When poker superstar Jason Mercier won his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet on Monday evening in Las Vegas, taking down the 2016 WSOP $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, it was worth a whole lot more to him than just the $273,335 first-place prize it came with.
Side action in the form of bracelet bets have long been a part of the WSOP landscape. Back in 2010, the poker world was able to breath a collective sigh of relief when Tom Dwan finished second in an early $1,500 no-limit hold’em event at the Series, with rumors there was enough bet against him winning poker's most coveted prize to break the high-stakes bank.