Daniel Ott is from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and earned $4.7 million at the series marquee no-limit Texas Hold em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas. Scott Blumstein, of Brigantine, New Jersey, won and takes home more than $8.1 million.
Rookie Scott Blumstein won the series marquee no-limit Texas Hold em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas. He eliminated another poker main event rookie, Daniel Ott, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on the 246th hand of the final table.
Scott Blumstein of Brigantine, New Jersey, increased his chip count to more than 232 million with his ace of hearts and queen of spades. Meanwhile, Daniel Ott of Altoona, Pennsylvania, reached a 128 million chip count with king of clubs and nine of diamonds.
Organizers were forced to recount chips Saturday after a hand in which Daniel Ott doubled up to almost 70 million, while Benjamin Pollak dropped to about 23.3 million. But Pollak did not have that amount of chips in front of him after the hand.
