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Greg Merson Wins October Nine Superfinal in Las Vegas
TournamentsOctober 31, 2012·1 min read

Greg Merson Wins October Nine Superfinal in Las Vegas


The live stream from Las Vegas began at 5 AM Moscow time with commentary by Ilya Gorodetsky and his team. The finalists were Greg Merson with a stack of 88,350,000, Jesse Sylvia with 62,750,000, and Jake Balsiger with 46,875,000. The game continued at a level of 300,000/600,000 ante 75,000.

Greg Merson won the championship with a prize of $8,531,853. Jesse Sylvia finished second with a prize of $5,295,149, and Jake Balsiger finished third with a prize of $3,799,073.

Greg Merson mentioned that he had a dream four days before the main tournament that he would finish in 8th place. Eugene Atarov sent photos from the event and a recording of Greg Merson's first press conference after his victory.

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