Scott Margereson Wins Biggest Sunday Prize at 888poker in March

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Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson

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-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$565+35March 5239$135,035
PlacePlayerPrize
1HinduKrush$27,615
2Rocco "sephir0t" Palumbo$20,255
3ThisIsGr888$15,259
4AsaNisse4$11,478
5007SHNAIPER$7,832
6Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard$6,077
7T54_IS_A_FAG$4,726
8s3xmach1ne$3,376
9Kaggis$2,566

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

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15March 5691$138,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1tikkapekka$23,794*
2V.BlomFan60$20,776*
3Yaniv "Zluka2010" Peretz$13,820
4cockbandit44$10,365
5Marty "weneedit" Mathis$7,256
6ArideontheRV$5,874
7spastatze$4,492
8ZHSS8$3,110
9omgjefmonier$1,949

*Reflects heads-up deal


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

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8March 5700$84,940
PlacePlayerPrize
1PairDrawGood$15,926
2DeepInCidurr$11,467
3John "Dealm8ker" Cook$8,494
4Id3f1x89$6,371
5Jonathan "jgjg3000" Gill$4,459
6BigRazor11$3,610
7Javier "que_te_crio" Fernández$2,761
8Lmscheer$1,911
9Lenny "Foleon" Foley$1,198

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

The Baby $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$300+20March 12364$109,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Cathal "cshine87" Shine$18,792*
2Rory "DEOSONER" Young$17,724*
3Rodrigo "selouan1991" Selouan$11,466
4T54_IS_A_FAG$8,736
5Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann$6,115
6fishbones11$4,641
7klimpen_2$3,549
8Patrick "d1sclosure" Leonard$2,457
9Simon "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-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15March 12695$139,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1PazzoRJ$26,063
2Jan "Graftekkel" Arends$18,765
3Dimitar "trino11" Yosifov$13,900
4Stevan "poker_mom74" Chew$10,425
5TooMuchRake$7,298
6Bogdan "Ph4N888" Nicolae$5,908
7Joao "Jaolito85" Marcos Navarro$4,518
8MisterN411$3,128
9mangemoncoq$1,960

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

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8March 12703$86,266
PlacePlayerPrize
1Rafael "keybr" Watanabe do Prado$13,921*
2MacquarieNSW$13,901*
3Benjamin "spektah888" Leblond$8,627
4Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek$6,470
5Robin "inho" Ylitalo$4,529
6Alfisback99$3,666
7Cristian "progree69" Sampaoli$2,804
8diosmono69$1,941
9pokerkid126$1,216

*Reflects heads-up deal


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

The $120,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$565+35March 19257$145,205
PlacePlayerPrize
1Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson$29,694
2Joao Mathias “joao_mathias” Baumgarten$21,781
3Preban "prebzzz" Stokkan$16,408
4Wall2Wall3b$12,342
5clmbndream$8,422
6kiskutya23$6,534
7Lukas "suk12cz" Soucek$5,082
8sweetness158$3,630
988TIGER889$2,759

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

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15March 19685$137,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1bossamtisch1$25,687
2Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi$18,495
3f0rmEiTseGaL$13,700
4gib0derGeh90$10,275
50nurb1ke$7,193
6Anton "YSoSerious7" Yakuba$5,823
7Ioannis "8varethika" Panagiotopoulos$4,453
8PazzoRJ$3,083
9papafritas1$1,932

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

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8March 19673$81,286
PlacePlayerPrize
1Wilmy_x$15,241
2BtM4Ever$10,974
3Liskacha$8,129
4Ksomahnisuos$6,096
5ROLDY18$4,268
6rlambb$3,455
7Guilherme Henrique "GOGOslowroll" Fontes Ribeiro$2,642
8larimetran$1,829
9Benjamin "spektah888" Leblond$1,146

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

The Baby $100,000 Whale

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$300+20March 26342$102,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1MisterN411$19,853
2doorscentral$14,877
3Matthias "amaze1" Neu$11,286
4xcrash154$8,465
5JustGamblin$5,848
6ballage87$4,514
7Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi$3,488
8jizz3r$2,462
9BadModafoka1$1,795

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

The $120,000 Mega Deep

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$200+15March 26667$133,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1B_thebenlar$25,013
2Thulio "thulinho" Colle$18,009
3oo6007$13,340
4altavistt$10,005
5Michael "Wayne_G99" Egan$7,004
6Tomas "DoubleNature" Söderström$5,670
7Gr33nApples$4,336
8Ronaldo4112$3,002
9p1uzera$1,881

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

$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Buy-inDateEntriesPrize Pool
$82+8March 26702$85,284
PlacePlayerPrize
1Jan "Graftekkel" Arends$15,991
2Yordan "yordanpetrov" Petrov$11,513
3Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt$8,528
4JoaoSour$6,396
5Conor "GodfryJONES" O'Driscoll$4,477
6Virophage$3,625
7IbetUfold_x$2,772
8Sambist1990$1,919
9Toilet_Po8L$1,203

*Special thanks to PocketFives.com and Poker Pro Labs for some of the data in this article.

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