Seiver and Mizrachi Win Fifth Bracelets at 2024 WSOP
The 2024 World Series of Poker has started off with impressive final tables, several of which have resulted in some of the game’s greats winning bracelets. The best example in the first week was John Hennigan winning Event 7 for his seventh career WSOP gold bracelet.
As the WSOP played on – still in its first 10 days of action – two more big names added to their bracelet collections. Scott Seiver and Robert Mizrachi each won their fifth.
Meanwhile, an Aussie player named Malcolm Trayner won a cool million and his first bracelet for winning the Mystery Millions tournament, and Darius Samual of the UK won $500K by defeating Faraz Jaka in the Heads-Up Championship.
As we said, there’s no shortage of news at the WSOP, so let’s get to it.
Biggest Mystery Millions Yet
Everyone loves a mystery bounty tournament these days, especially when there are guarantees involved. Last year’s Mystery Millions brought in 18,188 players, and Matt Glantz pulled the $1M bounty. This year, the WSOP guaranteed at least one $1M bounty again, as well as $1M for the ultimate tournament winner.
The result of the two flights for the $1K buy-in Mystery Millions was an even bigger turnout.
- Total entries: 18,409
- Total prize pool: $16,199,920
- Number of players paid: 949
All of it was enough to pay the winner $1M and put up two $1M bounties. Valentyn Shabelnyk and DJ Buckley each drew one, and many more players drew sizeable bounties from the bin in the middle of the tournament room.
In the end, Aussie Malcolm Trayner, who was playing in his first-ever WSOP event, won the bracelet and a cool million dollars.
What is latest @WSOP bracelet winner Malcolm Trayner going to do after he won $1,000,000? Go for dinner of course! 🍽️
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 5, 2024
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Seiver Secures Number Five
Poker fans can usually find Scott Seiver playing in high-limit games, but his love for poker spans almost all buy-ins and game variations. The one that set him off on the bracelet path this year was the $10K buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better 8-Handed Championship, a complicated name for the O-8 Championship.
Seiver’s first piece of WSOP gold came in 2008 when he won a $5K No Limit Hold’em tournament, but it took ten years to win another, which was the $10K Limit Hold’em Championship in 2018. The following year, he won the Razz Championship, and in 2022, he took down a $2,500 buy-in NLHE Freezeout.
This year, he min-cashed the $5K PLO tournament, but two events later, he accomplished his goal. In the $10K O-8 Championship, he played in a solid field of pros:
- Total entries: 197
- Total prize pool: $1,832,100
- Number of players paid: 30
Seiver outlasted competitors like Shaun Deeb, Dario Sammartino, John Hennigan, Robert Mizrachi, John Racener, and Benny Glazer. Four-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson busted in third place, and a thirty-minute heads-up match against Jonathan Cohen gave Seiver the victory and his fifth bracelet.
🥇 @scott_seiver took down the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship last night and captured his fifth @WSOP bracelet.
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 5, 2024
We asked Scott what the win meant to him and whether his eyes are on the Poker Hall of Fame: pic.twitter.com/gB1LyaVB0x
Robert Mizrachi Ties with Grinder
Many people remember Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi, an all-star tournament player who gained fame during the poker boom and who holds five WSOP bracelets. His brother, Robert, doesn’t have the nickname or fan fame, but he loves the game just the same. (All the rhyming there was not intentional but it’s staying in.)
Robert Mizrachi played a popular event at the start of this year’s series, the Dealers Choice Championship. He was no stranger to mixed game tournaments or championship level events. His first bracelet in 2007 was in the PLO Championship, and his second was in 2014 in the $1,500 Dealers Choice event. He also won a $1,500 Omaha-8 tournament and Seven-Card Stud Championship. So, he ponied up the $10K for this six-handed Dealers Choice Championship on June 3, a tournament that set a new entry record this year:
- Total entries: 141
- Total prize pool: $1,311,300
- Number of players paid: 22
Quite a few players made it into the money in this event, including Erick Lindgren, Jerry Wong, David Baker, John Monnette, Nick Schulman, Phil Ivey, and Daniel Negreanu. As the final table played on, recognizable players like David Bach and Ben Lamb exited in fifth and fourth places, respectively. In the end, Robert Mizrachi emerged victorious for $333,045 and his fifth WSOP bracelet.
Event #16: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship has come to a close with Robert Mizrachi taking home his FIFTH WSOP gold bracelet + the $333,045 prize!#WSOP2024 pic.twitter.com/1L9ABD4zfv
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 6, 2024
*Feature photo credit: Omar Sader for PokerNews
