Jonathan 'Nolte' Evans – a novice at the poker tables having played some home and online games but who'd never hit the tournament tables in a casino before – scooped a whopping US$337,801 after beating WSOP finalist and recent Heartland Poker Tour winner Aaron Massey heads-up to take down the $500+$60 NLHE Big Stack Re-entry Event during the Borgata Open series in New Jersey.

The American topped a massive field of 4,158 entrants in the opening event of the Borgata series and defied the odds in style, with the only reason the 28-year-old was in Atlantic City being to join his friends on a vacation. Evans sealed victory after ending up on the right side of a flip when his KS-QH out-ran Evans' pocket 10s.