Scott Margereson steamrolls final table to win APT Jeju High Roller

The early exits

Fan was the first player eliminated, bowing out in a blind versus blind confrontation with Margereson. From the small blind, Fan sent the last of his stack in with and Margereson made the call with .

The flop connected with both players as Margereson made top pair and Fan found an open-ended straight draw. The turn saw Fan pair up, but the river was a brick and his run came to an end. 

After losing a big chunk in a hand against Jiaxian Pan, China's Yaoyu He was left short-stacked. 

He called off the last of his stack with against Pan's and was in good shape to double up on the flop. The turn and river saw Pan make two pair, however, and He had to settle for an eighth-place finish. He's elimination was the only knockout that Margereson had no part in. 

The final table finishers in the record-setting APT Jeju High Roller. (Clockwise from top left: Yaoyu He, Scott Margereson, Martin Sedlak, Wouter Beltz, Jiaxian Pan, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Hongsheng Zhang, Kunal Patni, Chih Wei Fan)

The Netherlands' Wouter Beltz bowed out next, his falling to Margereson's on a runout. 

Margereson, seemingly unstoppable, notched the next elimination as well – downing past Mega Lion winner Martin Sedlak's  with on a runout. 

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Margereson closes

The Brit continued his frenzy of KOs by taking out Pan next. In the face of an open from Patni, Margereson moved all-in with and picked up a call from the short-stacked Pan in the big blind with . 

The flop paired Pan to vault him into the lead, but the turn provided Margereson with a straight and the river changed nothing. 

Patni took a tough beat to fall in fifth. In a three-way all-in pot, he had the best of it with against Margereson's and Takahashi's . The runout saw Takahashi triple up as the short stack while Patni hit the rail in fourth place – at the hands of Margereson. 

The heads-up battle between Yoshifumi Takahashi and Scott Margereson was decided in a single hand.

After doubling twice through Margereson to stay alive a little longer, Hongsheng Zhang bowed out in third place when he called off the last of his stack with . 

Margereson's held up across the runout to recoup his lost chips and notch another elimination. 

When heads-up play began, Margereson held an overwhelming chip lead over Takahashi – and their battle lasted just one hand. Takahashi moved all-in with and Margereson called it off with . 

The runout saw both make two pair, but the Brit had the best of it. 

^{Images courtesy of Asian Poker Tour.}