▁at ▁the ▁P oker St ars ▁Car ib bean ▁Advent ure . ▁Bl om ▁part ed ▁ways ▁with ▁P oker St ars ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁and ▁was ▁quickly ▁signed - up ▁by ▁Full ▁T ilt ▁P oker ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁along ▁with ▁rival ▁high - st akes ▁player ▁Tom ▁D wan . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Vik tor ▁Bl om ▁was ▁first ▁introduced ▁to ▁pok er ▁by ▁his ▁older ▁brother ▁at ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁old . ▁He ▁played ▁no - limit ▁Texas ▁hold ' em ▁heads - up ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁with ▁his ▁brother ▁before ▁teaching ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁his ▁friends . ▁Vik tor ▁and ▁these ▁friends ▁used ▁to ▁play ▁micro ▁st akes , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁won ▁a ▁bit ▁from ▁his ▁friends . ▁After ▁a ▁while , ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁Vik tor ▁knew ▁at ▁school ▁started ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁game . ▁They ▁played ▁at ▁breaks ▁during ▁school ▁with ▁buy - ins ▁r anging ▁from ▁$ 3 – $ 7 , ▁during ▁one ▁l unch ▁Vik tor ▁rec alls ▁that ▁ 2 5 ▁people ▁turned ▁up ▁to ▁play . ▁Vik tor ▁himself ▁ended ▁up ▁winning ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 5 . ▁After ▁turning ▁ 1 5 , ▁Vik tor ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁decided ▁to ▁depos it ▁some ▁money ▁onto ▁an ▁online ▁pok er ▁site . ▁The ▁first ▁game ▁they ▁entered ▁was ▁an ▁M TT ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁finished ▁in ▁fifth ▁place ▁for ▁$ 3 0 0