Mercier, Volpe, Veldhuis and Julius Banter
There is banter.
On the table with Team PokerStars Pros Jason Mercier, Lex Veldhuis and other top pros Kyle Julius and Paul Volpe we're noticing an extraordinary amount of banter.
"Let's do a last longer!" Mercier suggested while having a short stack. Nobody seemed to agree on an amount when Veldhuis suggested a last shorter. After Volpe had explained to Mercier what a last shorter entailed there was some discussion about the money, but once again nothing ended up happening.
"I've never seen him like this," Julius said as he had a hard time not laughing, "I'm having a great time here," he added.
"The thing is, I don't want to shut up!" Mercier yelled after a while.
The conversation went on about Mercier wanting to get paid for being quiet for an entire level, but the negotiations seemed to be going nowhere.
"You just said you would do it for less, so why wouldn't you do it for $50?" Veldhuis said about the initial price being $200.
"It's not that I can't do it, I just don't want to," Mercier replied as everyone chuckled. As the conversation wasn't going anywhere soon Veldhuis suggested a topic change.
"Let's talk about your anger," Veldhuis suggested and both Volpe and Julius encouraged Mercier to open up about what was bothering him in a playful way.
"I'm not angry, I'm just very excited about life!" Mercier said.
The four went back and forth some more but with no clear end in sight we had to step aside to focus on the poker action elsewhere. It seems like Mercier is a lot more talkative than he usually is at the table and the other three at the table are clearly having a go at him every chance they get.