2024 WSOP: John Hennigan, Scott Seiver, Robert Mizrachi Add To WSOP Legacies

John Hennigan, Scott Seiver, and Robert Mizrachi now enjoy 17 bracelets between them after winning within the fundamental week of the 2024 WSOP. [Image: PokerGO.com]

Johnny World in uncommon air

The 2024 World Series of Poker is barely per week venerable and already three males – John Hennigan, Scott Seiver, Robert Mizrachi – enjoy added to their broad poker jewellery collections, every gathering a bracelet victory.

moved correct into a tie for seventh on the all-time WSOP bracelet checklist

Hennigan, nicknamed “World,” isn’t an infinite self-promoter, so he couldn’t be all that familiar to the younger generation of poker fans, but boy, does he kindly protect performing. On June 1, the 2018 Poker Corridor of Fame inductee captured his unbelievable seventh WSOP gold bracelet, winning Tournament #7: $1,500 Dealer’s Different. With that, he has moved correct into a tie for seventh on the all-time WSOP bracelet checklist with fellow legends Males Nguyen and Billy Baxter.

He had a entertaining own on winning in his publish-game interview, asserting: “Very fully happy to settle the match. I indicate to me, the finest ingredient about winning the match is no longer losing it. Now no longer getting second, or rapidly-witted they’re calm playing and wandering round after you traipse broke. It’s kindly very gratifying to come out on high.”

Hennigan grabbed a vivid chip lead early on the profitable desk and cruised to victory. And now that he has a bracelet this summer, he might well try to compose a Player of the Yr skedaddle.

“I kindly came about to soar on this one,” he told the media, talking about how he usually most positive plays within the higher have interaction-in events. “It become once a sexy lucky accident, in actuality. I usually kindly follow the ten because I don’t are desirous to burn myself out too worthy, but I wager I’ll be within the mix for player of the year now. So put collectively for the burn.”

Scott Seiver is conscious of the rating

A pair days later, it become once Scott Seiver’s turn to add to his delight in chest of gold bracelets. In a contest he known as “hard,” Seiver won his fifth WSOP title in Tournament #10, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.

It become once a minute topic, kindly 197 entries, but as a result of associated price level and game model, it become once a topic replete with killer poker gamers. While a match love the Predominant Tournament might well enjoy more land mines to dodge, tournaments love this enjoy bigger, deadlier ones.

Seiver had one of many supreme chip stacks coming into Day 3 and become once the head dog with four gamers profitable headed into Day 4, but did sooner or later earn himself the short stack three-handed, as did the plenty of two gamers at varying aspects. He sooner or later bought to heads-up against Jonathan Cohen with a broad lead and made short work of it.

I kindly if reality be told feel that it become once critical to let folk know that I’m calm right here and doing this”

He is conscious of the prolonged game, too. He’s 39 years venerable and might well successfully be eligible for the Poker Corridor of Fame next year. “The truth is, I’ve been one of many finest on this planet at money video games, heads-up no-limit tournaments, literally nearly any compose of poker there has been,” he told the media later on. “And I kindly if reality be told feel that it become once critical to let folk know that I’m calm right here and doing this.”

Robert Mizrachi ties miniature bro

On Thursday, Robert Mizrachi moved correct into a tie on the all-time WSOP bracelet checklist with Seiver and over a dozen others, including his brother, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, when he won Tournament #13: $10,000 Dealer’s Different Championship for his fifth profession bracelet.

It doesn’t if reality be told feel adore it’s been that prolonged, but the victory comes eight years after his profitable bracelet, the 2016 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship.

I kindly are desirous to focal level and be there for my family and confidently honest issues will happen.”

“It feels broad,” Mizrachi mentioned in his winner’s interview. “I’m playing my most positive game vivid now — doubtless better than ever. I’m so fully happy. I kindly are desirous to focal level and be there for my family and confidently honest issues will happen.”

The match become once presupposed to be a 3-day affair, but Day 3 took so prolonged that the profitable three gamers needed to come attend for a fourth day. The discontinuance two chip stacks had been shut, but Mizrachi rapid elevated the gap between himself and his two opponents and when he bought to heads-up with Michael Martinelli, he had a 2-to-1 chip lead.

Mizrachi favored pot-limit video games to nail down the title (it become once seller’s resolution, after all) because he likes to be in a region to acknowledge more flops and be in a region to “adjust issues publish-flop.”

“It’s a more skilled structure as against No-Limit where he [his opponent] might well presumably kindly traipse all in on any hand and it turns into higher variance.”