Event 19: Aaron Mermelstein Rivers A Jack

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 13

On the turn with the board reading Ts8d2h8h, Aaron Mermelstein bet 500 and Staffan Lind called on the button.

The river was the Jc and Mermelstein bet 1,050. Lind called. Mermelstein showed Jd9s, good for a pair of jacks, and Lind mucked his hand.

Mermelstein and Lind are tied at one game a piece and Mermelstein jumps out to a lead in the third and deciding game.

Aaron Mermelstein – 16,500
Staffan Lind – 7,500