Long Name, Big Pot

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First to act under the gun, online qualifier Max Serebrinskiy came in raising to 550. A player in middle position reraised up to 1,450, and action passed around to Jason Mercier in the big blind. He made the call, and now the decision was back to Max.

As he was about to act, one of his friends came over to the table and Max asked, "Did you bust?... I'm about to." Just after saying that, he moved all in for a total of 5,600. The original reraiser folded, but Mercier quickly called. With the betting action complete, and a pot of more than 12,000 chips up for grabs, the hands were turned over:

Mercier: {Q-Diamonds}