Event 46: Scott Margereson Doubles in Dramatic Fashion on the Money Bubble

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 55

Anatoly Nikitin raised in middle position, Kevin Rabichow called in the cutoff, and Scott Margereson called in the big blind.

The flop was Jd7d2c and action checked to Rabichow who bet 40,000. Margerson check-raised all in for about 150,000, Nikitin reraised, and Rabichow folded.

Nikitin:  JhJc
Margereson:  JsTs

Margereson was in dire straits, but the 9h turn and 8c river completed the board, giving Margereson a jack-high straight to double through Nikitin.

Scott Margereson  –  490,000  (25 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  1,500,000  (75 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 55, the average chip stack is around 688,000 (34 big blinds).

1st:  $188,000
2nd:  $120,000
3rd:  $70,600
4th:  $49,700
5th:  $39,200
6th:  $31,400
7th:  $23,600