Mar 1, 2021
In episode 541, I chat with Scott Blumstein who at the young age of 25, Scott beat the field of 7,221 people to win the 2017 World Series of Poker main event for $8,150,000. After graduating from Temple University with an accounting degree, Scott Blumstein decided to put his affinity for numbers to work in a different way. Having fallen in love with the game of poker at a young age, he decided to take a run at playing it professionally before entering the workforce. He successfully made a modest living for a few years before breaking through and capturing the title everyone who plays cards dreams about.
Listen as he chats about:
- How he got into cards initially
- How to get into the world series of poker
- The mindset for poker
- Focusing on yourself vs on others in a poker game
- What it was like at the World Series of Poker in 2017 and How He Won $8 million
- Life after winning
- Finding your next step in life