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It took two hands to send Jason Mercier to the exit. He was crippled at the hand of Ed Pardey, whose split nines turned into trip nines by the river; Mercier's board was showing an open pair of jacks before he mucked it.
A few hands later, Mercier was all in on third started with / . Steven Stencil got in there with / . Stencil made a pair of nines; Mercier made a pair of deuces, which was not enough. He's out in 16th place, earning $4,646.