Scott Seiver will flip 40 subsequent 12 months, which can make him eligible for nomination into the Poker Hall of Fame. This impending milestone lit a hearth beneath the 39-year-old poker professional based mostly out of Las Vegas. He devoted himself to the World Series of Poker Player of the Year grind in 2024, with the hope {that a} robust efficiency this summer season may assist him cement his standing as a worthy candidate for induction in the future.
“It’s always been something in the back of my mind, and as I’ve gotten older and more people I know have gotten in, I realized that a lot of my life I’ve dedicated to this game and this profession, and it would mean a lot to me to show that I’ve left my mark on this field,” Seiver instructed Card Player when requested about the Poker Hall of Fame as a motivating issue. “So, I thought by coming out here this summer and really just reminding people that I am someone that came through poker.”
Seiver undoubtedly reminded the poker world what he’s succesful of this 12 months. He cashed 17 occasions throughout the 2024 WSOP for a complete of $1,449,736 in earnings, profitable three bracelets alongside the approach to deliver his profession whole to seven. He is simply the eleventh participant in historical past to have gained as many titles at the collection, and the seventh participant to ever win three throughout a single 12 months.
As a consequence of his spectacular run this summer season, Seiver locked up the 2024 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award, securing 4,403.85 whole factors to carry off Michael Rocco (3,803.67) and Jeremy Ausmus (3,686.6).
This 12 months’s POY race featured a brand new set of guidelines that required at the least 5 cashes to qualify whereas additionally limiting contenders to the factors from their prime ten outcomes. The modifications additionally stipulated that just one on-line bracelet occasion’s outcomes might rely in direction of a participant’s remaining level whole.
Seiver’s first win of the summer season got here in occasion no. 10, the $10,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship. He defeated a area of 197 entries to earn his fifth total bracelet and the prime prize of $426,744.
He cashed in 4 extra occasions earlier than shopping for into the $1,500 razz. He ended up overcoming a area of 547 entries in that occasion to earn $141,374 and his second title of the competition.
After one other collection of 4 smaller cashes, Seiver discovered himself at a stacked remaining desk in the $10,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball championship, which had drawn 186 gamers. He was capable of navigate his approach to victory but once more, incomes $411,041 and his third bracelet in the span of a month.
“It means everything to me,” said Seiver when asked about taking down that prestigious event. “I was really devastated when I got second in this two years ago. I’ve always wanted this bracelet so much. This final table was unbelievably difficult. From two tables down, everyone was tremendous and honestly, that makes it even more special. I am good at this game, but I am not like world-class great. Getting to play with Jason Mercier, Billy Baxter… these are people that have won this tournament 10 times or whatever. It was very special.”
Seiver had secured a victory at every of his first three remaining tables so far at the collection. He managed two extra remaining tables after that, ending third from 134 entries in the $10,000 buy-in on-line no-limit maintain’em championship for $182,214.
His remaining hurrah was a sixth-place run in the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. occasion
Seiver now has greater than $27.2 million in profession match earnings to his identify, with over $7.7 million of that coming from his 87 in-the-money finishes at WSOP occasions over the years.
2024 WSOP POY runner-up Michael Rocco cashed 12 occasions, accruing over $2.2 million alongside the approach. His prime scores have been his win in the $10,000 six-max no-limit maintain’em championship for a career-high $942,922 payday and pair of third-place showings which collectively added greater than $922,000 to his haul.
Third-place finisher Jeremy Ausmus cashed 21 occasions this collection, accumulating practically $3.5 million alongside the approach. He additionally made seven remaining tables, tying a document set by Phil Hellmuth for the most in a single WSOP.
Here is a have a look at the 17 cashes that Seiver recorded in bracelet occasions this summer season:
| Event | Entries | Place | Payout |
| Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed | 733 | 90 | $10,000 |
| Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship | 197 | 1 | $426,744 |
| Online Event #1: $555 No-Limit Hold’em fifty fifth Annual Kick Off | 1,544 | 43 | $2,007 |
| Event #23: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | 1,534 | 124 | $6,243 |
| Event #24: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship | 259 | 24 | $21,413 |
| Event #26: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller | 318 | 33 | $50,637 |
| Event #40: $1,500 Razz | 547 | 1 | $141,374 |
| Online Event #9: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller | 401 | 40 | $6,380 |
| Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship | 118 | 18 | $20,702 |
| Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 817 | 86 | $9,963 |
| Event #57: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty | 486 | 61 | $13,689 |
| Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship | 186 | 1 | $411,041 |
| Online Event #14: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller | 267 | 48 | $9,763 |
| Event #83: $1,500 8-Game Mix | 494 | 39 | $3,447 |
| Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go | 1,088 | 86 | $2,400 |
| Online Event #24: $10,000 WSOP Online Championship | 134 | 3 | $182,214 |
| Event #96: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller | 120 | 6 | $131,719 |
Here is a have a look at the remaining prime ten in the 2024 WSOP POY standings:
| Place | Player | Points |
| 1 | Scott Seiver | 4,403.85 |
| 2 | Michael Rocco | 3,803.67 |
| 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | 3,686.60 |
| 4 | John Racener | 3,557.10 |
| 5 | Xixiang Luo | 3,480.93 |
| 6 | Chance Kornuth | 3,379.99 |
| 7 | David Prociak | 3,274.87 |
| 8 | Chris Hunichen | 3,094.85 |
| 9 | Yuri Dzivielevski | 3,033.64 |
| 10 | Phil Ivey | 3,004.04 |
Winner photograph credit PokerGO / WSOP: Enrique Malfavon, Miguel Cortes, Eloy Cabacas.
