Jason Mercier and Jason Somerville Stream Largest Online Buy-in Tournament
This was published 09-09-2016Team PokerStars pros Jason Mercier and Jason Somerville are due to stream the largest online buy-in tournament event, PokerStars’ $102,000 Super High Roller, on Twitch TV.
Scott Ball, Community Development and Poker Manager at Twitch, commented on the forthcoming tournament by saying that Twitch is proud to host Jason Mercier playing the $102,000 Super High Roller. Ball went on to say that as a serious poker player himself, he is eagerly looking forward to seeing Jason’s strategy unfold hand by hand and learning from him. He added that with Jason “JCarver” Somerville, who was the founder of poker streaming and a Twitch legend, in the booth, there definitely will not be a dull moment and it should be a fantastic day for Twitch and poker fans everywhere.
Mercier is due to broadcast his own endeavor to win the $102,000 No-Limit, Hold’em, 8-Max Super High Roller event in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on Sunday, 11th September 2016. The 82-event series kicked off on PokerStars with a festival guarantee of $50 last Sunday. The streaming event will commence on Sunday, 11th September at 1.30 Eastern Daylight Time and if Mercier makes it through to the second day, the event will continue through the two days.
Eric Hollreiser, PokerStars’ Director of Corporate Communications, revealed that Jason Mercier streaming the event and showing his hole cards gives poker fans a wonderful opportunity to jump on board the action and excitement. He added that Jason Somerville has also made Twitch the premiere channel for poker fans and knows how to put on a truly great show. Hollreiser went on to say that all this combined is bound to make for some intense Sunday poker watching.
The $102,000 Super High Roller offers the highest buy-in value for an online poker tournament, kicking the previous record of $51,000 that was set during the 2015 PokerStars World Championships.
Mercier, who is currently the reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year, will be showing his hand to viewers and explaining the action – with a 15-minute delay to remain competitive during gameplay while Somerville, who has 13.5 million views on his Twitch channel, will provide new viewers with comments and chat responses.
