Jason Mercier

Infobox poker player
firstname=Jason
lastname=Mercier
nickname=treysfull21

Jason Mercier is a American professional poker player from Fort Lauderdale, Florida who was the winner at the European Poker Tour (EPT) €4,700 EPT San Remo Main Event and the EPT £1 Million Showdown. cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=101746 |title=Jason Mercier - Results |accessdate=2008-10-07 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ] cite web|url=http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/110422/jason-mercier.htm |title=Jason Mercier - profile |accessdate=2008-10-07 |publisher=pokerpages.com ] cite web|url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/10/ept-london-high-rollers-day-2-jason-mercier-tops-juanda.htm |title=PokerStars.net EPT London £1 Million Showdown Day 2: Mercier Prevents Juanda London Double |accessdate=2008-10-07 |last=Hartness |first=John |date=2008-10-06 |publisher=PokerNews.com ]

Poker

European Poker Tour

In 2008 Mercier has made two final tables at the European Poker Tour, his first was at the EPT 4 San Remo in season 4 where he won the event earning €869,000 ($1,372,893) with a final table that included online professional poker players, and Team PokerStars Pro's Dario Minieri(3rd) and William Thorson (6th), then in the following season he made his second EPT final table coming in 6th in the 2008 EPT 5 Barcelona event in season 5, earning €227,800 ($324,946) that was won by Sebastian Ruthenberg.

In October 2008, He won the EPT London £20,000 High Roller Event better known as the "2008 £1 Million Showdown", a non-title event that earned Mercier an additional £516,000 ($944,847) in a final table that included the runner-up John Juanda who at the time (less then a week earlier) had just recently won the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event also at the final table were online pros Mike "SirWatts" Watson and Issac Haxton as well notable professionals Scotty Nguyen, David Benyamine and Isabelle Mercier.

World Series of Poker

Mercier has cashed four times at the WSOP, most notably making the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event, earning £26,812 ($48,763) for 8th place.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000.cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=101746|title=Jason Mercier - Stats|publisher=The Hendon Mob|author=Butt, Robert|accessdate=2008-10-06]

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External links

* [http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player-interviews/ept/season5/london-high-roller-the-jason-mercier-interview PokerListings.com interview]
* [http://www.poker-king.com/poker-king-articles.php?article=413 Poker-King.com - Jason "treysfull21" Mercier Takes Down EPT San Remo]
* [http://www.bluffeurope.com/poker-news/en/Jason-Mercier-Wins-the-PokerStars-com-EPT-High-Rollers-Event_3495.aspx BLUFF Europe - Jason Mercier Wins the PokerStars.com EPT High Rollers Event]