold'em Bounty Shootout, the prize money amounted to 475,000 U.S. dollars. A year later he repeated this success in the $ 10,000 High Roller, which earned him 246 600 U.S. dollars at the same place.

World Championship of Online Poker

In September 2010, Mercier won his first bracelet and 435,862.07 U.S. dollars at the World Championship of Online Poker ( WCOOP ). Two years later, he won his second bracelet this online events in the High Roller 8-Game, a victory that was rewarded with 253 425 U.S. dollars.