In every other 12 months, Scott Seiver may have give up competing by now and simply gone forward and given his acceptance speech for World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Participant of the 12 months.
However that is 2024, and regardless of having received three bracelets (and ending third in an occasion on Sunday), the race is not over. That’s as a result of Jeremy Ausmus can also be having a historic summer season, and he is yet another last desk away from catching up within the POY chase.
Seiver is the Doubtless Winner
On Saturday, Ausmus completed seventh place for $23,952 within the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. match, his seventh official last desk look of the summer season, which ties Phil Hellmuth’s single collection report set in 2021.
Ausmus, a six-time bracelet winner, hasn’t added to his {hardware} this 12 months, however he’s with out query having the best WSOP ever with out successful a title. After his latest last desk look, he remained in second place with 3,686 factors.
Seiver, alternatively, entered the $10,000 buy-in WSOP On-line bracelet occasion with 3,793 factors after which earned 473 factors for ending in third place. Because of the new scoring system for 2024, he will not prolong his lead over Ausmus as a lot as you may suppose.
This 12 months’s system permits for less than the highest 10 cashes to be included within the POY race, and just one on-line money. As such, Seiver’s beforehand included on-line money for 193 factors will probably be worn out and changed together with his latest last desk look, a distinction of 280 factors. That brings his whole to 4,073 factors, 387 greater than Ausmus.
Sure, Ausmus is Nonetheless within the Race
The chances at the moment are stacked towards Ausmus due to Seiver’s on-line last desk look. However there are nonetheless two dwell occasions that started on Monday and yet another scheduled for Tuesday, and two on-line bracelet occasions later within the week.
A small money or two will not do him any good. He’ll want to interrupt the report for many last desk appearances if he will pull it off. And never solely that, he’ll seemingly want a high three or 4 end to overhaul Seiver, which means his possibilities of successful are low. However we’re speaking about arguably the highest performer on the World Collection of Poker since 2021, so guess towards him at your individual danger.
There’s additionally nonetheless an out of doors shot Likelihood Kornuth may go on a wild heater to complete off the 2024 WSOP and declare the Participant of the 12 months award. He is at the moment at 3,374 factors and would primarily must win a bracelet and certain attain a second last desk within the final three occasions to get it accomplished, nonetheless.
Unusual issues have occurred within the WSOP Participant of the 12 months contest over time. In 2019, Daniel Negreanu was declared winner for the third time. The poker world despatched the previous PokerStars ambassador all kinds of congratulatory messages solely to search out out days later {that a} scoring error had been found and that Robert Campbell was the true winner.
The 2024 race is not over, however the deck is definitely stacked towards Ausmus because the collection is simply a few days from its conclusion. Regardless of the way it ends, each gamers are having historic summers, and the fifty fifth World Collection of Poker will go down as some of the entertaining ever.
Scoring Error Takes 2019 WSOP Participant of the 12 months Award from Negreanu
WSOP Participant of the 12 months Leaderboard
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