Hearty Competition from Negreanu for Mercier
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; Negreanu checks to Mercier...who bets 64k. Out comes a raise sharpish from Negreanu, 110k - enough to see off the most aggressive player of the final so far, from this pot at least.Nevertheless, next hand he's at it again, raising preflop to 64k and picking up some chunky 12k/24k blinds, replastering the small crack made in his stack by Kid Poker...