Isai Scheinberg, the founder of industry heavyweight PokerStars, won the £2000+£200 buy-in high roller event at the UKIPT Isle of Man this weekend, according to F5 poker.
Scheinberg outlasted a small field of 15 players to take £13,850 ($22,253). It’s chump change to him.
Just this summer, PokerStars was sold to Amaya Gaming Group for $4.9 billion. The sale marked the end of Scheinberg’s era with the company. The move was seen as giving PokerStars a better chance at re-entry into the American market after it left suddenly in April of 2011.
Scheinberg still faces charges in the U.S. stemming from the Black Friday indictments.
Image by Danny Maxwell of PokerStarsBlog.
