Scott Blumstein wins 2017 World Series of Poker's $8.15M prize

Scott Blumstein, a 25-year-old from New Jersey with a degree in accounting, won the 2017 World Series of Poker early Sunday morning in Las Vegas to earn the $8.15 million top prize and WSOP gold bracelet.

Blumstein won the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event after eliminating Pennsylvania's Dan Ott on the 246th hand of the final table, including more than 60 hands just between the two players.

''I'm really happy about how I played tonight,'' Blumstein told ESPN, which televised the event. "This is just one poker tournament. It takes variance and luck and playing your best, and all those things came together, and I'm happy to be the winner.''

Blumstein's final hand of an ace of hearts and a two of diamonds eventually was stronger than the hand dealt to Ott, who went all in with an ace of diamonds and an eight of diamonds. The community cards were a jack of spades, a six of spades, a five of hearts, a seven of hearts and a two of hearts -- the last card giving Blumstein the victory.

''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 of family and friends after the two of hearts was revealed.

Blumstein, a graduate of Temple University, fought through a field of 7,221 players over two weeks in the 48th edition of poker's most famous tournament. Dozens of tournaments drew 120,995 entrants from around the world to break attendance records.

Blumstein, Ott and seven other players reached the final table that was represented by the United States, Argentina, France and Britain. Ott earned $4.7 million for second place.