Kleijnen the Early Leader; Mercier Crushed

donpeters

From middle position, Bryn kenney raised to 800. Ton Kleijnen reraised from the button to 2,100. Action then folded over to Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. He four-bet to 5,725. Kenney folded, but Kleijnen called.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds}

. Mercier slowed down with a check. Kleijnen fired 10,000 with two blue T5,000 chips. Mercier met him with a call.

The turn card was the {6-Diamonds}

and Mercier checked again. Kleijnen moved all in for 33,475. This sent Mercier into the tank for a couple of minutes. He wound up making the call, tabling {A-Diamonds}