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Scott Margereson, known online as “Aggro Santos,” has surpassed $5 million in career live tournament earnings after winning the €2,700 EPT Second Chance event at the 2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona festival. The United Kingdom pro took home €361,060 from an €2,046,700 prize pool after defeating 844 entrants.
The result ranks as Margereson’s third-largest career score, behind his 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown win worth $696,740 and his €423,700 triumph at the 2025 PokerStars Open Malta.
The tournament paid the top 127 finishers, with notable names such as Dominik Panka, Juha Helppi, and Christian Harder among those cashing. At the nine-handed final table, Maksim Panyak was the first to exit, followed by Maciej Komorowski and Fabio Peluso.
Cristinel Dumitru and Canada’s Sanjaya Wadhwani were eliminated next, guaranteeing the remaining four players at least €123,940. Frenchman Julien Thome finished fourth for €124,256, more than doubling his previous career earnings.
The final three players had combined earnings exceeding $13 million and included two prominent female pros, Natasha Mercier and Cherish Andrews. Andrews departed in third for €161,140, edging closer to the $5 million milestone herself.
Margereson ultimately defeated Mercier heads-up, with Mercier earning €225,580 for her runner-up finish. Elsewhere at the festival, Max Herulf won the €3,200 8-Game event over Benny Glaser, while Manuel Stojanovic claimed the €15,000 PLO title for €320,474.
