WSOP 2022 Day 4: Seiver and Ruben Grab Fourth Bracelets
On Day 4 of the 2022 World Series of Poker, two players won WSOP gold bracelets. For each of them, it was the fourth career bracelet…just like David Peters won his fourth bracelet the day before.
Four!
This appears to be a good sign for any player with three bracelets coming into this year. Winning a fourth seems to be all the rage right now.
Event 3: $2,500 NLHE Freezeout
The third and final day of this tournament sent Shawn Hood out in tenth place before the final nine kicked off the official final table. Aditya Agarwal headed to the rail soon after, and Chris Hunichen followed about an hour later.
Scott Seiver and Alexander Farahi controlled much of the action at the final table after the PokerGO livestream began, wielding their big stacks as much as possible. Sergio Aido busted Nick Schulman, though, before Seiver took most of Aido’s chips and Steve Zolotow busted him. David Goodman eliminated Zolotow, and it was Goodman who then soared to the position of chip leader.
Seiver was the shortest of the three remaining stacks but doubled through Goodman as Farahi took the lead. The three men exchanged chips and the lead a few times before Seiver finally busted Goodman. Seiver then took it all the way to the winner’s circle.
This was Seiver’s fourth career bracelet, though he had been chasing another NLHE one since 2008. “The fields are so tough,” he admitted to PokerNews. “Everyone is so good at hold’em… So, while I never thought I was due, t was something I really wanted for a while.”
| Event 3: Day 3 of 3 | $2,500 buy-in | NLHE Freezeout |
| Total entries: | 752 | (896 in 2021) |
| Total prize pool: | $1,673,200 | |
| Players paid: | 113 | |
| Minimum payout: | $4,027 | |
| Final table results: | 1st place: | Scott Seiver (USA) $320,059 |
| 2nd place: | Alexander Farahi (USA) $197,806 | |
| 3rd place: | David Goodman (USA) $139,193 | |
| 4th place: | Steve Zolotow (USA) $99,483 | |
| 5th place: | Sergio Aido (Spain) $72,233 | |
| 6th place: | Nick Schulman (USA) $53,296 | |
| 7th place: | Lewis Spencer (UK) $39,970 | |
| 8th place: | Chris Hunichen (USA) $30,478 | |
| 9th place: | Aditya Agarwal (India) $23,634 |
It's a good year to be a three-time bracelet winner as @scott_seiver triumphs, becoming the second player this year to claim their fourth @WSOP bracelet.
Seiver came into the FT as the chip leader and beat out a stacked lineup to earn $320K.
🔁 – Replay: https://t.co/goHNpArEt4 pic.twitter.com/aCKRDWSoZV
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 4, 2022
Event 4: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed
The 14 remaining players gathered to play any of 19 games available to them. Kevin Thomas and Norman Chad were the first eliminations of the day, followed by Brian Rast and Faith Klimczak. Marco Johnson’s elimination in eighth place put the last seven players at just one table.
Shorter stacks busted early, and Ben Yu sent Jorge Walker out in fifth, but Brad Ruben busted Yu soon after. Reigning champion Jaswinder Lally led the final three until Ruben skated past and into a strong lead and busted Naoya Kihara in third. The two battled for a bit before Ruben busted last year’s champion.
Ruben collected his fourth bracelet in just three years. He won two online events last year and then the Razz tournament in Las Vegas. He said that he studied all games in recent years instead of fighting for dominance in just Hold’em. Clearly, that has paid off.
| Event 4: Day 3 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed (1 RE) |
| Total entries: | 430 | (307 in 2021, 470 in 2019) |
| Total prize pool: | $574,040 | |
| Players paid: | 65 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,417 | |
| Final table results: | 1st place: | Brad Ruben (USA) $126,288 |
| 2nd place: | Jaswinder Lally (Canada) $78,048 | |
| 3rd place: | Naoya Kihara (Japan) $52,282 | |
| 4th place: | Ben Yu (USA) $35,793 | |
| 5th place: | Jorge Walker (USA) $25,056 | |
| 6th place: | Charles Bransford (USA) $17,944 | |
| 7th place: | Alfred Atamian (USA) $13,153 |
Brad Ruben won his fourth @WSOP gold bracelet in three years! He took down #2022WSOP Event 4: $1,500 Dealer's Choice for $126K, part of which he'll donate to charity. He also defeated defending champ Jaswinder Lally in heads-up play. https://t.co/TRcjxZgCHz
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 4, 2022
Event 5: $500 NLHE Housewarming
This is the one that brought the masses to Bally’s and Paris today. This was the first event that had to utilize tables in both casinos to handle all of the players in the first of four flights. When registration closed at the dinner break, they announced that there were 3,373 entries for the day. And since payouts will happen on each of the flights, the WSOP announced that the top 506 players for the day will receive payments of at least $801.
The money bubble burst in the middle of the evening and whittled the field down to just 147 players.
| Event 5: Day 1B of 6 | $500 buy-in | NLHE Housewarming (1 RE) |
| Total 1A entries: | 3,373 | (506 paid minimum of $801) |
| Total 1B entries: | 3,913 | (587 paid minimum of $801) |
| Total players: | TBD | (12,973 in 2021 Reunion) |
| Players remaining: | 311 | (1A = 147, 1B = 164) |
| Total prize pool: | TBD | ($3,060,120 so far) ($5M GTD) |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | $801 | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | |
| Top 1B chip counts: | #1 | Gianluca Pace (USA) 4,085,000 |
| #2 | Yavine Brewer (USA) 3,705,000 | |
| #3 | Will Failla (USA) 3,700,000 | |
| #4 | Justin Lapka (USA) 3,000,000 | |
| #5 | Riley Stahley (USA) 2,995,000 |
Event 6: $25K NLHE Heads-Up Championship
Of the 16 players who started the day, only eight of them made it into the money. It played out so that John Smith, Phil Ivey, Matthew Gonzalez, Koray Aldemir, Patrick Kennedy, William Stanford, Alex Foxen, and Anthony Zinno busted without a payday.
The next round then saw Kevin Rabichow defeat Dylan Destefano, Christoph Vogelsang beat Sean Winter, Dario Sammartino eliminate Chance Kornuth, and Dan Smith beat Jonathan Jaffe. Those four eliminated players won $75,045 each. And the other four return to play Rounds 4 and 5 today.
| Event 6: Day 2 of 3 | $25K buy-in | NLHE Heads-Up Championship |
| Total entries: | 64 | (57 in 2021) |
| Players remaining: | 4 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,512,000 | |
| Players paid: | 8 | |
| Minimum payout: | $75,045 | |
| Winner payout: | $509,717 | |
| Matches remaining: | Kevin Rabichow v Christoph Vogelsang | |
| Dario Sammartino v Dan Smith |
Event 7: $1,500 Omaha-8
No one needs proof that Omaha has been rising in popularity through the years. But if they did, they could just look at the attendance for Event 7. The Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship rolled up with 1,067 entries, quite a few more than the 607 last year and the 853 in 2019. More importantly, that total number of entries eclipsed the event’s record of 1,036 set in 2014.
WTF?!? HELLO @WSOP!! 1100 players (that’s ELEVEN HUNDRED!!) in an Omaha 8/B tourney. Poker is alive and well ↗️↗️↗️💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #WSOP2022 #POSITIVITY pic.twitter.com/JjEzzP7z1U
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) June 4, 2022
The night ended with just 413 players in their seats. They’ll gather today to play to the 164-player money bubble and beyond.
| Event 7: Day 1 of 3 | $1,500 buy-in | Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better |
| Total entries: | 1,067 | (607 in 2021, 853 in 2019, 1036 record in 2014) |
| Players remaining: | 413 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,451,154 | |
| Players paid: | 164 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,400 | |
| Winner payout: | $252,718 | |
| Top chip counts: | #1 | Yehuda Buchalter (USA) 261,500 |
| #2 | Amnon Filippi (USA) 205,000 | |
| #3 | Robert Tanita (USA) 187,500 | |
| #4 | David Flores (USA) 182,500 | |
| #5 | Van Law (USA) 180,500 |
Today’s Poker Menu
Event 5 will kick off the third of its four NLHE Housewarming starting flights at 10am.
Event 6 will resume with four players in the $25K buy-in Heads-Up Championship and end with a champion.
Event 7 will resume to play into the money and get as close to a final table as possible.
Event 8 will start at 1pm with a $25K buy-in for the No Limit Hold’em High Roller playing eight-handed.
Event 9 will start at 3pm with a $1,500 Seven-Card Stud opportunity.
