Scott Seiver capped off a magnificent summer in Las Vegas by clinching the 2024 World Series of Poker Player of the Year. He won three bracelets this summer and increased his career total to seven. He joined an exclusive club of seven-time WSOP winners that includes Daniel Negreanu, Johnny “World” Hennigan, and Hall of Famer Billy Baxter.
Jonathan Tamayo is probably the only other player who had a better summer than Seiver after he outlasted the largest field in history to win the 2024 WSOP Main Event and $10 million in cash.
Seiver Notches Triple Gold and POY
When you’re hot, you steamroll everyone in your path. Seiver’s insane run this summer included 17 cashes, five final-table appearances, and three bracelet victories.
Seiver also made history as only the seventh player to win three bracelets in the same year. Puggy Pearson was the first player to pull off a triple-victory over 50 years ago in 1973. Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest both achieved the rare poker hat trick in 1993. Phil Ivey became the fourth player to win three in the same year in 2002. Two international players also made history when Australian pro Jeff Lisandro picked up three bracelets in 2009 and German pro George Danzer shipped three in 2014.
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Seiver had only four bracelets in his collection entering this year. He added #5 at the start of the 2024 WSOP with an impressive win in the $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo Championship that was worth $426,744. He won career bracelet #6, and his second WSOP event of the summer, with a victory in $1,500 Razz which paid out $141,374 to first place. He was also the last player standing in the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed). That victory was worth $411,041, but marked his third bracelet win this summer and the seventh of his career.
Seiver secured the coveted WSOP Player of the Year title and topped the leaderboard with 4,403.85 points. Michael Rocco finished in second place followed by Jeremy Ausmus, John Racener, and Xixiang Luo.
Tamayo Ships Historic Main Event for $10 Million
For a second year in a row, the WSOP Main Event broke and set a new attendance record. The 2023 Main Event passed the 10,000-player mark for the first time when it set a record with 10,043 entrants. The 2024 Main Event attracted a record-breaking 10,112 entrants thanks to a huge boost from Day 1D entrants and late registration players.
The 2024 WSOP Main Event had a prize pool worth $94 million and everyone at the final table locked up at least $1 million. Jonathan Tamayo, a pro from Texas, survived a tough final table that included Swedish online superstar Niklas “Lena900” Astedt, reputable high roller Brian Kim, and Joe Serock. Both Kim and Serock were the only bracelet winners among the final nine, but Astedt had banked well over $40 million playing online poker.
Tamayo defeated fellow American Jordan Griff heads up to win the championship and $10 million in cash. Griff banked $6 million for a runner-up finish, while Astedt took third place which paid out $4 million. Kim’s run ended in seventh place, and Serock busted in eighth place.
Tamayo won his first bracelet, but most importantly, he’s the newly minted WSOP Main Event Champion and significantly boosted his bankroll.
Negreanu Joins Seven-Timer’s Club
To win the Poker Players Championship at the WSOP, you have to defeat many of the premier mixed-game players in the world. That’s why some pros think the Poker Players Championship is a more accurate gauge of true poker excellence versus the Main Event.
Daniel Negreanu outlasted 89 entrants to win the $50,000 buy-in 2024 WSOP Poker Players Championship. First place paid out $1.17 million and the coveted Chip Reese champion’s trophy. Negreanu picked off Bryce Yockey heads up to win the Poker Players Championship, but he navigated a treacherous final eight that also included Phil Ivey, Jeremy Ausmus, Chris Brewer, Dylan Smith, David Benyamine, and Johannes Becker.
Negreanu collected his seventh bracelet for the PPC win. He had been stuck on six since 2013 during a banner year in which he won two bracelets. Despite a bracelet drought that lasted over a decade, Negreanu kept grinding away until he finally returned to the winner’s circle.
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Five players are now tied with seven bracelets. Negreanu, Seiver, and Johnny “World” Hennigan won their seventh bracelet this summer in Las Vegas. They’re now tied with the legendary Billy Baxter and the notorious Men “The Master” Nguyen.
Only six players have more bling than Negreanu and the other members of the Seven-Timer’s Club. Phil Hellmuth leads everyone with 17 bracelets, followed by Phil Ivey who won his 11th bracelet earlier this summer. Three players are tied with ten bracelets each including Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, and Erik Seidel. Meanwhile, the one and only Johnny Moss sits in sixth overall with nine bracelets that he won between 1970 and 1988.
