World Series of Poker rookie, Scott Blumstein, wins the third largest Main Event in history after beating fellow rookie, Dan Ott, in heads-up action after a commanding performance.

There was a moment during the masochistic madness of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event that I came close to writing to PokerNews to politely point out an error in the chip counts – they kept calling Scott Baumstein, Scott Blumstein. It’s not a mistake I will repeat, and for a good reason.

Scott Blumstein, the WSOP rookie, from Morristown, New Jersey, is the 48th WSOP Main Event winner, and proud owner of $8,150,000, at least until the tax man gets a hold of it.

The 25-year-old, who fell in love with poker after watching Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 Main Event, was competing in the Main Event for the first time.