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JASON MERCIER JOINS TEAM POKERSTARS PRO

Juli 10, 2009

Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009 – PokerStars.com, the world’s largest online poker site, has welcomed
Jason Mercier, a 22-year-old poker pro from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into the elite Team PokerStars Pro.
Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier, already a PokerStars SuperNova Elite, has proved he’s a force to be reckoned
with on the live poker circuit with over $3.2 million in live cashes to his name since his first major
tournament appearance at the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
Many of his biggest victories have been gained on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour circuit and
only a few weeks ago he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet when he took down the $1,500 Pot
Limit Omaha event.
“Becoming a member of Team PokerStars Pro means a lot to me. I’m so excited to be playing for the site I
first started playing on. I feel like this solidifies my standing as one of the top poker players’ around.” said
Mercier.
Mercier first came to the attention of the international poker community when he took down the Season
Four PokerStars EPT San Remo event for $1,372,893 after winning his seat via a steps satellite on
PokerStars. Only a few months later, he finished sixth at the PokerStars EPT Season Five event in
Barcelona, earning $324,946, and the following month he cemented his growing reputation by winning the
PokerStars EPT London £1 Million Showdown High Roller tournament for £516,000 ($944,847). Playing
against some of the best live tournament players in the world, Mercier bested an 85-strong field and tore
apart a final table that included poker greats such as John Juanda, Scotty Nguyen, David Benyamine and
Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier.
Mercier has had a superb run at the World Series of Poker this year with four cashes so far. On June 1, the
young American beat 808 players in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event for $237,415.
Jason first started playing poker when he was 15, and was introduced to online poker while he was
studying at college to be a Math teacher. After a successful run playing No Limit Hold’em cash games, he
decided to play poker full time, multi-tabling $2/4 and $3/6 no-limit Hold’em.

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