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WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Comes Up Short in Squid Game Winner-Take-All Finale

Steven Jones, the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event runner-up, couldn't close it out in the finale of Squid Game: The Challenge, a reality game show with a winner-take-all $4,560,000 prize.

The poker pro who won $6.5 million for his second-place finish to Daniel Weinman two years ago, reached the Netflix show's finale after having been put through a number of grueling challenges.

He used his poker skills to manipulate his way to potentially hit a seven-figure score for the second time in his life, ruffling some feathers along the way, most notably creating a bitter rivalry with Dajah Graham (Player 302), who also reached the Final Five.