Ott entered the final day of the Main Event in second place and added significantly to his stack in the opening 10 hands. ”I’m really happy with the result, really happy with the deuce because I was playing good, but I’m pretty tired of poker at this point honestly, and to have to go back and battle pretty deep again, I wasn’t looking forward to it,” said Blumstein, who fell to his knees near his supporters after the two of hearts was revealed. Scott Blumstein, a 25-year-old professional poker player from Morristown, New Jersey, will have more than 60 percent of the chips in play when action in the World Series of Poker Main Event resumes at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rio Convention Center with three players remaining. Scott Blumstein and Dan Ott battled heads-up late Saturday at the Rio Convention Center to determine the winner of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship and the $8.15 million first prize. Blumstein, Ott and seven other players reached the final table after having bested more than 7,200 participants.
In poker, American Scott Blumstein wins the WSOP Main Event, beating out a field of over 7,200 entrants over two weeks to claim the first prize of $8.15 million and a WSOP bracelet.