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Viktor Blom Defeats Eugene Katchalov in Showdown

20-Year-Old Swede Books Six-Figure Win

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Viktor BlomOn Sunday, Team PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom defeated Eugene “MyRabbiFoo” Katchalov in the fourth installment of the SuperStar Showdown.

The four-hour match, which consisted of 2,500 hands played across four $50-$100 no-limit hold’em tables, ended in a win of $111,750 for the 20-year-old Blom.

The largest hand of the contest was a $62,500 cooler that went in the Swede’s favor. On a board of JDiamond Suit 3Club Suit 2Heart Suit KHeart Suit 9Heart Suit all the money went in with Blom tabling pocket kings and Katchalov mucking the smaller set of nines.

Credit: PokerStars

With the win Blom improves to 3-1 in SuperStar Showdowns. He lost the first one to Isaac Haxton, but won his next two against Antanas Guoga and Dan Cates before beating Katchalov on Sunday. Blom has $165,525 in profits after four matches.

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