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After over an hour and a half of heads up play, here’s how the last two players stack up

Scott Margereson – 20,900,000 (42 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Faraz Jaka – 18,375,000 (37 bb) – 5 Time Chips

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Faraz Jaka opened to 800,000 and Margereson called.

The flop came , Faraz Jaka bet 900,000 and Margereson called.

The turn brought the , and both players checked.

The river was the and they both checked again. Scott tabled [ jd] for the winning two-pair.

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Faraz Jaka opened to 800,000 and Scott Margereson  called.

The flop came , Margereson checked and Jaka bet 700,000 winning himself the pot.

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Scott Margereson raised to 600,000 and Faraz Jaka called.

The flop came [8], Jaka checked, and Margereson  bet 400,000. Jaka called.

The turn was the , Jaka checked and Margereson bet 1,400,000 winning himself the pot.

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Scott Margereson raised to 600,000 and Faraz Jaka called.

The flop came , Jaka checked and Margereson  bet 900,000 winning himself the pot.

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Scott Margereson  raised to 600,000 and Faraz Jaka called.

The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought the , Jaka bet 775,000 and Margereson  called.

The river brought the , Jaka checked, and Margereson  bet 2,500,000. Jaka used his first time chip of the final table before folding.

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Scott Margereson raised to 500,000 and Faraz Jaka called.

Both players checked the flop. The turn brought the , Jaka checked, and Margereson bet 700,000. Jaka check-raised to 2,100,000 winning himself the pot.

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Scott Margereson raised to 500,000 and Faraz Jaka called.

The flop came , Jaka checked and Margereson bet 750,000. Jaka called.

The turn brought the , Jaka checked and Margereson bet 1,650,000. Jaka called.

The river was the , and they both checked. Margereson turned over and was good against Jaka’s .

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It’s down to the final two players battling for the trophy. Here’s how they stack up:

Scott Margereson  – 28,450,000 (114 bb) – 5 Time Chips
Faraz Jaka – 10,825,000 (43 bb) – 8 Time Chips

Remaining payouts:

1st: $696,740*
2nd: $454,496
* – Includes $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat

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Scott Margereson raised to 500,000 from the button and Brian Hastings raised to 1,800,000 from the small blind. Margereson called.

The flop came , Hastings checked, Margereson  bet 1,200,000 and Hastings raised to 3,800,000. Margereson  moved all in and Hastings called all in for 9,825,000

Hastings turned over for top pair and needed to hold against Margereson’s flush draw.

The turn was the , clean for Hastings but the river was the , giving Margereson the winning flush to eliminate Hastings in third place ($336,466)

Brian Hastings – Eliminated in 3rd place ($336,466)