Mar 12, 2014
Shooting Star Jason Mercier (pictured, left) is all in preflop from the small blind for 600, and there are three other players in the hand with a side pot already built up.
The flop comes [8d7s5d], and Justin Zaki tanks for a while before checking the big blind. Kumar Sripadam (pictured, right) bets 25,000 under the gun, and the player in the hijack folds. Zaki seems reluctant as he folds. Sripadam takes the side pot.
For the main pot, Mercier turns over [Kh4d] for a gutshot straight draw with an overcard, and he needs to improve to survive against Sripadam’s [Ah7h] (pair of sevens).
The turn is the [As], the river is the [Jc], and Sripadam wins the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Jason Mercier from the tournament.
For busting a Shooting Star, Sripadam receives $2,500, a bounty medallion, and an autographed bounty t-shirt.
Kumar Sripadam – 40,000 (16 bb)
Jason Mercier – Eliminated