Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March

Jason Glatzer

Apr 06, 2017 4 min read

The United Kingdom's Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson was the biggest Sunday winner at 888poker in March.

He outlasted a star-studded final table in The Whale on March 19, which featured Brazil's Joao Mathias ��joao_mathias�� Baumgarten (second place - $21,781), Norway's Preban "prebzzz" Stokkan (third place - $16,408) and Czech Republic's Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek (seventh place - $5,082) to bank the tournament's top prize of $29,694.

Margereson, with over $3.8 million in online tournament cashes according to his PocketFives profile, is no stranger to the big stage. While his victory in The Whale represented his biggest at 888poker, he has had seven bigger online tournament cashes on other online poker rooms including three separate six-digit hauls.

The British poker pro grabbed the attention of the online poker world during the 2014 WCOOP when he won two huge tournaments within a three-day period. He first won the WCOOP-18: $320 NL Hold'em [Turbo, Zoom], $400K Guaranteed for $106,897 before he shipped the WCOOP-22 [Sunday Warm-Up SE]: $215 NL Hold'em, $1M Guaranteed two days later for $244,175.

A few months later in April 2015, he was at it again on PokerStars when he took down the $215 Sunday Million, $1M Gtd for $194,479.

After the win, he told PokerNews that he credited a couple of well-known poker pros for his success.

"I credit a lot of my tournament success to my old backer and coach, Elio "smokrokflock" Fox, and also to Jonathan "apestyles" Van Fleet. I wouldn't be here without them I don't think," said Margereson.

Rocco Palumbo — Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo

Margereson wasn't the only notable player with success at 888poker in March. Italian poker player Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo took second place in The Whale on March 5 for $20,255.

Palumbo now has over $4.1 million in online tournament cashes according to PocketFives to go along with more than $2 million in live tournament cashes according to The Hendon Mob.

Meanwhile, on March 12, Ireland's Cathal "cshine87" Shine and Australia's Rory "DEOSONER" Young agreed to a heads-up deal in The Baby Whale awarding the duo $18,792 and $17,724, respectively.

Also making a big splash in March were Brazilian poker player Rafael "keybr" Watanabe do Prado (March 12 - $13,921) and Dutch poker player Jan "Graftekkel" Arends (March 26 -$15,991) for finishing on top of the podium in The Sunday Challenge.

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 101

The $100,000 Whale

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$565+35	March 5	239	$135,035

Place	Player	Prize
1	HinduKrush	$27,615
2	Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo	$20,255
3	ThisIsGr888	$15,259
4	AsaNisse4	$11,478
5	007SHNAIPER	$7,832
6	Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard	$6,077
7	T54_IS_A_FAG	$4,726
8	s3xmach1ne	$3,376
9	Kaggis	$2,566

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 102

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$200+15	March 5	691	$138,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	tikkapekka	$23,794*
2	V.BlomFan60	$20,776*
3	Yaniv "Zluka2010" Peretz	$13,820
4	cockbandit44	$10,365
5	Marty "weneedit" Mathis	$7,256
6	ArideontheRV	$5,874
7	spastatze	$4,492
8	ZHSS8	$3,110
9	omgjefmonier	$1,949

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 103

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$82+8	March 5	700	$84,940

Place	Player	Prize
1	PairDrawGood	$15,926
2	DeepInCidurr	$11,467
3	John "Dealm8ker" Cook	$8,494
4	Id3f1x89	$6,371
5	Jonathan "jgjg3000" Gill	$4,459
6	BigRazor11	$3,610
7	Javier "que_te_crio" Fern��ndez	$2,761
8	Lmscheer	$1,911
9	Lenny "Foleon" Foley	$1,198

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 104

The Baby $100,000 Whale

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$300+20	March 12	364	$109,200

Place	Player	Prize
1	Cathal "cshine87" Shine	$18,792*
2	Rory "DEOSONER" Young	$17,724*
3	Rodrigo "selouan1991" Selouan	$11,466
4	T54_IS_A_FAG	$8,736
5	Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann	$6,115
6	fishbones11	$4,641
7	klimpen_2	$3,549
8	Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard	$2,457
9	Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattsson	$1,813

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 105

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$200+15	March 12	695	$139,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	PazzoRJ	$26,063
2	Jan "Graftekkel" Arends	$18,765
3	Dimitar "trino11" Yosifov	$13,900
4	Stevan "poker_mom74" Chew	$10,425
5	TooMuchRake	$7,298
6	Bogdan "Ph4N888" Nicolae	$5,908
7	Joao "Jaolito85" Marcos Navarro	$4,518
8	MisterN411	$3,128
9	mangemoncoq	$1,960

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 106

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$82+8	March 12	703	$86,266

Place	Player	Prize
1	Rafael "keybr" Watanabe do Prado	$13,921*
2	MacquarieNSW	$13,901*
3	Benjamin "spektah888" Leblond	$8,627
4	Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek	$6,470
5	Robin "inho" Ylitalo	$4,529
6	Alfisback99	$3,666
7	Cristian "progree69" Sampaoli	$2,804
8	diosmono69	$1,941
9	pokerkid126	$1,216

_{*Reflects heads-up deal}

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 107

The $120,000 Whale

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$565+35	March 19	257	$145,205

Place	Player	Prize
1	Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson	$29,694
2	Joao Mathias ��joao_mathias�� Baumgarten	$21,781
3	Preban "prebzzz" Stokkan	$16,408
4	Wall2Wall3b	$12,342
5	clmbndream	$8,422
6	kiskutya23	$6,534
7	Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek	$5,082
8	sweetness158	$3,630
9	88TIGER889	$2,759

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 108

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$200+15	March 19	685	$137,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	bossamtisch1	$25,687
2	Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi	$18,495
3	f0rmEiTseGaL	$13,700
4	gib0derGeh90	$10,275
5	0nurb1ke	$7,193
6	Anton "YSoSerious7" Yakuba	$5,823
7	Ioannis "8varethika" Panagiotopoulos	$4,453
8	PazzoRJ	$3,083
9	papafritas1	$1,932

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 109

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$82+8	March 19	673	$81,286

Place	Player	Prize
1	Wilmy_x	$15,241
2	BtM4Ever	$10,974
3	Liskacha	$8,129
4	Ksomahnisuos	$6,096
5	ROLDY18	$4,268
6	rlambb	$3,455
7	Guilherme Henrique "GOGOslowroll" Fontes Ribeiro	$2,642
8	larimetran	$1,829
9	Benjamin "spektah888" Leblond	$1,146

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 110

The Baby $100,000 Whale

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$300+20	March 26	342	$102,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	MisterN411	$19,853
2	doorscentral	$14,877
3	Matthias "amaze1" Neu	$11,286
4	xcrash154	$8,465
5	JustGamblin	$5,848
6	ballage87	$4,514
7	Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi	$3,488
8	jizz3r	$2,462
9	BadModafoka1	$1,795

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 111

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$200+15	March 26	667	$133,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	B_thebenlar	$25,013
2	Thulio "thulinho" Colle	$18,009
3	oo6007	$13,340
4	altavistt	$10,005
5	Michael "Wayne_G99" Egan	$7,004
6	Tomas "DoubleNature" S?derstr?m	$5,670
7	Gr33nApples	$4,336
8	Ronaldo4112	$3,002
9	p1uzera	$1,881

Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March 112

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-in	Date	Entries	Prize Pool
$82+8	March 26	702	$85,284

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jan "Graftekkel" Arends	$15,991
2	Yordan "yordanpetrov" Petrov	$11,513
3	Niklas "tutten7" ?stedt	$8,528
4	JoaoSour	$6,396
5	Conor "GodfryJONES" O'Driscoll	$4,477
6	Virophage	$3,625
7	IbetUfold_x	$2,772
8	Sambist1990	$1,919
9	Toilet_Po8L	$1,203