Jason Mercier Interview with Bernard Lee
Jason Mercier is the reigning 2009 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year and has been dominating the live tournament poker scene for the better part of the last 18 months. He has been featured in multiple broadcasts on ESPN including the World Series of Poker Europe as well as the PokerStars NAPT which aired earlier this year.
Poker News Daily guest columnist and host of our own “The Hijack Seat”, Bernard Lee, interviews Mercier from the floor of the Rio at the 2010 World Series of Poker. In this interview, Mercier discusses how opponents, both fish and seasoned pros, have adapted their games now that he is a household name in poker circles, as well as his keys to success in the game. He also provides some interesting information about his other passions beside No Limit Hold’em, and gives a very surprising answer to one of the 4 Hijack Seat questions.
Jason Mercier is a member of Team PokerStars Pro and added another prestigious title to his mantle when he won the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $25,000 High Roller Shootout for $475,000. Mercier has over $4.8 million in live tournament poker earnings in his career.
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Poker talk:
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
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