Adam Not First Man...
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...To fail to dislodge Jason Mercier without the best hand. Mercier is already a live tournament veteran having finalled and indeed won an eye-opening number of events for the time he's been playing these (he burst onto the scene in 2008 with an EPT win in San Remo). He also wins today's prize for Most Contorted Facial Expression While Coming to a Decision, for this hand vs. Adam Fletcher:
Caught from the turn with the board reading 
, Mercier bet 2,600, called by the in-position Fletcher. The river brought a lot, including action - it was the 
. Mercier bet out again, 4,100, only to find Fletcher raising to 11,000. Now came the deliberation period, during which Mercier's eyebrows underwent some gymnastic moves; whatever he decided during this period, it was right as when he made the call with his 
it turned out to be good. He's up to 52k while Fletcher is below 25k.