Hand #108: Aaron Mermelstein Wins the Inaugural WPT Maryland Event! ($250,222)

Sep 29, 2015

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Hand #108 – Xin (Tom) Wang raises to 110,000, Aaron Mermelstein three-bets shoves all in (enough to cover Wang). Wang calls. Wang will need help as his Spade ASpade 8 is behind the Diamond 6Spade 6 held by Mermelstein.

The board comes Diamond KDiamond 9Spade 7Heart QDiamond 5, and the pocket sixes hold up for Mermelstein to win the pot – and the WPT title.

Xin (Tom) Wang finishes as the runner-up, earning $164,765.

Aaron Mermelstein wins the WPT Maryland Main Event, earning $250,222. As part of his prize money, Mermelstein also receives a $15,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

Congratulations, Aaron Mermelstein!

1st: Aaron Mermelstein – $250,222*
2nd: Xin (Tom) Wang – $164,765
3rd: Andjelko Andrejevic – $105,981
4th: Greg Merson – $78,449
5th: Cate Hall – $58,589
6th: Ken Holmes – $47,091

* First prize amount includes a $15,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

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