The 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship televised final table is set and it is one of the most successful you will find.
The last six players have combined to earn more than $15.4 million in their live tournament careers. Faraz Jaka’s $5.7 million makes him the biggest earner at the final table with Scott Margereson’s $570,000 the lowest. But Margereson has more than $4.1 million earned on his online poker résumé.
Their accomplishments include three WSOP bracelets, two WPTDeepStack titles, three WSOP Circuit rings, and the Season VIII Player of the Year.
Here are your six members listed by their final table seats.
Seat 1: Jeff Fielder
Chip count – 4,320,000
From West Des Moines, Iowa, Fielder has more than $1.4 million in career earnings. He won two WPTDeepStacks titles, the last coming in December 2017, and two WSOP Circuit Main Event rings since he started playing poker in 2010.
Seat 2: Matt Stout
Chip count – 3,190,000
Originally from New Jersey and now residing in Las Vegas, Stout has earned $3.7 million in live poker tournaments. This is his third WPT final table and his second final table in this event. Stout has four WSOP final tables to his credit and two back-to-back runner-up finishes at WSOP Circuit at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino in February.
Seat 3: Brian Hastings
Chip count – 12,855,000
A hometown Fort Lauderdale poker pro, Hastings has booked $2.64 million in his tournament career. He owns three WSOP bracelets; Heads-Up NLH, Seven-Card Stud, and 10-Game Mix. Online poker legend who once won $4.2 million in one day in the cash games. This is the eighth six-digit cash in Hastings’ career.
Seat 4: Faraz Jaka
Chip count – 2,450,000
Born in San Jose CA, his $5.7 million career earnings make him the most successful player at the final table. This is his sixth WPT final table and he was the WPT Player of the Year for Season VIII. Jaka also has six WSOP final table appearances and he won the WPT South Africa High Roller in 2014.
Seat 5: Joey Couden
Chip count – 8,255,000
A South Florida resident, Couden has earned nearly $1.4 million in his tournament career. He picked up his biggest cash in the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship with a televised sixth-place finish. Couden also owns a Borgata Poker Open Six-Max title from 2014.
Seat 6: Scott Margereson
Chip count – 8,195,000
Hailing from the United Kingdom, Margereson is guaranteed to push his live career total over $600,000 with any final table cash. He has two WSOP final table appearances and won the 2016 PCA Eight-Handed Turbo event. In the online poker world as “Aggro Santos”, Margereson has two World Championship of Online Poker titles and $4.1 million in online tournament earnings.