Jason Mercier Poker Player Profile

Jason Mercier, Top Poker Player, Gambler

Jason Mercier holding cards

“In both poker and life, you have to stay positive. You’d be amazed at how far positive thinking can take you.” - Jason Mercier

He is also known as treysfull21 as his preferred poker screen name. With $5,699,493 Lifetime Winnings, 1 WSOP Bracelet, 12 Career Titles and 62 Career Cashes, Jason Mercier is one of the most promising top poker players this year that is worth mentioning here at Top Poker Players blog.

JASON MERCIER PROFILE

“Poker is still fun for me. I love the game, I love playing almost every day. I am not worried that I will get burnt out from poker, I may however get burnt out from all the traveling. It wears on me sometimes, so I try to balance as much as I can.” - Jason Mercier

Poker Pro Jason Mercier

From Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this American Professional Poker Player ranked second in the Best Top Poker Players all over the world by ESPN. His records and stats also says that he deserves it. Despite his standings as a poker player, he is quite humble.

THE RISE OF HIS POKER CAREER

When asked about how he learn to play poker he said, “I pretty much learned (poker) by trial and error, I didn’t really start to talk with a lot of high level thinking (poker) players until after I won (European Poker Tour) San Remo.”

He first learned Poker when he was just in high school. After he graduated in college, he became a math teacher but his success in poker changed the course of his life.

MERCIER'S TOURNAMENT WINS

Mercier holding a PokerStar trophy

Jason Mercier won two (2) EPT (European Poker Tour) Final Tables, first on Season 4 in EPT San Remo where he won €869,000 or worth $1,372,893. His second win followed the next season in the 2008 EPT Barcelona event (Sebastian Ruthenberg won the event) adding €227,800 (or $324,946) in his bankroll.

In a non-title event at the EPT (European Poker Tour) London £20,000 High Roller Event a.k.a 2008 £1 Million Showdown, Jason Mercier won an additional £516,000 (or $944,847).

HIS THOUGHT'S ABOUT THE LAW

“It would be great for poker if they changed the laws. I have been and still am waiting for that day for the last few years.” his thoughts about legalizing poker.

Some of his respected poker players are Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Zach Blackwell James and Barry Greenstein. He can be seen online playing poker at Pokerstars as treysfull21 or JasonMercier and Full Tilt Poker as treysfull21.