Mercier was quickly becoming regarded as one of the best tournament poker players in the world and this win will help support that argument. In under 4 years Mercier has taken down an EPT, an NAPT high roller event, a $25k bounty shootout, a £20k high roller event in the UK, the EPT Champion of Champions event and a host of smaller wins and deep finishes for a total of $6.3m.
That's an absolutely phenomenal run from a player who is just 24 years old. His place on the all time money list is starting to approach, and in some cases has surpassed some of the well known tournament grinders who have been playing for the last 20 years.
That's not all - Mercier is also a force to be feared in online cash games, as well as in the high stakes live games including TV shows like High Stakes Poker. He also took down an event in the 2010 WCOOP on PokerStars.
And we're still not done - Mercier is also an active backer and was featured in an ESPN article on poker staking. He's had a good WSOP so far as he was backing Allen Bari in event 4, which he took down for $874k
Mercier is certainly one to look out for in the rest of the WSOP and beyond. A real presence in cash games both live an online, staking and the tournament circit mean that we can expect to see much more from him in the future.
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