Scott Seiver

Scott Seiver

Seiver at American Poker Awards (2015)
Nickname(s) The Deipnosophist / mastrblastr / Gunning4you
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Born April 14, 1985 (1985-04-14) (age 31)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Money finish(es) 22
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		 None
World Poker Tour
Title(s) 1
Final table(s) 1
Money finish(es) 3

Scott Seiver (born April 14, 1985 in Columbus, Ohio) is a professional poker player from Cold Spring Harbor, New York, now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event[1] and is the winner of the $25,100 buy-in High Roller event at the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic.[2] On April 29, 2015 Seiver became the 9th player in GPI history to be ranked #1.[3]

Live poker

Seiver, with twelve cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), won his bracelet in the 2008 WSOP $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event earning $755,891.[2]

Seiver's other poker accomplishments include winning the $25,100 buy-in High Roller event at the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic earning $425,330 in a final table that included runner-up Daniel Alaei, Jason Mercier (3rd), Lee Markholt (4th), Tommy Vedes (5th) and Will Molson (6th).[2]

In 2009 he finished 3rd in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $24,500 No Limit Hold'em – High Roller event earning $137,000 and later that year won the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2009 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic earning $218,008.[2]

In 2010 he came in 4th in the $25,000 Invitational High Roller Bounty Shootout earning along with the bounties a total of $215,000 at the 2010 Deep Stack Extravaganza,[2] later he finished 4th at the Main Event of the 2010 PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour (NAPT) at Mohegan Sun earning $190,000.[4]

In May 2011, Scott Seiver won the Season IX WPT World Championship. He defeated Farzad Bonyadi heads-up, earning $1,618,344.

On January 8, 2013, Seiver won the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event for $2,003,480.

On June 29, 2014, he finished 6th in the $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

As of May 2015, he hit rank 1 on the Global Poker Index Ranking.[5]

On July 2, 2015, Seiver finished 2nd in the $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl for $5,160,000. As of October 2016 His total live earnings exceed $21,600,000. [6]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Event Prize Money
2008 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em $755,891

References

  1. ↑ Lucchesi, Ryan (2008-06-13). "WSOP: Scott Seiver Wins Event No. 21". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Butt, Robert. "Scott Seiver – results". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  3. ↑ GPI View from the Top
  4. ↑ Butt, Robert. "$ 4,700 No Limit Hold'em – Main Event". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
  5. ↑ "Scott Seiver – stats". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  6. ↑ "Scott Seiver – stats". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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