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Poker Pro Greg Merson Wins WSOP Main Event In Las Vegas
Published October 31, 2012
Poker pro Greg Merson was crowned the World Series of Poker's Main Event champion early this morning by defeating Jesse Sylvia and Jake Balsiger "after almost 12 hours of play" at Rio's Penn & Teller Theater in Las Vegas. Merson earned $8.5M with the win. It took almost 11 hours and nearly 250 hands of poker to eliminate third place finisher Balsiger, who took home $3.8M, at 4:45am PT. Merson defeated Sylvia, who won $5.3M, 16 hands later at 5:35am (REVIEWJOURNAL.com, 10/31).
ESPN VP/Communications Mike Soltys tweeted, "First time I received a rating before the show was over. The overnight for the overnight Poker marathon finale was a .8 (thru 5am)."
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ESPN VP/Communications Mike Soltys tweeted, "First time I received a rating before the show was over. The overnight for the overnight Poker marathon finale was a .8 (thru 5am)."
