Scott Blumstein Wins The 2017 WSOP Main Event!

The poker world crowned a new world champion this weekend, as USA's Scott Bluemstein took down the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,150,000 and the gold and diamond covered bracelet! It was the first time Blumstein played the Main Event. It was a memorable one to say the least, as he took the chip lead on Day 7 and led the final table almost from start to finish!

He faced fellow American Daniel Ott heads-up. Ott, who also was playing the Main Event for the first time, only had 10 to 15 big blinds for some time of the battle but eventually managed to double up to 64 million in chips with the big blind at 3 million. He could have doubled up again shortly after the first double up, but the poker gods weren't on his side of the table...

Hand #246: Scott Blumstein limped from the small blind and Dan Ott bet 8 million. Blumstein moved all in and Ott, after a minute of thinking, called with his remaining 55 million chips.

Dan Ott: A8
Scott Blumstein: A2

The flop rolled out J65 and Ott remained ahead. The turn was the
7 and Ott picked up a straight draw. The river was the 2 and Blumstein's rail started celebrating! Blumstein had hit the miracle card to secure the Main Event title, while Ott had been eliminated in second place for a $4,700,000 payday. 

An understandably emotional Blumstein struggled to get the words out when asked by WSOP reporters how it felt to be the champion of the 2017 Main Event. "I'm still in shock. I thought I would get even more emotional that what I got in real time but it's just the best feeling, I can't even put it into words."

"I'm really happy with how I played tonight," Blumstein continued. "I'm lucky enough to have good resources and hit up a buddy of mine who is really good at heads-up and three-handed poker. We went over what I should do and I was hoping to execute. I think tonight went really well."

Final table results: 
1 Scott Blumstein, United States, $8,150,000
2 Dan Ott, United States, $4,700,000
3 Benjamin Pollak, France, $3,500,000
4 John Hesp, United Kingdom, $2,600,000
5 Antoine Saout, France, $2,000,000
6 Bryan Piccioli, United States, $1,675,000
7 Damian Salas, Argentina, $1,425,000
8 Jack Sinclair, United Kingdom, $1,200,000
9 Ben Lamb, United States, $1,000,000

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