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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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