Three bracelets wasn’t sufficient for Scott Seiver to run away with the 2024 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Participant of the Yr award, however he did maintain on to win. And now he could be one 12 months away from a fair greater honor — the Poker Corridor of Fame.
The dwell 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 Yr race. As such, the WSOP could not name it official for Seiver as a couple of different gamers had been nonetheless mathematically in competitors.
Fierce Competitors
The 2024 World Sequence 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 ultimate desk look to carry off two shut opponents — Michael Rocco and Jeremy Ausmus — to win POY.
Ausmus tied Phil Hellmuth’s 2021 single-series file with seven ultimate desk appearances, and that wasn’t even adequate for second place. That’s as a result of Rocco, who received 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 a couple of 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 received his fifth, sixth, and seventh bracelets this 12 months, and reached two different ultimate 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. match, gaining 398.43 Participant of the Yr factors, leaving Rocco, Ausmus, and Racener ready the place they basically wanted to win one of many ultimate 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 finished, Seiver gathered 4,403.85 factors, nearly 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 time
Seiver known as his shot again in Could on successful Participant of the Yr. He even went as far as to ship out a tweet in search of some betting motion towards his prediction. The poker celebrity wasn’t all discuss — he walked the stroll.
The latest WSOP Participant of the Yr now has $26.Eight million in dwell match cashes, in line with The Hendon Mob. However just like the 2023 Poker Corridor of Fame inductee who has six WSOP bracelets — Brian Rast — his popularity is simply as robust, if not stronger, as a money sport participant as it’s as a match grinder. And that’s the reason he’ll be powerful 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 match for $141,374. In doing so, he grew to become the favourite for Participant of the Yr. 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 ultimate desk appearances to make it troublesome for Rocco, Ausmus, or Racener to catch up within the Participant of the Yr race.
In complete, Seiver received three bracelets, reached 5 ultimate tables, and cashed in 17 occasions (three on-line). He’s the primary to win three WSOP bracelets on the identical venue in the identical 12 months since Jeffrey Lisandro in 2009. George Danzer received three in 2014 however the first occurred within the World Sequence 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?
