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It was only a matter of time before Jason Mercier had all the chips at the table. He came back from the break with a huge chip lead and it only grew.

Marcello Costa and Ben Yogel continued to send chips his way as they waited out the bubble, where one of them would earn $12,000 and the other just a handshake.

Yogel joined Costa down near the felt when he played a 2-7 Triple Draw hand against Mercier when the both stood pat the entire time. Costa called down bets until showdown.

“I’ve got a wheel.” Mercier deadpanned.

“You got dealt a wheel!” Yogel exclaimed.

It was a true story and Mercier had the vast majority of the chips in play. There were 225,000 in action with Mercier holding them all but the 8,600 of Costa and 13,700 in front of Yogel.

Costa and Yogel quickly came to a deal outside the money to chop up second place money giving Mercier his full $18,000 payout for the title.

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The final three players are on a quick 15-minute break before coming back to play the bubble.

Seat 2: Marcello Costa – 58,700
Seat 3: Ben Yogel – 46,700
Seat 5: Jason Mercier – 119,600

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Jyri Merivitra’s short stack run has also come to a close leaving three players around and the money bubble with two getting paid.

Jason Mercier continues to hold a huge lead with Marcello Costa hanging on as the short stack.

1st:  $15,716
2nd:  $9,126

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Game: Stud/8

Brian Hastings short lived comeback fell short at the hands of Ben Yogel in Pot Limit Omaha before a big hand played out in Stud/8.

Jonathan Gray was chopped down near the felt with just 900 (correct count) after a hand with Jason Mercier. He missed all his draws and was forced to fold with no chance to beat Mercier’s board.

Gray was all-in on the next hand and it was a family pot. Mercier stuck around until 5th street until Yogel and Marcello Costa began heavy betting. Costa eventually found himself all-in as well.

Gray: ()
Costa: ()
Yogel: ()

Gray was drawing dead to his on 7th while Costa improved his straight to the nutflush with and Gray made a useless straight with , but still chopped the pot with a low.

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Game: Omaha/8

Jyri Merivitra began the final table second in chips but most of them disappeared quickly into the stack of Brian Hastings in a No Limit Hold’em hand. He was short but survived Razz until Omaha/8 rolled around.

Merivitra put in a third bet from the small blind after Marcello Costa opened the action. Costa called to get heads up and Merivitra fired bets on the flop and turn until he was all-in with the board reading . Merivitra was looking good with quads and needed to dodge 13 chop outs from Costa’s .

The river was a blank to give Costa the scoop and double.

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Day 2 is about to get underway in the smaller field, big talent Event 10. The drew 15 tough grinders with six still remaining when play was halted at 3am.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner leads the way at the restart with follow WSOP champ Brian Hastings sitting at the bottom. This is anyone’s game as they rotate through eight poker variants until we have a champion.

Seat 1: Jonathan Gray – 33,150
Seat 2: Marcello Costa – 28,400
Seat 3: Ben Yogel – 43,950
Seat 4: Jyri Merivitra – 34,125
Seat 5: Jason Mercier – 67,725
Seat 6: Brian Hastings – 17,550

Jason Mercier – 67,725
Ben Yogel – 43,950
Jyri Merivitra – 34,125
Jonathan Gray – 33,150
Marcello Costa – 28,400
Brian Hastings – 17,550

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Poker superstar Jason Mercier will carry the chip lead into the Day 2 of Event 10 tomorrow and will joined by another top professional, Brian Hastings, who will be on the short stack.

Six players are still standing after the level claimed Ilya Krupin in 7th and Michael Mixer in 8th.   With two spots being paid, it should be a much more tense atmoshpere tomorrow afternoon as the players try to cash and take down the title.  The winner will pick up $18,000 and the runner-up receives $12,000.

Here are the chip counts for the remaining six players returning tomorrow:

Seat 1: Jonathan Gray – 33,150
Seat 2: Marcello Costa – 28,400
Seat 3: Ben Yogel – 43,950
Seat 4: Jyri Merivitra – 34,125
Seat 5: Jason Mercier – 67,725
Seat 6: Brian Hastings – 17,550

Jason Mercier – 67,725
Ben Yogel – 43,950
Jyri Merivitra – 34,125
Jonathan Gray – 33,150
Marcello Costa – 28,400
Brian Hastings – 17,550

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Almost immediately after the break, Cory Zeidman was eliminated in 9th place.  With the option of the players stopping at eight players left or playing out the level they are on, the table agreed to play out the level they’d just started.  The players will be playing for a little under an hour and then return at 3 PM tomorrow.

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Event 10 has reached the final table after the eliminations of Robert Campbell, Jonathan Duhamel and Mikhail Zlotnik. Here are the seating assignments after the re-draw:

Seat 1: Michael Mixer
Seat 2: Jonathan Gray
Seat 3: Marcello Costa
Seat 4: Ben Yogel
Seat 5: Jyri Merivirta
Seat 6: Jason Mercier
Seat 7: Cory Zeidman
Seat 8: Ilya Krupin
Seat 9: Brian Hastings