Jason Mercier Talks WSOP Run, Feud With Doug on the Poker Life Podcast

Jason Mercier is a professional tournament player from Florida with over $17 MILLION in live earnings. Jason’s career was launched with a win at EPT Sanremo in 2008 for $1.3 million, a tournament he bought into with FPPs from the PokerStars store.

More recently he won WSOP Player of the Year and got in a minor spat with Upswing’s own Doug Polk over Doug’s “bad reg” tag color on Jason.

Jason Mercier on the Poker Life Podcast with Joe Ingram:

• 2:00 – Jason Mercier’s WSOP bracelet bets
• 7:00 – How Prop Bets help Jason maintain focus
• 9:00 – Did prop bet affect Jason’s play when seeking 3rd 2016 bracelet?
• 12:00 – Mercier or Holz — who had better summer?
• 13:00 – Jason’s $1.8m prop bet with Vanessa Selbst
• 19:00 – David Hill’s poker writeup on Bill Simmons’ The Ringer
• 22:00 – Jason Mercier ESPN interview with Dan Le Batard & Stugotz
• 25:00 – Annie Duke, the “Poker Pro”
• 31:00 – The Poker Dream, Risk of Addition/Degen Tendencies
• 33:00 – Poker versus social games with micro-transaction revenue generation method
• 36:52 – Doug Polk “Bad Reg” comments — Jason’s shoot reaction
• 40:00 – How shit-talking helps poker players get motivated
• 43:00 – Doug Polk & Jason Mercier seated together at SHRB
• 45:00 – Jason’s online poker career before fame (2007)
• 53:00 – Off-kilter invented poker games
• 59:00 – Options, planning for wedding, etc.
• 1:02:00 – Proposal to Natasha Barbour on-stream at WSOP
• 1:08:00 – Poker relationships
• 1:10:00 – Value of being resilient in poker and relationships
• 1:12:00 – Jason’s future. How does he stay motivated for upcoming EPT/WCOOP?
• 1:15:00 – Will Jason take more of his own action now?
• 1:19:00 – Jason is content living in Canada
• 1:21:00 – 8-Game Power Rankings for PokerStars?
• 1:22:00 – Jason vs Gus Hansen at end of WSOP. Gus Hansen = Action
• 1:25:00 – 2016 One Drop Extravaganza
• 1:27:00 – Jason Mercier Basketball
• 1:29:00 – Jason’s dog at the Rio. His name is “Marshmallow” “He’s a champion.”
• 1:31:00 – The trappings of fame
• 1:34:00 – Has Jason ever been cheated at gambling? How to avoid.
• 1:35:00 – David Viffer stories?
• 1:36:00 – Jungleman stories. Jason saw Cates throw cards in Dmitri’s face (Limit Omaha in Australia)
• 1:39:00 – What people inspire Jason Mercier?
• 1:40:00 – Michael Phelps = Beast — 2016 Summer Olympics
• 1:41:00 – Podcasts, Who does Jason think Joey should invite?
• 1:44:00 – Jason might go sweat the November 9 b/c he has action. Upcoming wedding before Thanksgiving. Might go to Prague, then restart everything again in Bahamas 2017 PCA.
• 1:45:00 – Instagram: realjasonmercier Social Media