Viktor Blom Defeats Eugene Katchalov in Showdown20-Year-Old Swede Books Six-Figure Win |
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Viktor Blom
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 J 3
2
K
9
all the money went in with Blom tabling pocket kings and Katchalov mucking the smaller set of nines.
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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