He didn't win all his bracelet prop bets but he was the most in-form player at the World Series of Poker this year.

Possibly the stand-out story of the 2016 World Series of Poker was Jason Mercier's attempts to win three bracelets in one year and the $1.8 million prop bet he almost won against Vanessa Selbst.

This year he had to settle for two bracelets and, as a result of several near misses for the third one, he can also call himself the 2016 WSOP Player of the Year.

Mercier won bracelets in the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship for $273,335 and the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship for $422,874. These two wins also secured him a lot of extra cash in bracelet bets.

He wasn't the only player to win two bracelets this year, but he secured the leaderboard as a result of a string of other big results. He cashed 11 times in total and on top of his bracelet wins he made two more final tables. He cashed for $960,424 this year at the series.

All of which gave him 2,195.97 WSOP POY points compared to the 1,923.66 of nearest rival Paul Volpe. With nobody in the November Nine in contention, it means Mercier joins the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Greg Merson and George Danzer for this prestigious honour.

Barry Carter Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2. Twitter

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