Hesp busted out in fourth, setting up a final night of three-handed action between Americans Blumstein and Ott, and France\u2019s Benjamin Pollack.<\/p>\n
The short-stacked Pollack had everything to gain and was willing to get his chips in and gamble. Ultimately, though, he hit the rail soon after 9 o\u2019clock PT, after some intense three-way action.<\/p>\n
Pollack shoved from the button with Q-T, while Ott lived up to his name, coming over the top (OTT in poker parlance), re-raising all-in from the small blind with K-9. Blumstein saw potential to take it all down right there, and called from he big blind with A-Q. Blumstein was ahead pre-flop, and the entire tournament could have ended then and there. Instead, a king on the flop tripled-up Ott and sent Pollack to the rails.<\/p>\n
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The final moment was postponed for another 60-odd hands, and when it came, it came via a slice of luck for Blumstein, who played solidly throughout the 10-day event. With all the chips going in pre-flop, Ott was ahead with A-9 versus Blumstein\u2019s A-2, but one of three remaining deuces hit on the river, ending the Main Event and assuring Blumstein a spot in poker history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The new champ says that, while the money is nice, it won’t change his lifestyle all that much. The Temple University graduate, who holds an accounting degree, told WSOP officials after his win:<\/p>\n
“Just two weeks ago I was a New Jersey online grinder and nothing has really changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scott Blumstein, a 25-year-old medium stakes poker pro from New Jersey, decided to play his first World Series of Poker tournament a few weeks ago, the 2017 Main Event. It turned out to be a pretty good decision, as late into Saturday night, Blumstein survived an original field of over 7,200 entrants to take home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":55164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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