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Winning the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em World Championship might have seemed like a minor task compared to how Merson had turned his life around.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd are joined by Pokerati's Dan Michalski to discuss this week's conclusion to the World Series of Poker final table, including what happened on the felt, what happened off the felt, the impact this tournament will have on the game and ESPN's coverage of poker's showcase event. Aaron and Vin also try to talk Dan into picking every NFL game on this weekend's NFL slate.

The victory came at 5:35 a.m. today after 16 hands of heads-up play between Merson and Jesse Sylvia.

Greg Merson survived 11 hours of three-handed play and then beat Jesse Sylvia heads up early Wednesday morning to win the World Series of Poker Main Event and $8,531,853. Sylvia won $5,295,149 for finishing in second, while Jake Balsiger finished third and won $3,799,073.

Play in the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em World Championship resumed after a 103-day layoff when the remaining nine players out of the starting field of 6,598 began a marathon night, with the winner seeking an $8.53 million payout.

The action on the 136th hand early Tuesday morning sealed the final three players in the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship.

The action begins around 6 p.m. at the Rio and will be shown on a 15-minute delay on ESPN and espn3.com.

Steve Gee is about to embark on his biggest and most high-profile card game since he dedicated his efforts to the activity full time four years ago.

The World Series of Poker nine finalists are profiled as the final round begins

Immediately after qualifying for a seat at the final table of the World Series of Poker's Main Event, Jerry Ausmus realized he might have a conflict.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd host this week's show from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, where they preview the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, discuss the Foxwoods World Poker Finals and examine Zynga's decision to partner with bwin.party to offer real-money gaming in the U.K. They also pick every game on this week's NFL slate against the spread.

The Poker Hall of Fame will induct Eric Drache and the late Brian "Sailor" Roberts as the organization's 43rd and 44th members during the final table of the World Series of Poker's Main Event later this month.

Phil Hellmuth's win in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event added to an already long list of accomplishments.

Phil Hellmuth was in top form on Thursday night, claiming the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event championship to increase his record WSOP bracelet total to 13. And oh yeah, he also won more than €1 million in prize money.

The G&L Board and Roundtable Colleagues chose the award recipients based on four categories: partner, transformation, innovation and the highest honor, encompassing the three categories and other evaluated criteria, the Platinum Award.