Scott Margereson Eyeing Consecutive Championships as PS Open Main Event Heads to Day 3

Two months ago, Scott Margereson added a new trophy to his cabinet when he won the €1,650 PokerStars Open Main Event at EPT Malta for €423,700. Today, he is one of 96 contenders remaining on Day 3 of another PS Open Main Event as the PokerStars European Poker Tour headed to Hilton Hotel Prague for their iconic winter stop. If Margereson pulls off the back-to-back, he would pad his bankroll with an additional €583,000, the largest slice of the €4,354,560 prize pool courtesy of the 3,024 total entries.

Although Margereson finds himself in a comfortable position at the start of the penultimate day of the tournament, his stack of 1,660,000 being worth over 66 big blinds, nearly double the average when the clock restarts at noon local time, he falls just shy of the top ten. Meanwhile, the remaining pack is led by Petar Kalev, who will be looking to turn his 2,550,000 chips into his third major PokerStars Live final table appearance.

Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Petar Kalev	Bulgaria	2,550,000	102
2	Thor Morstoel	Norway	2,360,000	94
3	Vitezslav Cech	Czechia	2,205,000	88
4	Radoslav Stoyanov	Bulgaria	2,200,000	88
5	Antoine Berruel	France	2,165,000	87
6	Borja Urrea	Spain	2,115,000	85
7	Iraklis Manikaros	Greece	2,090,000	84
8	Marcin Lesniewski	Poland	2,015,000	81
9	Simon Lofberg	Sweden	1,835,000	73
10	Jerome Besselievre	France	1,830,000	73

EPT champions Tomasz Brzezinski (1,525,000), Aliaksei Boika (1,035,000), and Grzegorz Glowny (720,000) have also made it to Day 3, joining regulars like Claudio Di Giacomo (1,700,000), Grzegorz Kozieja (1,400,000), Henrik Juncker (1,130,000), and Yulian Bogdanov (1,100,000) at the tables.

Day 3 of the PS Open Main Event will restart with blinds at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. All levels will remain 60 minutes long, with a break after every two levels. A long day is in the cards for the remaining players, as the tournament is scheduled to play ten levels or down to the final six players, whichever comes first. If the final six wil be reached, the survivors will end Day 3 with the guarantee of a six-figure payout.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	€583,000	14-15	€28,780
2	€364,000	16-17	€24,020
3	€260,000	18-20	€20,260
4	€200,000	21-23	€17,620
5	€154,000	24-27	€15,320
6	€118,380	28-31	€13,340
7	€91,000	32-39	€11,620
8	€69,980	40-55	€10,120
9	€53,820	56-71	€8,780
10-11	€41,420	72-95	€7,640
12-13	€34,520	96	€6,620