{"id":26487,"date":"2013-03-17T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=26487"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:25:46","slug":"jason-mercier-my-biggest-action-might-be-off-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/jason-mercier-my-biggest-action-might-be-off-the-table.html","title":{"rendered":"Jason Mercier: My biggest action might be off the table"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ask anyone who\u2019s anyone about what the most popular card game is right now and they\u2019ll answer Open-Faced Chinese Poker. One of the player\u2019s most public in his love for the game is Jason Mercier. The American has played in some of the biggest games in the world and is known to be one of the best Open-Faced Chinese Poker players around. \u201cI\u2019ll play anyone in any form,\u201d says Mercier to me in a London hotel suite on the eve of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s a few people in the group of 16 who like a game so he might get some takers.\u201c If I can get Daniel Negreanu and Scott Seiver to play then it\u2019s possible I\u2019ll be gambling bigger off the table than on it. Phil Hellmuth plays too so maybe we can get a four handed game going.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Mercier isn\u2019t fussy when it comes to playing Open-Face just as long as he\u2019s playing. \u201cI don\u2019t really mind if it\u2019s heads-up, three handed or four handed. I just really like to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cash plays<\/h3>\n

Despite the recent addition of Open-Face tournaments at many major festivals, Mercier isn\u2019t their biggest fan. \u201cI think it\u2019s better as a cash game, I think there\u2019s a lot of kinks that need to be worked out as far as making it into a decent structured tournament, right now it needs to be played as a cash game. Open-Face has an element of gambling that you don\u2019t see in any other game, it\u2019s unique, having it not solved and pretty much unsolvable makes it a lot of fun as well.<\/p>\n

As for the Premier League, Mercier says: \u201cI\u2019d like to be in the same half as Phil Hellmuth, he\u2019s very fun to have at the table, he makes everything interesting, he talks a lot and creates a unique dynamic at the table, so it should be fun if he\u2019s in my heat.<\/p>\n

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    Ask anyone who\u2019s anyone about what the most popular card game is right now and they\u2019ll answer Open-Faced Chinese Poker. One of the player\u2019s most public in his love for the game is Jason Mercier. The American has played in some of the biggest games in the world and is known to be one of<\/p>\n

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