It was a busy weekend at the 2024 WSOP. Scott Seiver became the first player to win multiple bracelets at the 2024 WSOP when he took down Event #40 $1,500 Razz, which also marked his sixth bracelet. Sergio Aido outlasted 177 runners to win his first bracelet with a victory in Event #39 $50,000 High Roller NLHE, which paid out a little more than $2 million. Meanwhile, Phillip Hui banked $193,545 and his fourth bracelet with a win in Event #35 $1,500 HORSE.
Ship it to Scott Seiver. For a second time this summer, Seiver was the last player standing in a 2024 WSOP event. The 39-year-old Seiver has now won six WSOP bracelet which put him in a rare club of players who bagged a six-pack worth of bling. There are currently 14 players with six bracelets, and only nine players who won seven or more. Seiver finds himself in good company with the likes of Daniel Negreanu, TJ Cloutier, Josh Arieh, Jeremy Ausmus, Jason Mercier, Shaun Deeb, Jesus Ferguson, Brian Hastings, Ted Forrest, Jeff Lisandro, Brian Rast, Jay Heimowitz, and the late Layne Flack.
Seiver binked Event #10 $10,000 Omaha 8 Championship for a $426,744 score earlier in the series. He had joined the Five Timers Club but only spent a short time there before he leveled up to the exclusive Six Timers Squad with a clutch victory in Razz. This marked a second time that Seiver was the best player in a Razz event. He binked a $10k Razz Championship event back in 2019.
Event #40 $1,500 Razz attracted 547 players and a prize pool worth $730,245. Only the top 83 places paid out. Scott Seiver banked $141,374 and a sixth bracelet when he defeated Brandon Shack-Harris heads-up for the Razz crown. Also at the final table were Ingo Klasen, Maxx Coleman, Soner Osman, Akihiro Kawaguchi, Brad Lindsey, Ben Yu, and Steven Abitbol.
Event #39 $50,000 High Roller NLHE (8-Handed) attracted 177 entrants and a prize pool worth $8.45 million. The largest payout of the series was at stake worth over $2 million. Only the top 27 places paid out. The stacked final table included Sergio Aido, Chance Kornuth, Viktor Blom, Adrian Mateos, Jesse Lonis, Jonathan Jaffe, Johannes Straver, Bruce Buffer, and Leon Sturm. Blom aka Isildur went deep but the Swede bowed out in third place which paid out $951K. Chance Kornuth missed a chance to win a fourth bracelet when he was knocked out in second place. For a runner-up finish, Kornuth banked $1.35 million. Aido, a pro from Spain, won $2,026,506 and his first bracelet.
Event #35 $1,500 HORSE attracted 835 runners who generated a prize pool worth $1.1 million. The top 126 places paid out with $193,545 set aside to the winner. The final table included Phillip Hui, Daniel Mayoh, David Avina, Christian Gonzalez, Kevin Cote, Xixiang Luo, Daniel Strelitz, Bryan Jolly, and Thanhlong Nguyen. Hui was the last player standing, and he won a fourth bracelet. He previous won bling in a Omaha 8 event in 2014, along with the $50K Poker Players Championship in 2019 and a PLO8 bracelet in 2022.
Event #26 $25,000 High Roller NLHE (8-Handed) attracted 318 runners who generated a prize pool worth $7.47 million. The top 48 places paid out, with $1.667 million set aside to the champion. The $25K final table included Nick Schulman, Noel Rodriguez, Dean Lyall, David Stamm, Ben Heath, Roberto Perez, Yingui Li, and Shaun Deeb. Schulman edged out Noel Rodriguez heads up for the title and a seven-figure payout. Schulman also joined the WSOP Five Timer's Club with his fifth bracelet. Among the familiar faces who cashed in this High Roller included Dario Sammartino, Dan Smith, Kevin Rabichow, Joey Weissman, Phil Ivey, Espen Jorstad, Alexandre Reard, David Coleman, Kristen Foxen, Scott Seiver, Galen Hall, Chance Kornuth, Nick Maimone, and Bryn Kenney.
British pro Richard Ashby added a second bracelet to his resume when he was the last player standing in Event #32 $1,500 Seven Card Stud. The field was 406 players deep, and the top 61 places earned a cut of the $542K prize pool. Two Brits were heads up for the Stud title with Adam Owen and Richard Ashby squaring off for the bling. When the dust settled, Owen was sent to the rail in second place, while Ashby stepped into the winner's circle with a first-place prize worth $113,725. The final table also included Michael Noori and Brandon Shack-Harris.
Event #37 $10,000 Big O Championship attracted 332 players to the first-ever $10K installment of the popular Omaha variant. The top 50 places paid out of the $3 million prize pool. John Fauver banked $681,998 and his first bracelet when he held off online legend Cal Anderson in second place. The final table was not easy and included Nitesh Rawtani, Farid Jattin, Dylan Weisman, Alfred Atamian, Michael Rocco, and Danny Wong.
