Jason Mercier Wins WCOOP Event #42

Jason Mercier blew through a high profile final table at the 42^nd event in the World Championship of Online Poker, adding a WCOOP title to his ever growing resume of tournament victories. Mercier won $435,862 for taking first place in the $1,050 buy-in event.

Event #42 was a two-day no limit hold’em event, featuring a guaranteed prize pool of $3 million. This drew a huge field of 3,122 players, but that didn’t stop several big names from making the final table. Along with Mercier, Chad Brown and Dani Stern were also among those there at the end.

However, Brown and Stern were quickly eliminated in 9^th and 8^th places respectively, and things didn’t look great for Mercier either, as he was now the short stack. However, Mercier was able to build chips by winning two coin flips. He then got the bit of luck every winner needs, doubling through chip leader loooser17’s pocket aces with queens by spiking a queen on the flop.

Originally, the first place prize was scheduled to be $491,715. However, the final three players – Mercier, loooser17 and osten – made a deal to chop most of the money reserved for the top three spots, saving only $15,000 extra for 2^nd, and $60,000 (and the WCOOP bracelet) for first. In the end, looser17 finished 3^rd, and it was osten who lost the heads up confrontation with Mercier.

For Mercier, this victory is another feather in an increasingly crowded cap. The young pro has already won on the European Poker Tour, the North American Poker Tour, and has a World Series of Poker bracelet to his name. The Florida native has nearly $5 million in live tournament cashes, along with his considerable success in online play.

The World Championship of Online Poker, hosted by PokerStars, is nearly complete, with the final events beginning play on September 26^th. The final event, the No Limit Hold’em Main Event, is a two-day affair featuring a $5,200 buy-in and $10,000,000 in prize money guaranteed.

Here are the payouts for the final table in event #42:

1^st: Jason Mercier - $435,862

2^nd: osten - $317,435

3^rd: loooser17 - $367,500

4^th: DHUSTLER15 - $179,515

5^th: APerfectgent - $135,807

6^th: Team Wispy - $104,587

7^th: bastet2004 - $73,367

8^th: Dani Stern - $42,209

9^th: Chad Brown - $26,537