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Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park is the champion of the IEM VI Global Challenge New York after a 3:2 series ZvZ victory over

Won Ki 'FruitDealer' Kim in the final. DRG came into the final as the heavy favourites thanks to his Dreamhack Valencia and MLG placings in the last few months but found himself on the brink of elimination at the hands of GSL S1 champion Fruitdealer only two maps into the final. DRG rallied to win three maps in a row and the title in dramatic fashion.

IEM VI Global Challenge New York final:

Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park 3:2

Won Ki 'FruitDealer' Kim
-0:1 Metalopolis
-0:2 Xel Naga Caverns
-1:2 Dual Sight
-2:2 Shakuras Plateau
-3:2 Shattered Temple

IEM VI Global Challenge New York final standings
1st

Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park - $6,500
2nd

Won Ki 'FruitDealer' Kim - $3,300
3rd

Pipe 'KiLLeR' Zuñiga - $1,750
4th

Benjamin 'Gatored' Brewer - $1,250
5th-8th

Sang-Ho 'Killer' Shin - $800
5th-8th

Jung Hoon 'TOP' Kim - $800
5th-8th

Payam 'TT1' Toghyan - $800
5th-8th

Samuli 'elfi' Sihvonen - $800

In professional BW there have been a few famous reverse sweeps, GGPlay's 2007 Daum OSL comeback to defeat Iris was perhaps the most dramatic, thanks to the amazing defiler holds on the final map, but Jaedong's win over Fantasy in the 2009 Batoo OSL also springs to mind. In 2010 EffOrt came back to defeat Flash in the Korean Air OSL, denying the Terran the golden mouse in his first attempt. Interestingly these series were all ZvTs in which the Zerg player came out on top.

DongRaeGu quickly rose to fame for his ZvT excellence in South Korea, impressing many spectators. Since then he has solidified himself as a top player with a 5th at MLG Anaheim, 3rd at MLG Raleigh, 1st at the Dreamhack Valencia Invitational and 2nd in the Arena of Legends. In GSL October Code S he was stopped in the Ro16.

Fruitdealer quickly became the most famous player in SC2 early on as he dramatically won the first GSL, taking down around $85,000 in prize money. Since then his results have been progressively worse and worse. He has never again made it to the Ro8 of a GSL. In GSL May Code S he made it to the Ro16 before losing to eventual champion NesTea. In GSL October he finished 9th-16th in Code A.

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2010 IEM IV European Championship (SK Gaming)
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2010 Arbalet Best of Four (SK Gaming)
2010 Arbalet Cup Europe (SK Gaming)
2010 e-Stars Seoul (SK Gaming)
2010 WCG (SK Gaming)
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2011 Assembly Winter (SK Gaming)
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2011 Dreamhack Summer (SK Gaming)
2011 SK vs. FX showmatch (SK Gaming)
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2013 WCS EU S1 Ro16 (Team Acer)
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2013 WCS EU S2 final / LCS Europe Summer playoffs (Team Acer)
2013 Riot S3 World Championship (Team Acer)
2013 Battle of the Atlantic (OnGamers)
2013 Battle of the Atlantic (OnGamers)
2014 LCS Europe Spring Week 5 (OnGamers)

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2010 IEM IV European Championship (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM IV Asian Finals (ESL-TV)
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2011 ESEA-invite S8 (WinOut)
2011 GameGune (WinOut)
2011 SEC (WinOut)
2013 Dreamhack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship (DH-TV)
2014 Dreamhack Steelseries CS:GO Invitational (DH-TV)
2014 Dreamhack Summer (DH-TV)
2014 Gfinity G3
2014 Dreamhack Stockholm CS:GO Invitational (DH-TV)

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2010 WCG Nordic (SK Gaming)
2011 Dreamhack Winter BEAT IT (whisenhunt)
2011 EPS Winter (whisenhunt/ESL-TV)
2011 WCG (whisenhunt)
2011 IEM VI Kiev EU qualifier (SK Gaming)
2013 FACEIT Sunday Cup April 28th (FACEIT)
2013 Prague Challenge (District)
2013 FACEIT Sunday Cup September 8th (FACEIT)
2013 FACEIT Monday Cup September 9th (FACEIT)
2014 ESEA Invite S15 LAN finals (NiPTV)

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