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Nearly two years ago, Jason Mercier
was one of my last regular interviews at PokerCurious.com. The then
twenty-three-year-old poker pro exuded confidence that comes from
remarkable success at a young age. In his short poker career he has live
poker winnings surpassing $7.8 million, two World Series bracelets, and
tremendous online results. In the months after our interview, Jason
would ascend the very heights of tournament poker to become the top
ranked player in the world according to the Global Poker Index, where he sits to this day. Despite still being ranked #1 in the world, he has suffered through a tough 2012 where I suspect his tournament earnings of roughly $265k don't come close to meeting his tournament buyins and expenses.
On
Twitter where I am one of his more than 50,000 followers, Jason enjoys
sharing his views and results often in a very tongue in cheek manner.
Poker fans are fascinated to gain access to his thoughts. He has
mastered the use of hashtags for humor, employing #whenwillitend
#justbadluck #anotherdayattheoffice and #RAGINGTILT on numerous
occasions. In August, tucked between his usual tournament updates,
watching his Twitter feed has been revealing as to his current
frustrations.
@Jason Mercier - Left my laptop on the plane when I arrived in Amsterdam. Now I'm on absolute #RAGINGTILT
@Jason
Mercier - I think Baseball is the most like poker outta all the pro
sports. Theres so much variance n the best players dont always have the
best stats
@Jason
Mercier - Really over the ridiculous losses, beats, and #justbadluck
that I have experienced at every single point in this wonderful year of
2012
@Jason
Mercier - Aight it's about time I flame @annieduke and @jeffreypollack
for their absolute criminal actions involving epic poker league. Pay ur
debts
@Jason
Mercier - ... When's the million $ freeroll. O wait its never going to
happen n u are never going to pay the ppl u scummed. @annieduke
@jeffreypollack
@Jason
Mercier - And why have u not been tweeting cowards? Tell us it will
work out n then disappear. Guess it runs in the family @annieduke
@jeffreypollack
@Jason
Mercier - I've bit my tongue not wanting to burn bridges in the hopes
that maybe they would salvage the company that they lit on fire. Screw
that now
@Jason Mercier - Nevermind I'm out. Lose massive flip to chewy for a big stack. Turbos tomorrow Really over it. Roi
@Jason Mercier - Retweet if u think adz should get booted from the entire poker community... #whyisheevenhere
@Jason
Mercier - I am very fortunate to be where I am today in poker.... This
I know. However, this year has been unbearable. Almost any pro poker
player...
@Jason Mercier - ... Would be completely broke if they ran like I have run this year.
@Jason Mercier - Someone please send me like 50-100k on stars ... I'll let u buy a piece of me in the 1k/2k o8 game lol
@Jason
Mercier - I don't really like getting lectured by complete scumbags
... Plz refrain from giving me life advice if u have f***ed over 1 of my
friends
@Jason Mercier - After a 15 hour nap... I kinda still feel like sleeping
While
taken out of context any individual tweet can be misleading, one
can sense Jason's level of consternation growing. Who knows if Jason's
2012 results are due to bad luck, poor play or some cosmic reverting to the
mean. If you've ever envied Jason or dreamed of reaching his elevated
levels of success, you can now see that even the top ranked tournament
poker player in the world can have bad days, weeks, months and even a
miserable year at the poker tables. Jason can only wonder
#whenwillitend.
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