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A rookie card player with a degree in accounting is this year's World Series of Poker champion.<br>New Jersey native Scott Blumstein won the series' marquee no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas surrounded by dozens of supporters including relatives and college friends. <br>He is now more than $8.1 million richer after eliminating Pennsylvania's Daniel Ott on the 246th hand of the final table, more than 60 hands with just the two of them with bricks of bills and a gold bracelet separating them.<br>'I'm really happy about how I played tonight,' said Blumstein, who's 25. <br>'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.'<br>      (image:  )    New Jersey native Scott Blumstein won the World Series of Poker's marquee no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas with an ace of hearts and a two of diamonds<br>      (image:  )    Blumstein (left) is now more than $8.1 million richer after eliminating Pennsylvania's Daniel Ott (right) on the 246th hand of the final table, more than 60 hands with just the two of them<br>      (image:  )    'I'm really happy about how I played tonight,' said Blumstein, who's 25. 'It takes variance and luck and playing your best, and all those things came together, and I'm happy to be the winner'<br>Blumstein's final hand of an ace of hearts and a two of diamonds ended up being stronger than that of Ott, who went all in with an ace of diamonds and an eight of diamonds. <br>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. It was the last card that prompted Blumstein's supporters to erupt.<br>  RELATED ARTICLES                                                                          Share this article                  Share                                  '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 after the two of hearts was revealed.<br>Blumstein, Ott and seven other players reached the final table after having bested more than 7,200 participants. <br>Unlike the past several years, the final nine players didn't have to wait until November to take their spots at the final table. Each of them was guaranteed at least $1 million.<br>The famed tournament marked the end of this year's series, in which dozens of tournaments drew 120,995 entrants from around the world, shattering attendance records. <br>      (image:  )    Each of the nine players who made it to the final table was guaranteed at least $1million, but only Blumstein walked away with the grand prize of more than $8million<br>      (image:  )    Blumstein reacts to a disappointing hand as Frenchman Benjamin Pollak (right) looks on<br>      (image:  )    Scott Blumstein reacts after winning a pot. His final winning hand was a pair of twos<br>The men who made the final table represented the United States, Argentina, France and Britain. Earlier, on Saturday night, Frenchman Benjamin Pollak was eliminated in third place.<br>Ott, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, earned $4.7 million. Neither he nor Blumstein, of Brigantine, New Jersey, had previously played at the main event. <br>Both had dozens of supporters who cheered and gasped - depending on the hand - throughout the night. Some in Team Blumstein sported T-shirts that wondered 'Is this real' and others that declared 'I don't like folding.'<br>Ott said overall he was satisfied with how he performed and the result.<br>'At                                        data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links">  Read more:                  DM.later('bundle', function()        DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker');    );