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WSOP 2024: Scott Seiver Clinches Fifth Bracelet

Scott Seiver captured his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2008 by winning the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event. After a 10-year gap, he secured his second bracelet, igniting a spree that has seen him win four bracelets over the past six years. His most recent victory came in the 2024 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better championship, where he outlasted a field of 171 entries to claim his fifth WSOP bracelet and a top prize of $426,744.

Reflecting on his win, Seiver told PokerGO reporters, “I made a decision this summer to really focus on tournaments and try to give it my A-game, at a level that I haven’t always done here… so to just come and win the first $10K, it feels very validating.”

The 39-year-old native of New York, now residing in Las Vegas, has accumulated nearly $26.2 Million in career tournament earnings. Despite not being a year-round tournament player, Seiver has achieved significant success. Three of his five World Series of Poker victories have come in $10,000 championship events, including the 2018 Limit Hold’em championship and the 2019 Razz championship. His fourth bracelet came in a $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout event.

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Seiver’s accomplishment places him among an elite group of just 37 players in poker history who have won five or more WSOP bracelets.

This win marks Seiver’s first title and final-table finish of the year, earning him 780 Card Player Player of the Year points and 427 PokerGO Tour points, propelling him into the top 20 on the high-stakes-centric leaderboard.

This WSOP 2024 event spanned four days, with the top 30 finishers sharing a $1,590,300 prize pool. The final five players each received six-figure payouts. Notable deep runs included two-time bracelet winner Tom Koral (18th), seven-time bracelet winner John Hennigan (17th), bracelet winner Naoya Kihara (16th), four-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (14th), bracelet winner and 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener (11th), Jared Bleznick (8th), Jake Schwartz (7th), and five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (6th).

Final Table Payouts

Day 3 concluded with Sami Saad El-Dein’s elimination in fifth place ($101,853). Seiver ended the day with the chip lead among the remaining four players. Paul Zappulla was the next to be eliminated, his Ad Jc Tc 5c losing to Calvin Anderson’s As 8c 6c 4d, who flopped quad fours and made the second-nut low by the river. Zappulla finished fourth, earning $140,273.

Three-handed play extended nearly five hours, marked by significant chip swings. Ultimately, Anderson’s Qh  Qd  2s 2h fell to Seiver’s Ah Ac 8h 5s, with the board showing 7s 7d 5h 6d 3c. Anderson’s third-place finish brought him $197,582, increasing his career earnings to $6.2 Million.

Heads-up play commenced with Seiver holding a substantial chip lead over Jonathan Cohen, a Canadian bracelet winner. Seiver extended his lead before the final hand, where he raised with Ah 9d 8s 4d and Cohen called all-in with Kd 8d 5h 4s. The final board read Kc Js Jh 7s Tc, giving Seiver a jack-high straight and the win. Cohen earned $284,495 as the runner-up, marking a new career-high, surpassing his previous best of $245,678 from winning the 2022 WSOP $10,000 Limit Hold’em championship.

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