Great Scott! Seiver Adds to Legacy with Fifth WSOP Bracelet

Scott Seiver added to his poker legacy tonight as he emerged victorious in Occasion #10: $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship on the 2024 World Collection of Poker at The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for $426,744 and his fifth bracelet. He defeated bracelet winner Jonathan Cohen in a heads-up battle that lasted simply thirty minutes.

This prestigious occasion spanned 4 grueling days and attracted 197 of the most effective Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher gamers on the planet, making a prize pool of $1,832,100. Seiver, a longtime professional and probably the most recognizable faces within the high-stakes poker world, skillfully maneuvered his solution to victory to affix different five-time bracelet winners like John Juanda, Benny Glaser and John Monnette.

“This was exhausting,” he advised PokerNews in a winner’s interview. “I wouldn’t be shocked if this was certainly one of if not the longest non-Primary Occasion match there was. I really feel nice now that I’ve gained.”

Occasion #10: $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship Remaining Desk Outcomes

“This Bracelet Truly Means a Lot to Me”

After a number of winner’s pictures had been taken, Seiver, who gained his final bracelet within the 2022 $2,500 Freezeout No-Restrict Maintain’em, kindly shared his ideas about his feelings following the occasion and his plans for the 2024 WSOP.

“This bracelet truly means quite a bit to me,” he stated. “Everybody (who) performs a match, they at all times wish to win. However I got here into this summer season with an actual want to try to win as many bracelets as I can.”

In response to his comeback from being the brief stack throughout three-handed play, Seiver stated “I believe my fashion of play particularly in Omaha 8 or Higher or break up pot video games normally permits me to outlive on a brief stack for a very long time.”

Seiver will likely be eligible for the Poker Corridor of Fame subsequent yr and has his sights set on the shortlist.

“Truthfully, I’ve been top-of-the-line on the planet at money video games, heads-up no-limit tournaments, actually nearly any type of poker there was. And I simply really feel that it was vital to let folks know that I’m nonetheless right here and doing this.”

Seiver’s Path to Victory

Seiver secured the chip lead on the finish of Day 1 and by no means regarded again. Late registration remained open for the primary degree of Day 2, and as soon as all of the entries had been tallied, it was decided that 30 gamers could be awarded not less than a min-cash of $20,309. Sadly, Patrick Leonard earned the unfortunate title of bubble boy simply lacking out on the cash.

Patrick Moulder entered the ultimate desk with a middling stack however was by no means in a position to achieve momentum underneath the lights. He in the end exited the occasion in ninth place, falling by the hands of Benny Glaser.

Subsequent to fall was the ever-talkative Jared Bleznick, who completed in eighth place. Bleznick misplaced a number of pots on the remaining desk earlier than finally getting it in preflop towards the general match runner-up, Cohen. Sadly, the seller offered no assist, and Bleznick was despatched to the cashier’s desk.

Jake Schwartz managed to climb a number of pay jumps on the remaining desk earlier than in the end turning into the brief stack. He bought all his chips within the center forward towards Paul Zappulla, however a disastrous flip card despatched him packing in seventh place.

Essentially the most adorned combined recreation participant on the remaining desk was Glaser, boasting 5 WSOP bracelets from a wide range of video games in addition to a number of on-line mixed-game championships. Glaser entered the ultimate desk together with his eyes firmly on the gold bracelet. Nonetheless, a a string of unlucky runouts left Glaser because the brief stack with six gamers remaining. In the end, it was Seiver who despatched Glaser to the showers in sixth place.

Sami Saad El-Dein ended Day 2 because the in a single day chip chief and appeared to tug away from the remainder of the sphere through the early ranges of Day 3. Nonetheless, shorthanded play earlier than the ultimate desk wasn’t sort to El-Dein, and he entered the ultimate desk because the shortest stack. El-Dein completed the match in fifth place, falling to Seiver. Regardless of this, he secured a six-figure rating, by far his largest so far one thing he will certainly be very happy with.

After El-Dein’s elimination in fifth place, the remaining 4 gamers bagged up for the evening and returned on Day 4 to play to a winner, with Seiver on the prime of the counts.

Of the 4 gamers returning for Day 4, Zappulla was the one one and not using a WSOP bracelet. Coming in because the brief stack, it was going to be a monumental process to emerge victorious. It took lower than one degree of play on Day 4 for Zappulla to hit the rail after working into the quads of Calvin Anderson. Zappulla settled for a fourth-place end and his largest money so far.

That meant the remaining three gamers had assured themselves a podium end and a money prize simply shy of $200,000. Three-handed play was quick and livid, with every participant holding the chip lead and the shortest stack a number of occasions. It took over 4 hours of play for an additional elimination to happen. Ending in third was four-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson, who, after getting short-stacked, could not enhance towards the eventual champion Seiver when all of the chips went in preflop.

Seiver had a commanding chip lead going into heads-up play towards Cohen, with nearly a 4:1 chip benefit. Seiver had Cohen getting ready to elimination a number of occasions, however Cohen confirmed a knack for surviving and wouldn’t go down and not using a battle. In the end, Seiver’s relentless aggression paid off as he completed off Cohen in simply thirty minutes, claiming his fifth bracelet.

As at all times, PokerNews will present real-time updates in all 99 bracelet occasions over the summer season, so hold it right here to remain within the loop with the most recent motion all through the sequence.