Championship: Jason Mercier Doubles Thru Yoandri Almaquer Mulet

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 21:  6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Yoandri Almaquer Mulet raised UTG+1 to 29,000, Jason Mercier moved all in from the button for 177,000, and Mulet called with KcQd. Mercier turned over 8s8h, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 8c6c6d4d9h, and Mercier flopped a full house, eights full of sixes, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jason Mercier  –  385,000  (32 bb)
Yoandri Almaquer Mulet  –  630,000  (53 bb)