Day 3 Ends with Scott Margereson Dominating the Final 14 Players

Day 3 comes to an end with 14 players, and Scott Margereson (pictured) finished with more than twice as many chips as anyone else — 9,210,000 (230 big blinds). The second largest stack belongs to Joey Couden, as he bagged up 4,060,000 (102 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for Day 4, followed by the remaining prizepool:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  –  3,300,000  (83 bb)
Seat 2.  Victor Ramdin  –  775,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Brian England  –  2,430,000  (61 bb)
Seat 5.  Scott Margereson  –  9,210,000  (230 bb)
Seat 6.  Pedro Palacio  –  1,590,000  (40 bb)
Seat 7.  Matt Stout  –  1,790,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8.  Zach Donovan  –  2,765,000  (69 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Brian Hastings  –  3,375,000  (84 bb)
Seat 2.  Faraz Jaka  –  2,360,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  Tanner Millen  –  3,825,000  (96 bb)
Seat 4.  Nicholas Schuman-Werb  –  550,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  A.J. Gambino  –  1,240,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7.  Joey Couden  –  4,060,000  (102 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeff Fielder  –  2,095,000  (52 bb)

Here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $696,740*
2nd:  $454,496
3rd:  $336,466
4th:  $251,523
5th:  $189,880
6th:  $144,775
7th:  $111,495
8th:  $86,740
9th-10th:  $68,174
11th-12th:  $54,139
13th-14th:  $43,445

Day 4 begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 noon EDT, when the field will play down to the final six players for Wednesday afternoon’s televised WPT Final Table. Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

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

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com

NOTE TO THE FINAL 14 PLAYERS: Day 4 will be held in the same area as the first three days (the new Hard Rock Events Center), and will not be in a different room.