Jason Mercier's title defense is off to a great start. He has approximately 17,000 chips after taking down a three-handed pot. Mercier started the action by raising to 400 from under the gun. His callers were the cutoff and the button. The button was chased off of the flop of by a bet of 825 from Mercier, but the cutoff called to the turn. He tanked for more than a minute when Mercier bet 1,800 after the fell, but ultimately mucked his hand.
17,000 chips doesn't put Mercier in the chip lead, but it's a good start to his tournament.