Scott Margereson wins twice at APT Jeju in four days
The Chesterfield player took the APT High Roller on 3 October for $188,246 and a Courchevel hi-lo turbo on 6 October, lifting him to 23rd on the United Kingdom all-time money list.
Scott Margereson won two bracelets at the Asian Poker Tour's Jeju festival inside four days, and the second one arrived so late that The Hendon Mob's own United Kingdom ranking table had not caught up with it when we read both pages on 7 October 2026.
The big one was Event #87, the KRW 5,000,000 APT High Roller, won on 3 October for KRW 252,850,000 — $188,246. Three days later, on 6 October, he won Event #124, a KRW 500,000 no-limit Courchevel hi-lo turbo, for KRW 3,790,352 — $2,823. The prize gap is almost seventy to one, but the second win is the more unusual line on a British player's record: Courchevel hi-lo is a five-card Omaha variant that almost never appears on European schedules, and APT Jeju 2026 ran it as a turbo.
The discrepancy is worth noting for anyone checking earnings figures. On 7 October the United Kingdom all-time money list credited Margereson with $5,455,054 while his own player page showed $5,457,877 — a difference of exactly the $2,823 Courchevel prize. Ranking tables lag individual player pages by a day or more, so the player page is the figure to quote.
The pair of wins caps a strong eighteen months. Margereson won the PokerStars Open Main Event at EPT Malta in October 2025 for $497,329 and the €2,700 EPT Second Chance at EPT Barcelona in August 2026 for $421,287, and his Global Poker Index rank of 52nd is the highest of any British player we currently track on this site — a measure of present form rather than career total, where he sits 23rd in the United Kingdom with $5,457,877 and 20th on The Hendon Mob's England list.
APT Jeju 2026 ran from 25 September to 7 October at Jeju, South Korea. All figures and results here are from The Hendon Mob, read 7 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What did Scott Margereson win at APT Jeju 2026?
Event #87, the KRW 5,000,000 APT High Roller, on 3 October for $188,246, and Event #124, a KRW 500,000 no-limit Courchevel hi-lo turbo, on 6 October for $2,823.
Why do two sources give different earnings totals for him?
The Hendon Mob's United Kingdom ranking table showed $5,455,054 on 7 October while his player page showed $5,457,877 — a difference of exactly the 6 October Courchevel prize. Ranking tables lag player pages, so quote the player page.