Dallas tourney fave Gregg Merkow is kicking butt in the WSOP Circuit @ The Grand main event in Tunica — he\’s second in chips the chip leader with 39 players left … three away from the money.
Gregg Merkow made it 10K from the small blind and Stan Weiss jacked him on up to 35K from the big. Gregg moved all-in and Stan called. Gregg held T9 suited and was trailing Stan\’s A7. Board came 9 7 5 9 8 and Gregg made trips to bust Stan. \”Boo-yah, Ship It!\” said Gregg.
Ahh, the Suckout & Taunt … well-played! Dallas poker at its finest! Eat at Merkow\’s!
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photo: Jason Kirk / Spaceman
Merkow seems to do pretty well in Tunica. He won a $3,000 event at the Gold Strike World Poker Open one year ago tomorrow … which followed a 1st place across the parking lot in a $500/single-rebuy WSOP Circuit @ The Grand event 10 days earlier. And The Grand, of course, is where his career as a professional began in August 2005, after a half-million dollars payday.
Click here to follow his progress as Kaelaine tracks his chipstacks.
And here … for Spaceman\’s coverage of his quest for another Mississippi ring.
Mmm, steak and seafood.