And Jason is in the money of the $2500 OE. Has average chips with 60 remaining.
This fucking guy runs like Jesus blowing Muhammad and I can't even fade a three outer FML.
EDIT: And now like 3 hours later he still has average chips with 33 players left. Totally insane. About to look up the record for cashes/final tables in one series. He has to be on track to destroy it.
Quick update: Jason ended yesterday 11th in chips among the last 13 players. He has 96k at 12k/24k limits (so 6k/12k blinds).
And as for the records previously mentioned, according to the WSOP wiki article:
Most Cashes in One Year: 13 in 2014 by Ismael Bojang
Most Final Tables in One Year: 6 in 1992 by An Tran
The $2500 OE cash makes it 6 cashes this year for Jason.
If he can squeak into the final table here it would be 5 final tables.
Damn.
2016 Hitching Post Main Event - 6-way chop for 1st
Five consecutive final tables:
2015 BBotB Main Event - 6th I think (top 3 paid)
2015 Hitching Post Main Event- 3rd
2016 BBotB SoHe World Champion - 1st
2016 BBotB Main Event - 3rd
2016 Hitching Post Main Event - 6-way chop for 1st
Beat that Mercier
What does BBOTB stand for?
It's the New England meet up that happens every spring. It started as a battle between MA and NH players and has grown to the premiere stop in the circus poker circuit, and features the SOHE world championship.Bounty Battle on the Border
I'm pretty sure that is exactly what makes it so. We get more circus action than anyplace I've ever been. Club courage is a close second. Where else does the circus run so strong?Just because it draws more clowns doesn't make it the premier stop on the circus poker cicuit.![]()
On a note more related to the op, I recall reading a few years ago Mercier is regarded as a bit of a dirt bag IRL. Can anyone set me straight? I'd love to be rooting for him.
Quick update: Jason ended yesterday 11th in chips among the last 13 players. He has 96k at 12k/24k limits (so 6k/12k blinds).
And as for the records previously mentioned, according to the WSOP wiki article:
Most Cashes in One Year: 13 in 2014 by Ismael Bojang
Most Final Tables in One Year: 6 in 1992 by An Tran
The $2500 OE cash makes it 6 cashes this year for Jason.
If he can squeak into the final table here it would be 5 final tables.
Damn.
On a note more related to the op, I recall reading a few years ago Mercier is regarded as a bit of a dirt bag IRL. Can anyone set me straight? I'd love to be rooting for him.
Why does staking someone even make sense? They would have a 1 in 163 chance for that person to win. That would be 10k in cash to add to the money they will already owe. If they stake 10 that's already 100k. That's only 1 tourney..a convo around this seems pointless. Anyone else have thoughts on why this is a thing?Btw the most recent Twitter war among the participants and commentators on the Jason/Vaness/Timex bet concerns whether it would be ethical for Timex to start staking people to enter (specifically small field) tournaments to diminish Jason's chances of binking number 3.
Stealthmunk posted this which I think is as well-reasoned as any of the arguments against:
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I'm not a huge Selbst fan, as she comes off as abrasive an Un-charismatic often, but I'm unaware of her being a douche bag. It's hard for me to root for a douch bag over a non-douche bag.I don't like him or Selbst, however this, for me is one of those spots where you're finally rooting for Cersei to fuck the High Sparrows shit up. C'mon Jason, show that Thunder c*nt what it feels like to pay up 1.8 million!
I agree seems a little aggressive..I'm not a huge Selbst fan, as she comes off as abrasive an Un-charismatic often, but I'm unaware of her being a douche bag. It's hard for me to root for a douch bag over a non-douche bag.
I'm not a huge Selbst fan, as she comes off as abrasive an Un-charismatic often, but I'm unaware of her being a douche bag. It's hard for me to root for a douch bag over a non-douche bag.
Nope. Still hoping to hear something definitive as I want to root for him.Did you ever see any substantiation of the douche bag claim with regard to Jason?
It's hard to find anything googling any poker pros name with any negative adjective or noun.
I think the story I vaguely remember came from another reg in dealer Jenn's game I used to play in. Something about his degen life in Florida casinos. Can't substantiate it. No one here supports it. I'm rooting for him. For now...