Juanda raised to 49,000 and this time Michael Watson announced all in for 348,000. Juanda looked very serious. Watson stared at the felt and slid his cards around the table behind the all-in stack in front of him. Juanda started working out how much he would have left if he called -- it would be around 340,000.
Eventually he folded, and showed a rather lacklustre .
With just 164,000, Michael Watson was in desperate need of a double-through and eagerly searching for spots to push. That moment came on the button, where he slid his entire stack over the line with . Taking the blinds uncontested would have been a fine result, but a stubborn Jason Mercier had other ideas and made the call with from the small blind.
The flop was a cracking turn-out for Watson who had his man drawing to just two outs. A turn and river was too little too late for the San Remo EPT champion and Sherlock Holmes' sidekick doubled through.
To a commentary from Daniel Negreanu explaining why one shouldn't raise from the small blind, Jason Mercier raised from the small blind. Juanda in the big blind called him and they saw a flop, which they both checked.
Mercier bet out 65,000 on the turn and Juanda called, but both players checked the river. Mercier turned over for top pair, and Juanda mucked.
Jetten button-raised to 42,000, only for Jason Mercier to move all in from the big blind for his 400,000+, covering Jetten. With barely a pause for thought, Jetten called. Nothing premium for either, but it's a race.
Mercier:
Jetten:
Board: an incredibly exciting
Thus Peter Jetten, our chip leader going into the final table, is Jetten into the waiting arms of Kara Scott and the EPT Live camera crew, and we continue three-handed.
John Juanda is attacking opponents like Chris Ferguson attacks a carrot. Seated on the button, Juanda made a small all-in raise to the tune of 771,000, thus putting Peter Jetten and Michael Watson to the test for their tournament lives. Both players conceded their hands.
Peter Jetten raises to 52,000 only for Jason Mercier to make it 140,000 from the small blind. Jetten asks for a count on Mercier -- he has 201,000 behind -- but passes. Mercier up to 417,000.