Event 21 at the WSOP. Poker Player

Scott Seiver takes down Event #21, the bracelet, and $755,891 in first place prize money

World Series of Poker Event #21, No Limit Hold’em, 11-13 June 2008

Entrants: 731
Buy in: $5,000
Prize pool: $3,435,700

Final results:

1. Scott Seiver, $755,891

2. Dave Seidman, $482,372

3. Benjamin Sprengers, $292,034

4. Jacobo Fernandez, $238,781

5. Rajesh Vohra, $195,834

6. Chuck Sklar, $154,606

7. Anders Henriksson, $120,249

8. Adam Geyer, $94,481

9. Scott Freeman, $68,714

The $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship attracted 731 entrants. The total prize pool amounted to $3,435,700, which is a record payout for this event. The top 72 finishers collected prize money.

The winner was Scott Seiver. He is a 23-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas, NV. Seiver is originally from Columbus, OH.

Seiver collected a whopping $755,891 for first place. He also earned his first WSOP gold bracelet. So far this year, Seiver has three WSOP cashes, including a 1st, 14th, and 22nd. He also cashed three times at last year’s World Series, giving him a total of six career in-the-money finishes.

James Mackey won this event last year. He entered again this year, but did not cash. This brings the current streak to 21 straight non-cashes for defending champions in their respective events.

Notable in-the-money finishers included former WSOP gold bracelet winners Humberto Brenes (14th), Kathy Liebert (24th), Hasan Habib (37th) and David Singer (58th).

Humberto Brenes achieved his 50th career WSOP cash with his finish in this event. He becomes only the seventh player in the 39-year history of the WSOP to achieve this milestone. Others include – Phil Hellmuth, Men “the Master” Nguyen, T.J. Cloutier, Berry Johnston, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, and Erik Seidel.

Through the conclusion of Event #21, the professionals versus amateurs WSOP gold bracelet scoreboard currently reads: Professionals (15) and Amateurs (4). Note: Two events have been won by Semi-Pros (2).

Through the conclusion of Event #21, only one player has cashed five times to date – Nikolay Evdakov, from Moscow, Russia. Evdakov is in serious contention to challenge the record set for “Most WSOP Cashes in a Single Year,” shared by Michael Binger (2007) and Humberto Brenes (2006), with eight in-the-money strikes. Three players have cashed four times – Jacobo Fernandez, Craig Gray, and Roland Isra.

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