Poker champion invited his friends to invest in his WSOP run — and turned their $60 into $40,000 each

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July 25, 2017 10:24 PM

When Scott Blumstein won the World Series of Poker and the $8.1 million dollar prize that comes with it, he wasn't the only one to cash in

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Winning the Main Event of the World Series of Poker is a life-changing event, but as 2017 champion Scott Blumstein proved, the one playing at the final table doesn't have to be the only one that benefits from the grand prize.

As an ESPN report notes, a few of Blumstein's friends that helped spot his $10,000 entry fee into the tournament are now also huge beneficiaries of his success.

Just a few weeks before the start of the tournament, while Blumstein was still an relatively unknown poker player, grinding away for hours at online hands, he posted a tweet inviting friends and followers to back his bid in the tournament.

While the tweet got little interest at the time, it's evident that at least a few of his friends took Blumstein up on the deal, and now they are reaping the rewards of their investment. As ESPN reports,

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