Hand #232: Scott Margereson Wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown! ($696,740)

Photo:  WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion Scott Margereson

Scott Margereson moves all in, and Faraz Jaka calls all in for 12,375,000 with . Margereson turns over , and Jaka needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Scott Margereson wins the pot — and the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown — with two pair, queens and jacks.

Faraz Jaka finishes as the runner-up, earning $454,496.

Scott Margereson wins the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, earning $696,740, which includes his $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Margereson also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy, and a Hublot Big Bang Steel watch. Margereson’s name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 16 seasons.

Congratulations to Scott Margereson!

1st:  Scott Margereson  –  $696,740*
2nd:  Faraz Jaka  –  $454,496
3rd:  Brian Hastings  –  $336,466
4th:  Joey Couden  –  $251,523
5th:  Matt Stout  –  $189,880
6th:  Jeff Fielder  –  $144,775

Photo:  Runner-Up Faraz Jaka

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com