Scott Seiver got here into the 2024 World Sequence of Poker on a mission to win the WSOP Participant of the Yr race and cement his standing as a high Poker Corridor of Fame nominee when he turns into eligible subsequent yr. Issues have gone fairly effectively via the three weeks into the sequence, because the 39-year-old poker professional primarily based out of Las Vegas has already managed to take down two occasions. He earned his fifth profession bracelet only a handful of days into the competition, taking down the $10,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship occasion for $426,744. Twelve days faraway from that win, he triumphed within the $1,500 razz match for his second bracelet of the summer season and his sixth general.
This victory made Seiver simply the twenty third participant in poker historical past to have reached six or extra bracelet wins. It additionally noticed him preserve a 25-year streak of no less than one participant incomes a number of bracelets in a single yr. Chris Ferguson kicked off this run by taking down each a $2,500 seven-card stud occasion and the WSOP major occasion in 2000. Josh Arieh, Chris Brewer, Ryan Miller, Chad Eveslage, Yuri Dzivielevski, Artur Martirosian, and Ben Wilinofsky all gained a number of bracelets in 2023.
Seiver now has two bracelets in razz, becoming a member of his two no-limit maintain’em victories from 2008 and 2022. His different two wins got here in two separate $10,000 championship occasions: the 2018 restrict maintain’em championship and this yr’s Omaha eight-or-better championship. Beneath is a have a look at all of his bracelet wins.
Yr
Match
High Prize
2008
$5,000 No-limit Maintain’em
$755,891
2018
$10,000 Restrict Maintain’em Championship
$296,222
2019
$10,000 Razz
$301,421
2022
$2,500 Freezeout No-limit Maintain’em
$320,059
2024
$10,000 Omaha Eight-or-Higher Championship
$426,744
2024
$1,500 Razz
$141,374
This newest win noticed Seiver overcome a discipline of 547 entries. The $1,500 buy-in occasion ended up with a $730,245 prize pool which was break up up amongst the highest 83 finishers. Loads of large names joined Seiver in working deep, together with three-time bracelet winner David ‘ODB’ baker (forty third), four-time bracelet winner Julien Martini (thirty seventh), three-time bracelet winner John Cernuto (thirty third), three-time bracelet winner Frank Kassela (twenty ninth), three-time bracelet winner Mike Gorodinsky (twenty fourth), two-time bracelet winner John Racener (sixteenth), and four-time bracelet winner Ben Yu (eighth).
Yu was the primary participant to fall on the official ultimate desk, working into the 8-7 low of bracelet winner Maxx Coleman to earn $13,105. Two-time bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris then knocked out Brad Lindsey (seventh – $17,313) to slender the sphere to 6.
After Akihiro Kawaguchi (sixth – $23,349) bowed out, Seiver eradicated Sonny Osman (fifth – $32,136) with a 6-5-4-2-A. Shack-Harris knocked out Coleman in fourth place ($45,117) to depart simply three contenders remaining.
Seiver gained a large pot with 9-7-5-3-A to each get rid of Ingo Klasen (third) and take an enormous chunk out of Shack-Harris’ stack. The entire chips quickly went in with Shack-Harris holding (5-2)J in opposition to Seiver’s (6-4)10. Seiver made a 10-7-6-4-A ultimately, besting Shack-Harris’ Q-J-6-5-2 to win the pot and the title. Shack-Harris earned $94,247 because the runner-up.
Seiver now has greater than $26.4 million in profession match earnings after this win, with greater than $6.9 million in cashes on the WSOP. He additionally earned 840 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors, sufficient to maneuver inside attain of the highest 100 within the 2024 POY standings introduced by International Poker.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Scott Seiver
$141,374
840
2
Brandon Shack-Harris
$94,247
700
3
Ingo Klasen
$64,588
560
4
Maxx Coleman
$45,117
420
5
Sonny Osman
$32,136
350
6
Kawaguchi Akihiro
$23,349
280
7
Bradley Lindsey
$17,313
210
8
Ben Yu
$13,105
140
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Picture credit score: WSOP / Eloy Cabacas.
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