Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee became the MLG Winter Arena 2012 champion with a sixth map series win over Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park to that the final series 4:2. MarineKing won the opener of the series but then fell behind 1:2. From there on out he didn't suffer any more losses and stormed to the title and the $10,000 which comes with it.

DongRaeGu had fought through to the final from the lower bracket, defeating the likes of Ret, NaNiwa, PartinG, Oz and HuK to get a shot at the crown. For MKP his opening series against LosirA saw him lose his only map of the tournament prior to the final, taking down NaNiwa, viOlet, PartinG and HuK without a loss.





MarineKing has famously finished runnerup in numerous high profile tournaments, including three GSL finals. This had led many to think of him as the YellOw of SC2. What's more his form had dipped in the GSL in the latter half of 2011. Outside of Korea a 5th at MLG Orlando and 3rd at ESWC were his best showings. In January of 2012 he finished top 8 at HomeStoryCup IV.

(Photograph courtesy of R1CH from TeamLiquid)