Scott Montgomery (poker player)

{{Short description|Canadian poker player (born 1981)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Scott Montgomery

| image = Scott Montgomery.jpg

| caption = Montgomery at the 2008 World Series of Poker

| residence = Perth, Ontario, Canada

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 16, 1981}}

| birth_place =

| wsop bracelet count = 1

| wsop final tables = 2

| wsop money finishes = 16

| wsop main event best finish rank = 5th

| wsop main event best finish year = 2008

| wpt titles = None

| wpt final tables = 1

| wpt money finishes = 2

| updated = 2011-12-20

}}

Scott Montgomery (born October 16, 1981) is a poker player from Perth, Ontario, Canada who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event #36 and was one of the final table players in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event.{{Cite web |title=41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=40123 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} He finished in fifth place earning $3,088,012,{{Cite web |title=39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, World Championship No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29730 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} which was his fourth cash in the 2008 WSOP. He was eliminated by Peter Eastgate after going all in with {{cards|Ad|3d}}. Eastgate had pocket sixes. Montgomery got an ace on the flop and another on the turn. Another player, Dennis Phillips, had folded a six, meaning Eastgate could only hit the {{cards|6d}} to win the hand. Eastgate hit his card, giving him a full house and eliminating Montgomery.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Oskar |date=2008-11-10 |title=4 players left at World Series of Poker main event |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-world-series-poker-110908-2008nov09-story.html |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}}

Montgomery also has two World Poker Tour cashes, including a fifth-place finish at the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic, which earned him $296,860.{{Cite web |title=2008 L.A. Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29310 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}