With a victory in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Championship, Phil Ivey ended a 10-year drought at the World Series of Poker and secured bracelet #11. He moved into sole possession of second place on the all-time list, and becomes only the second player in WSOP history to win 11 bracelets. He currently trails Phil Hellmuth, who holds the record with 17 bracelets.
Heading into the 2024 WSOP, Ivey found himself in a four-way tie for second place with Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, and Erik Seidel. Ivey had been stuck on 10 bracelets since 2014, when he initially tied Chan and Brunson. Seidel won his tenth bracelet last December at the 2023 WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas.
Epic $10K 2-7 Triple Draw Championship Final Table
One of the remarkable things about the WSOP is that you never know when something magical will happen or when a tournament will have historical implications. Look at 2024 WSOP Event #29 $10,000 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Championship for example. Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, particularly the limit version, typically doesn’t draw a massive field. Yet the $10,000 buy-in championship version is considered a “pro’s pro” event. As expected, this year’s field in Event #29 attracted 149 entrants, which included many old-school grinders and big-named pros.
Only the top 22 places earned a piece of the prize pool, which was worth $1,385,700. First place paid out $347,440, but the bracelet was what everyone in Las Vegas was talking about.
Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler has been chasing a bracelet since he cashed in his first WSOP event back in 2001. He hoped that the $10K Triple Draw Championship could finally be the moment that he ended an epic quest that has lasted for nearly a quarter of a century. However, Kessler’s dreams crashed and burned with an exit in tenth place.
Philip Sternheimer was the only player at the final table who never won a bracelet. The final six included three pros with multiple bracelets in their collection and two pros seeking a second bracelet. Ivey led the pack with ten bracelets. Jason Mercier won his sixth last summer, and Benny Glaser snagged his fifth bracelet in 2023 as well. Danny Wong won his first bracelet last summer in a WSOP Online event, and Jonathan Cohen secured his first bracelet in 2022.
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Ivey Rallies to Defeat Wong in Heads-Up Battle
The final six was supposed to play down to a champion on Day 3, but three players were still in the hunt when action was suspended at 2am. Sternheimer was knocked out in sixth place, followed by Cohen in fifth place, and Glaser in fourth place. When officials decided to extend the tournament for a fourth day, Wong bagged the chip lead at the conclusion of Day 3 with a stack worth 3.73M. Mercier was second in chips with 2.95M, and Ivey was third overall with 2.26M.
Wong did not waste any time on Day 4, and he won early pots off Ivey and Mercier. His stack headed north of 5M while he siphoned chips from Ivey and Mercier.
Mercier could not get anything going on Day 4, and he found himself on the ropes with a shortstack. Both Wong and Ivey attempted knockouts, but Mercier somehow stayed alive.
Just when it looked like Mercier was about to mount a comeback, his run came to an abrupt halt. Wong sent Mercier to the rail in third place, and Mercier missed a shot at winning a seventh bracelet.
With two players remaining, Wong held a 5.3M to 3.6M chip lead. Ivey won a deceive hand shortly after heads-up began, and he wrestled away the chip lead. Wong never recovered and it didn’t take Ivey much longer to secure the victory.
Wong narrowly missed winning a bracelet in consecutive years at the WSOP. He had to settle on a second-place finish, which paid out $225,827.
Ivey banked $347,440 for first place, but more importantly, he won bracelet #11.
“I’m motivated,” Ivey told reporters after the long-awaited victory. “If I can play I will. A lot of times I’m not in town. I want to keep winning.”
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All-Time WSOP Bracelet Winners List
Phil Hellmuth – 17
Phil Ivey – 11
Doyle Brunson – 10
Johnn Chan – 10
Erik Seidel – 10
Johnny Moss – 9
Billy Baxter – 7
Johnny “World” Hennigan – 7
Men “The Master” Nguyen – 7
