Eight Deuce · Tournament #58

Warren Mervin Wins His Fourth, and Sean Denny Takes Out Five

Two and a half minutes heads-up — and six different winners in eight tournaments.

Warren Mervin made three knockouts, reached heads-up and finished it in two minutes and thirty-seven seconds, the fifth-quickest ending a Friday tournament has had. It paid $480.

It is his fourth Eight Deuce win and the fifteenth of his career, and his first since March of last year. He also has the 2024 Player of the Year and last November’s Tournament of Champions.

Jeff Ferguson was second for $310 with three knockouts, his second runner-up finish of the season and his fifth in a marquee event against a single win. Joe Johnson took third and $210, and Sean Denny was fourth for $160 having made five knockouts, more than anyone in the room.

Where the money went

The undercard

David Doole bubbled in fifth. Eric Denny made three knockouts and finished seventh, put out by the man who finished fourth.

Joe Rottinghaus was the first player out for the second tournament running, this time after an hour and twenty-nine minutes.

The bigger picture

Eight tournaments, six different winners, and the man with three of them has not won since March. Joe Johnson still leads on 450.30 — a hundred and seventy-four clear with two tournaments to play, and a total already higher than any full season has produced.

Eighteen players and three rebuys made $1,160, taking the year to $9,780 after eight nights. Only 2025 has ever passed that, and it needed nine.

Eight Deuce #58 — Friday, August 14, 2026. 18 entrants, 3 rebuys, four paid from a $1,160 prize pool. Player of the Year counts each player’s best eight scores; two tournaments remain in the 2026 season.