Greg Merson

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Greg Merson
Greg Merson (2015)
Greg Merson (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 8, 1987
place of birth United StatesUnited States Washington, DC
Nickname
gregy20723PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Bodog & UltimateBet
place of residence United StatesUnited States Laurel
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 8,531,853
Total prize money $ 11,428,359
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 21st
Best main event Win ( 2012 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 3
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
Last updated: January 9, 2020

Gregory "Greg" Merson (born December 8, 1987 in Washington, DC ) is a professional American poker player . He won the World Poker Championship in 2012 .

Personal

Merson is from Laurel , Maryland and gives hobbies a. a. Sports , travel and yoga . He was a drug addict at the age of 18 and addicted to heroin until December 2011 . Merson lives in Laurel.

Poker career

Career

Merson played online under the nickname gregy20723 from January 2007 to October 2015 . Since 2007 he has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

In July 2009 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished 639th in the main event for more than $ 20,000 in prize money. At the WSOP 2012 , Merson first won a tournament of the Six Handed No Limit Hold'em variant in early July , which brought him more than one million dollars in prize money and a bracelet, and then took part again in the main event . There he reached the final table, which was played in October 2012, with the third most chips. After around 400 hands, Merson won it on October 30, 2012 after heads-up against Jesse Sylvia , securing prize money of over eight million dollars . As a result of this success, he also won the WSOP Player of the Year Award ahead of Phil Hellmuth, and at the end of the year he was named Player of the Year by Card Player Magazine . In mid-January 2014, Merson took second place in a high-roller tournament as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures on Paradise Island for almost a million dollars in prize money.

Overall, Merson has earned almost $ 11.5 million playing poker in live tournaments .

Bracelet overview

Merson cashed 21 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2012 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed 0474 1,136,197
10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 6598 8,531,853

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2007 00.019,084 1
2008 00,000.000 -
2009 00.029,956 -
2010 00.038,528 -
2011 00.00.8809 -
2012 09,755,180 2
2013 00.042,990 -
2014 01,067,641 -
2015 00.321,766 -
2016 00.094.993 -
2017 00,000.000 -
2018 00.045,550 -
2019 00.00.3862 -
2020 00,000.000 -
total 11,428,359 3

Web links

Commons : Greg Merson  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greg Merson in the Global Poker Index database, accessed November 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Greg Merson in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b October-Niner Greg Merson: Years of heroin addiction successfully defeated on pokerolymp.com on September 12, 2012, accessed on April 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ gregy20723 in the PocketFives database, accessed on January 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Greg Merson in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event # 57)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Greg Merson wins the WSOP Main Event after epic play on pokerolymp.com on October 31, 2012, accessed on April 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ PCA - 2014 ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 6, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Merson, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merson, Gregory (full name); gregy20723 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States