{"id":27731,"date":"2013-03-22T22:35:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=27731"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:54:23","slug":"mercier-still-leads-the-final-four-fun-time-tony-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/mercier-still-leads-the-final-four-fun-time-tony-is-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Mercier still leads the final four; fun time Tony is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tobias-profile-5902.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tobias-profile-5902.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tobias-profile-5902-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Chip Counts<\/h3>\n<p>Tobias Reinkemeier was the only playert to make significant ground during the last level, but it&#8217;s still Jason Mercier who leads the way with four remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The players chip stacks are as below. The +\/- figure in brackets is their profit\/loss since the end of the last level and the big blind figure is how many they have for the current level. Blinds are now 10,000\/20,000\/3,000a.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Mericer \u2013 896,000 (-44,000) \u2013 44.8 big blinds<br \/>\nTobias Reinkemeier \u2013  566,000 (+181,000) \u2013 28.3  big blinds<br \/>\nPhil Laak \u2013 533,000 (-117,000) \u2013 26.65 big blinds<br \/>\nTony G \u2013 405,000 (+4,000) \u2013 20.25 big blinds<\/p>\n<h3> Good level for<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tobias Reinkemeier<\/strong> The German made a straight flush and won a big pot from Tony G (see below).<\/p>\n<h3> Bad level for<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Phil Laak<\/strong> He lost ground and bar a very specific run out he needs to win this heat to stay in it. He&#8217;s currently bottom of the pile.<\/p>\n<h3> Hand of the level <\/h3>\n<p>Tony G ran the nut flush into a straight flush but somehow survived&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 16,000 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> on the button, Phil Laak then folded out of turn before Tony G could act but when Tony G did act he called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p>The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop was checked through, and the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> then fell on the turn and Tony G check called a bet of 47,000. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> fell on the river, giving Reinkemeier a straight flush and Tony G the nut flush.<\/p>\n<p>Tony G somehow found a check, Tobias bet 104,000 and Tony G snap called, never even  considering a raise and he somehow stayed alive when most players would\u2019ve gone bust.<\/p>\n<h3> View from the booth <\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The real Tony G is back,&#8221; Jesse May on how a rejuvenated Tony G returned from the dinner break full of beans and back on form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever it&#8217;s a little slow Warren shows up and gets Tony going,&#8221;  Jesse May on how the relationship between PartyPoker.com&#8217;s Warren Lush and Tony G<\/p>\n<h3>Watch All The Action and Join The Conversation!<\/h3>\n<p>The PartyPoker.com Premier League VI continues with daily Live Streaming coverage here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/plpstream\">bit.ly\/plpstream<\/a><\/strong> So who do you think is going to win? Let us know in the comments below and remember to follow us on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/partypoker\">Twitter <\/a><\/strong>and like us on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partypoker\">Facebook <\/a><\/strong>now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chip Counts Tobias Reinkemeier was the only playert to make significant ground during the last level, but it&#8217;s still Jason Mercier who leads the way with four remaining. The players chip stacks are as below. The +\/- figure in brackets is their profit\/loss since the end of the last level and the big blind figure<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/mercier-still-leads-the-final-four-fun-time-tony-is-back.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":27737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76487,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27731\/revisions\/76487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27731"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=27731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}