$8.5 million? Not bad for a
game of cards
Poker player Greg Merson is a very wealthy man after winning a
staggering $8.5 million (£5.26 million) in the game's most prestigious
event — the World Series of Poker.
To put that into context that is more than double the winners of
Wimbledon ($1.857 million), the Open Championship ($1.452 million) and
the Tour de France ($583,680) get combined.
Whether or not you think poker is a 'sport' is open to debate, but you can't deny it is a staggering achievement.
Here Martin Rodgers of Yahoo! Sports tells the story of Merson's
amazing win and how he had a helping hand from a certain Olympic legend.
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