Mercier's Day Done Early
Tan Xiang raised to 1,600 from early position before action folded around to Jason Mercier in the big blind. He three-bet to 4,350. Xiang made the call and the two of them saw the flop come down 
.
Mercier fired out 6,150. Xiang moved all in and Mercier said, "All right, I call," before tabling the 
. Xiang had flopped a flush with the 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Neither were the help that Mercier needed and he was crushed all the way down to just 700 chips.
On the next hand, action folded to the player on the button and he limped in for 600. Mercier completed from the small blind and left himself with one T25 chip. The big blind checked to see the 
flop. All three players checked and the turn brought the 
. Mercier tossed in his last 25, the big blind called and then the button moved all in about about 5,000. The button's shove knocked out the big blind from the hand and the cards were revealed. Both Mercier and the button held 
. The river completed the board with the 
to put a straight on the board and Mercier moved back up to a little over 1,000.
On the next hand, Mercier was all in with the 
against the 
for Keith Hawkins. The board ran out 
and that was the end of the line for Mercier.