The 2017 WSOP Main Event winner Scott Blumstein actually isn't the only man benefiting from the deuce on the river that took out Dan Ott on the final hand of poker's biggest tournament of the year. The world poker champion won for each of his four friends $40,750 out of the $8,150,000 he won, their massive reward for investing a tiny $60 a piece to support his $10,000 buy-in to the tournament.
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Wow ... eso si es un amigo ... fue mucho mejor de USD $ 60 que haya echo en su vida .. felicidades a los 4 fantasticos. Jejeje
------------ Wow ... that if it is a friend ... it was much the best bet of USD $ 60 that I have done in his life .. congratulations to the 4 fantastic ones. Jejeje
Well they had huge trust that he could make big money and they got rewarded much morethe maximum to be precised, even if I could afford to spend $60 like I'm buying some candies at the candy store I would not invest even in Negreanu or Ivey in such huge field event....
Of course it's very nice when the person you've invested in just $ 60 brings you a good profit ... but it's certainly very risky and then you need to be either a friend of this person or very believe in his victory
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Wow! What an incredible return on such a small investment! Massive congratulations go out to all the winners and their financial backers involved in the 2017 WSOP event. Good luck to all aspiring poker players next year!
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A 60 dollars bet, or support, or share that can bring you a small fortune. And of course when you have someone you know, that is going to play in wsop, you are doing this exactly. You buy a share if you can. You never know the outcome. Plus the thrill is even bigger, for that person to win
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I should move in vegas can enroll in a tournament and I will be able to win a nice amount of money. I see that many who earn nice money and not all are professional poker players. I hope it's not just a marketing strategy to trick the world to do buy in for many tourneys. I hope these amateur are really amateurs like Grandpa John Hesp.
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I wish i could have bought in on this action!!! It must have been a tremendous sensation to watch this guy going further and further in the tournament and trying to work out your percentage along the way
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cool story dudes, invest a $60 in your friends action just to really support him as a friend more than expecting any real return and out of the blue you get $40K for your generosity. that's what i call a great day in the office.
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well for american people its maybe not too much to invest in friends buy in,but if you try to find in europe,especially eastern europe,that somebody help you with 10K buy in,this would be almost impossible and there are not guarantees that they will get back money!
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Yes me too would like to be this guy who helped him and make 40,000 from 60 investment. But it only sounds good niw after we know the results, and before the tournament start i don't think this was a good investment because there are many very good players in the tournament
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so blumstein gets even less now
Before Tax After Tax
1 Scott Blumstein $8,150,000 $4,310,571 USA 2 Daniel Ott $4,700,000 $2,600,194 USA 3 Benjamin Pollak $3,500,000 $3,500,000 France 4 John Hesp $2,600,000 $2,600,000 UK 5 Antoine Saout $2,000,000 $2,000,000 France 6 Bryan Piccioli $1,675,000 $791,023 USA 7 Damian Salas $1,425,000 $997,500 Argentina 8 Jack Sinclair $1,200,000 $1,200,000 UK 9 Ben Lamb $1,000,000 $597,517 USA
Uk doesnt tax winnings from poker and have a tax treaty with the USA unlike Argentina .... the two frenchman live in London
Posted by Robbo1990: so blumstein gets even less now
Before Tax After Tax
1 Scott Blumstein $8,150,000 $4,310,571 USA 2 Daniel Ott $4,700,000 $2,600,194 USA 3 Benjamin Pollak $3,500,000 $3,500,000 France 4 John Hesp $2,600,000 $2,600,000 UK 5 Antoine Saout $2,000,000 $2,000,000 France 6 Bryan Piccioli $1,675,000 $791,023 USA 7 Damian Salas $1,425,000 $997,500 Argentina 8 Jack Sinclair $1,200,000 $1,200,000 UK 9 Ben Lamb $1,000,000 $597,517 USA
Uk doesnt tax winnings from poker and have a tax treaty with the USA unlike Argentina .... the two frenchman live in London
Wow .... being an American citizen and playing poker is not very profitable ... the player who took third place received a bigger prize than the player who finished second ... this leads to thoughts about changing citizenship))
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I had no idea that the winning can be that bad after the tax. pajal is right about that.. The one who finished first ended up with more money than the second. And the first one, got his winnings almost in half.
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yeah OTT got screwed a little bit more because of the state ... and picolli is a 'pro poker player' as his profession so gets screwed a lil bit more as well....the state and the govt both tax the earnings for americans
this would be why many live overseas (or say they do) to avoid such taxs
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That´s really a amazing ROI to get 40k with a investment of 60$. But it was nice to see that not only one person have a reason for a big Party And that he share a little piece of his big winning are really nice for his friends.
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that can bring you a small fortune.
And that he share a little piece of his big winning are really nice for his friends.
