Legendary Sports Bettor Tony Bloom Wins Poker Masters Event #8

Playing poker for the first time in three years, legendary sports bettor Tony Bloom hopped into Event #8: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2022 Poker Masters while on a short trip to Las Vegas and came out on top, winning $360,000 in prize money.

"I've always enjoyed playing poker, but life sometimes - there's a lot going on with business, the football club, a young family, and then COVID, obviously," Bloom said regarding his time away from poker recently. "I don't play online, so there are not so many opportunities. I'm just happy to be in Vegas for a week meeting up with some friends. I just heard about this tournament three days ago and pot-limit Omaha is my favorite game. Tough field, but I said I'll give it a go."

Give it a go Bloom did, topping the 40-entry to take home the lion's share of the $1,000,000 prize. Bloom's last live tournament cash on record was in June 2019 at the WSOP, and before that, it was at the 2016 WSOP.

"I know the poker world has moved on a lot since I used to play pot-limit Omaha a long time ago, maybe 25-30 years ago, so it was a big challenge," Bloom said. "A lot of these guys are obviously professional and they're playing all the time, but I got into it. Particularly when I got into the lead later on, I could use my chip advantage and that's muscle memory for remembering how I did things a long time ago."

Bloom came into the final day of play fourth in chips with six players remaining. He maneuvered his way to heads-up play against Alex Livingston and came out on top. Bloom began the match with the chip lead, extended the gap early, then sealed the deal to take home the trophy.

2022 Poker Masters Event #8 Payouts

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Tony Bloom	United Kingdom	$360,000
2nd	Alex Livingston	Canada	$240,000
3rd	John Riordan	United States	$160,000
4th	Isaac Kempton	United States	$110,000
5th	Matthew Wantman	United States	$80,000
6th	Sam Soverel	United Kingdom	$50,000

Livingston Moves To Top of Poker Masters Leaderboard

Although he fell just short of getting the victory in Event #8, Alex Livingston did enough to move to the top of the 2022 Poker Masters leaderboard. He picked up 144 points with his runner-up result, improving to 291 total and jumping into the top spot.

Livingston now has three cashes at the 2022 Poker Masters. In addition to his second-place finish in Event #8, Livingston finished third in Event #3, the other pot-limit Omaha event on this Poker Masters schedule, and fifth in Event #5: $10,000 8-Game.

2022 Poker Masters Leaderboard Top 10

Place	Player	Country	Points
1st	Alex Livingston	Canada	291
2nd	Andrew Lichtenberger	United States	279
3rd	Cary Katz	United States	271
4th	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	242
5th	Martin Zamani	United States	223
6th	Adam Hendrix	United States	216
7th	Tony Bloom	United Kingdom	216
8th	Sean Winter	United States	207
9th	Ronald Keijzer	Netherlands	203
10th	Ethan Yau	United States	198

No Change To the PGT Leaderboard Top 10

The results of Event #8 at the 2022 Poker Masters did not affect the top 10 of the PGT leaderboard. It remains Phil Ivey on top and Stephen Chidwick in second, but with two big events left at the Poker Masters things could very well change in the coming days.

2022 PGT Leaderboard Top 10

Place	Player	Country	Points
1st	Phil Ivey	United States	3,083
2nd	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	2,998
3rd	Jason Koon	United States	2,384
4th	Alex Foxen	United States	2,356
5th	Michael Duek	Argentina	2,294
6th	Espen Jorstad	Norway	2,192
7th	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	2,139
8th	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	2,003
9th	Sean Winter	United States	1,968
10th	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	1,936

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