2015 World Series of Poker

In fairy tale fashion, a 51-year-old High School football coach from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida outlasted a field of 493 and a final table of extremely accomplished pros to win the 2015 WSOP Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed and $567,724 Saturday night.

"This is like a dream come true," said Jeff Tomlinson. "Thats what's so great about poker and the World Series: Anybody can win."

The final table included 2014 WSOP Bracelet winner Pierre Milan, WPT Season XIII Player of the Year Anthony Zinno, WPT Season VI Player of the Year Jonathan Little, three-time WSOP bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche, 2014 WPT Montreal Champion Jonathan Jaffe, five-time WSOP final table participant Dan O'Brien, and online star Andrius Bielskis.

O'Brien was the first out, running into Little's and failing to improve. Soon after, Zinno's big slick was no match for Jaffe's pocket kings and he was out seventh. Jaffe's own big slick then out-flopped Little's pocket jacks to end his run sixth.

Tomlinson turned trip sixes to double through Jaffe and start to make the impossible seem possible. After Bielskis shoved into Nitsche's and didn't get there, the table was left four handed. Tomlinson busted Jaffe when his pocket kings held against Jaffe's all in preflop and Nitsche took third when he ran into Milan's , setting up a heads-up match between the improbable amateur and the French pro looking for his second WSOP bracelet.

Tomlinson doubled into the lead when his top pair held against Milan's flush draw, but he was soon ground down again. They took a dinner break close to even in chips and when they returned, Milan soon had Tomlinson on the ropes again. Tomlinson doubled back into the lead when he got it all in preflop with Big Slick against Milan's eights and spiked a miracle king on the river, but Milan inched back into the lead soon after.

Tomlinson would not be denied though, and doubled up into the lead again when his jacks held against Milan's Big Slick all in preflop. This time there would be no comeback for Milan, as he got down under the three-million chip mark and shoved smack into Tomlinson's . After the final board ran out the bracelet belonged to Tomlinson.

Final Table Results

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