The $8M Poker Champion Who Just Got Sober

Before Greg Merson became a World Series of Poker champion, he was fighting a battle far more dangerous than any poker table.

This video tells the full story of Greg Merson’s journey from severe drug addiction and relapse in Las Vegas, to one of the most dramatic comeback runs in modern poker history. Locked in a hotel room just weeks before the tournament, Merson’s life and career were on the brink. Months later, he was deep in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, surviving on fumes before pulling off a miracle recovery.

From dropping to just three big blinds, to rebuilding into a commanding stack, to battling through the final table under immense pressure, this is the complete redemption arc that ended with an eight-and-a-half-million-dollar payday and poker immortality.

This is not just a poker story.
It’s a story about addiction, recovery, resilience, and what happens when someone refuses to quit at their lowest point.
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