Three bracelets wasn’t sufficient for Scott Seiver to run away with the 2024 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Participant of the 12 months award, however he did maintain on to win. And now he is perhaps one 12 months away from a good greater honor — the Poker Corridor of Fame.
The stay WSOP in Las Vegas wrapped final week, however there have been nonetheless two WSOP On-line bracelet occasions earlier this week that might have impacted the Participant of the 12 months race. As such, the WSOP could not name it official for Seiver as just a few different gamers have been nonetheless mathematically in competitors.
Fierce Competitors
The 2024 World Collection of Poker will go down as among the finest ever. Two legends of the sport — Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey — ended decade-long bracelet droughts. And even with three bracelets, Seiver nonetheless wanted a late last desk look to carry off two shut opponents — Michael Rocco and Jeremy Ausmus — to win POY.
Ausmus tied Phil Hellmuth’s 2021 single-series document with seven last desk appearances, and that wasn’t even ok for second place. That’s as a result of Rocco, who gained his first bracelet within the $10,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship (6-Handed) occasion late within the sequence, additionally had a memorable summer season that included six prime 9 finishes.
However as robust as Rocco and Ausmus carried out this summer season — and John Racener and fairly just a few others — the highest participant on the 2024 WSOP was Seiver, who turns into eligible for the Poker Corridor of Fame at age 40 subsequent 12 months.
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Seiver gained his fifth, sixth, and seventh bracelets this 12 months, and reached two different last tables, each late within the sequence. On the ultimate day of play, the New Yorker took sixth place for $131,719 within the $25,000 Excessive Curler H.O.R.S.E. event, gaining 398.43 Participant of the 12 months factors, leaving Rocco, Ausmus, and Racener ready the place they primarily wanted to win one of many last two WSOP On-line bracelet occasions to overhaul his lead. Not one of the contenders ran deep in both of these final on-line occasions.
When all was mentioned and executed, Seiver accrued 4,403.85 factors, virtually precisely 600 greater than Rocco, the runner-up. Ausmus was an in depth third place finisher at 3,686.60, whereas Racener took fifth place at 3,557.10, and Xixiang Luo rounded out the highest 5 with 3,480.93 factors.
Recapping Seiver’s Dominant Summer season
Seiver known as his shot again in Could on profitable Participant of the 12 months. He even went as far as to ship out a tweet searching for some betting motion in opposition to his prediction. The poker celebrity wasn’t all speak — he walked the stroll.
The latest WSOP Participant of the 12 months now has $26.8 million in stay event cashes, in accordance with The Hendon Mob. However just like the 2023 Poker Corridor of Fame inductee who has six WSOP bracelets — Brian Rast — his fame is simply as robust, if not stronger, as a money sport participant as it’s as a event grinder. And that’s the reason he’ll be robust to prime subsequent 12 months when the HOF vote comes round.
Seiver started the summer season with a victory for $426,744 within the $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8-or-Higher Championship occasion. Two weeks later, he took down the $1,500 Razz event for $141,374. In doing so, he grew to become the favourite for Participant of the 12 months. He’d tack on a 3rd bracelet in late June within the $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship for $411,041. However he’d nonetheless want to complete off the sequence with two last desk appearances to make it tough for Rocco, Ausmus, or Racener to catch up within the Participant of the 12 months race.
In whole, Seiver gained three bracelets, reached 5 last tables, and cashed in 17 occasions (three on-line). He’s the primary to win three WSOP bracelets on the similar venue in the identical 12 months since Jeffrey Lisandro in 2009. George Danzer gained three in 2014 however the first occurred within the World Collection of Poker Asia Pacific (APAC) sequence. Ivey (2002), Hellmuth (1993), Ted Forrest (1993), and Puggy Pearson (1973) are the one different gamers to win three WSOP titles in a single sequence.
Subsequent cease, the Poker Corridor of Fame?
