Las Vegas Sun | From dropout to poker star: Greg Merson is ready for WSOP championship Washington Post (blog) Merson took up poker in high school after watching the game obsessively on ESPN. A straight-A student, he deposited $100 in an online poker account -- this was when online poker was a-ok in the United States -- before leaving his childhood home in ... Ladbrokes 2012 WSOP Infographic Poker Team GB Passion for poker 'saved my life,' Greg Merson says |