by Brad Willis and Change100 Jason Mercier is a winner. If that seems too obvious a statement, we only point it out because it happens so often, we're afraid we're caught in a recurring dream sequence in which Mercier stands there with a trophy and a big smile on his face. It's not a bad dream, but we probably shouldn't be dreaming about Mercier so much. In the past 24 months, Mercier has won--real, first place, defeated everybody, owned all the chips wins--nine major tournaments. How he does it seems different every time. Dominating wire to wire, coming from behind,
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NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 2, level 11 updates (800-1,600-200)
4:26pm: Kessler's end, level's end Our third level of the day has ended with the always tenacious Allen Kessler busting. Players are now on a short break. 4.25pm: Phil, Tiger, Tiger, Phil Phil "Tiger Woods" Ivey is still feasting his eyes on Tiger "Phil Ivey" Woods playing at Augusta. (There's...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 2, level 10 updates
2.50pm: Level over That's that. Two levels done, 10 in total. We're going into level 11. 2:46pm: Front row seat Looks like I'm in the front row! The Eric Levesque Show has been moved to the one-seat of the table directly next to Blogger Central. He announced his presence with...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 2, level 9 updates
1.25pm: Level over That's the end of that. We're now going into level 10. 1:20pm: Ruh-roh, Rory LAPT Mexico champion Rory Cox has left the building after his opponent called his all-in with A-2 and turned a wheel. 1:19pm: Canuck-on-Canuck violence Canadian qualifier Joshua Biedak open-shoved for his last 6,800...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: David Williams leads Day 1
"It's possible to get really lost in here," said a member of our team today. That was a wide-eyed way to say Mohegan Sun is gigantic. It's like a small city. Inside, you can see the stars on the ceiling, a giant waterfall against a back wall, and enough...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 1, levels 7 and 8 updates (400-800, 100 ante)
9.15pm: Pre-wrap mini-wrap That's your lot, and these are the big stacks at the end of the day: David Williams 230,900 Vanessa Selbst 214,700 Lars Bonding 177,100 A full wrap is on its way. Go nowhere. Or go somewhere and then come back. But do come back. 9:10pm: Cada,...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 1, levels 5 & 6 updates (200-400-50)
6:36pm: Break Players are now on their final break of the night. They will come back and play two more levels before breaking for the night. 6:28pm: Eric Levesque, part deux Montreal's Eric Levesque can't stop smiling. His tablemates are still laughing. All but one anyway. He came in...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 1, levels 3 & 4 updates (150-300)
4:05pm: And the final number is... The NAPT Mohegan Sun census has finished and the final number of players is...716. Now, to work our way down to one. 3.45pm: Holy grail The Holy Grail of poker reporting has been located: a full player list, with seat numbers and everything....more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Day 1, levels 1 & 2 updates (75-150)
2:03pm: break time Players are now on a 15 minute break. 1:50 pm: Well, we don't need Babelfish for that one "Horrorstart, kan ingenting 17.000. Lockdown nu," twittered Lars Bonding (aka @1623poker), who is seated at a tough table alongside Shaun Deeb and Gavin Smith. 1:45pm: The "Big Game"...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun: Stars gather under the Sun
by Howard Swains Don't get me wrong, I like a blog post about bucolic towns, pastoral prints and Mystic Pizza as much as the next guy, but that was yesterday and this is today. Moments ago in the Convention Center of this mighty complex, the 60-plus dealers received their...more
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