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The Latest: New champion happy but 'pretty tired of poker'

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event in Las Vegas (all times local):

1:05 a.m.

A New Jersey man who just became this year's World Series of Poker champion and pocketed more than $8.1 million says he's "really happy" with how he played but he's "pretty tired of poker at this point."

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.