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

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.

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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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