USA’s Scott Seiver achieved a historic feat at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) this past Sunday. The 39-year-old Las Vegas poker pro overcame a star-studded field of 186 entries in Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed) on Day 34 of the WSOP 2024, claiming his third bracelet of the series and seventh overall. He eventually defeated Canada’s Jonathan Krela heads up to win the top $411,041 prize and bring his career total to more than $26.8 million.
Seiver became the seventh player in poker history to have captured three bracelets in a single year, joining the likes of Puggy Pearson (1973), Phil Hellmuth (1993), Ted Forrest (1993), Phil Ivey (2002), Jeffrey Lisandro (2009), and George Danzer (2014).
Seiver first won the WSOP 2024 Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) for $426,744 and then followed that up with a victory for $141,374 in Event #40: $1,500 Razz $1,500 buy-in. With the latest victory, he is now the only player to have won three bracelets at the WSOP 2024.
WSOP 2024 Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Quick Recap
This tournament ran over the course of three days and generated a prize pool of $1,729,800 that was shared by the top 28 finishers. Several big names cashed including five-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (17th – $21,580), seven-time bracelet winner Billy Baxter (14th – $25,757), six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier (9th – $39,882), and six-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (8th – $39,882).
Seiver overcame a star-studded final table featuring the likes of the Canadian WPT champion and two-time EPT main event winner Mike Watson (6th – $68,672), two-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Jennifer Harman (5th – $93,615), and David Lin whose journey ended in 3rd place ($187,177).
Lin got his short stack in with 9-8-7-3 leading the 10-7-6-2 of Seiver. Lin’s pair of nines dominated Seiver’s sixes. Lin walked away with a career-best score of $187,177 as the third-place finisher.
Heads-up saw Krela holding 6,500,000 to Seiver’s 4,685,000. It didn’t take long for Seiver to finish off things. Krela was able to regain the lead briefly, but Seiver remained ahead when the final hand arrived. Finally, Seiver raised to 250k and Krela three-bet to 800k. Seiver called and both players drew one. Krela moved all-in for 4,350,000 with a 10-8-6-4-2 and Seiver tank-called with a 9-7-6-5-2. Krela settled for second place for $274,217- which was by far the largest score yet for the Canadian.
WSOP 2024 Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Final Table Results
| 1 | Scott Seiver | $411,041 |
| 2 | Jonathan Krela | $274,217 |
| 3 | David Lin | $187,177 |
| 4 | Jeremy Ausmus | $130,794 |
| 5 | Jen Harman | $93,615 |
| 6 | Mike Watson | $68,672 |
| 7 | Aaron Kupin | $51,661 |
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