Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel make one heck of a trio. With 10 WSOP bracelet wins apiece, they’re up there with the very best of all time. Phil Ivey used to be in that group, too, but as you may have seen he just graduated.
Bracelet number 11 - won in yesterday’s conclusion to the $10K 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Championship - puts Ivey in a spot all of his own. While still a few great summers behind Phil Hellmuth, who sits atop the WSOP winners list with 17, Ivey is now officially the second winningest player in the 55 year history of the World Series of Poker.
Thursday’s win was his first in the glare of the WSOP spotlights for a decade. Here’s a rundown of his bracelets so far:
- 2000: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha
- 2002: $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
- 2002: $2,000 S.H.O.E.
- 2002: $1,500 7 Card Stud
- 2005: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
- 2009: $2,500 No-Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball
- 2009: $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo
- 2010: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
- 2013A: A$2,200 Mixed Event
- 2014: $1,500 Eight Game Mix
- 2024: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
Ivey wasn’t the only one to win a bracelet on Day 17, as four events drew to a close. Let’s take a quick tour to see what went down.
Ivey climbs to victory over star-studded field
It’s the headline news: Phil Ivey won bracelet number 11. After three days didn’t get the job done, he returned for an unscheduled Day 4 along with Danny Wong and Jason Mercier for a final three-way showdown.
In 2-7 Lowball the nuts is 
, also known as the wheel, and Ivey was lucky enough to make a few of them when it counted. Coming into the last day with the shortest stack, Ivey soon hit a wheel against Mercier early on to boost his stack back up to a decent size.
When Wong eliminated Mercier ($151,412) on the turn of his last card it gave him the chip lead, putting the LA player in the driving seat to win his second WSOP bracelet. Then Ivey hit another wheel against Wong’s 9-8 to turn the tables.
A few big hands later and Wong was down to a few chips and a prayer. He got the last of his stack in holding a 10-8, as Ivey took one card for his last draw holding . That last card was a , giving Ivey another wheel, another WSOP bracelet and $347,440. Wong takes $225,827 for his great run to second place.
Ashby repeats the feat in 7-Card Stud
If Phil Ivey had to wait 10 years between bracelet wins, spare a thought for the UK’s Richard Ashby. The Englishman, known locally as ‘Chufty’, notched a previous win at the WSOP back in 2010 when he won the $1,500 7-Card Stud event for $140K. 14 years later he’s back as the winner of the… $1,500 7-Card Stud event.
Ashby, who told the WSOP he “hardly ever plays” 7-Card Stud, outran a field of 406 to pick up $113,725 and complete his matching pair of bracelets.
Heads-up was an all-British affair, as Ashby and Adam Owen ($75,805) swapped chips, and the lead, on plenty of occasions. Owen may be left cursing his luck after missing several opportunities to bag bracelet number one, but when they eventually got it all-in for the title it was Ashby who started with the strongest hand, and Owen who couldn’t catch up.
Ashby: 
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Owen: 
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Stud winner Richard 'Chufty' Ashby will be chuffed, as they say in the UK
Seward wins $3K NLH as Holskyi narrowly misses dream comeback
The final day of event #31: $3,000 NLH 6-Handed was, well, 6-handed. Those six remaining players were led by David Coleman who had built a significant chip lead over the field, but ultimately couldn’t see the job through.
Having suffered a few setbacks against Nikolaos Angelou and Akinobu Maeda, Coleman eventually got his chips all in holding 
against his good friend Nicholas Seward’s . Seward flopped two-pair and Coleman was out in fourth ($168,448), but soon joined the rail to cheer his friend on to the win.
And win he did. Japan’s Akinobu Maeda was next out ($238,886) when his dominated 
ran into Seward’s 
, leaving the latter heads-up against Konstantyn Holskyi.
Holskyi, left, and Maeda at the sharp end of the $3K NLH
The player from Ukraine was inches from pulling off an incredible comeback, going from a single big blind with five remaining to the chip leader of the final two. With stacks almost even the two both flopped top pair, this time with Seward holding the dominated hand.
Seward: 
Holskyi:
Flop: 
The chips soon got in the middle and hands were turned over. Seward had the slightly larger stack, putting Holskyi at risk, but the Ukrainian would be firmly in the driving seat if his hand would hold.
Spoiler: it didn’t. The 
on the turn gave Seward an open-ended straight draw, which came in with the 
on the river. Seward takes $516,135 for the win, while the unfortunate Holskyi wins $344,092.
Nicholas Seward, winner of the $3K NLH 6-Handed event
Noisy rail sings Manzano to victory in PLO Deepstack
Chile’s Alex Manzano busted four of his final table opponents to win event #33, the $600 Pot-limit Omaha Deepstack. Day 2 started with 95 of 2,402 players still standing, and by the time the final table was set there was the feeling that it was all going to come down to Manzano and California’s Robert Gill.
Manzano’s rail were supporting him in full voice, while Gill was often showing his cards after his opponents folded, which made for a friendly and fun final table. Manzano and Gill eventually, and seemingly inevitably, got heads-up and it could have gone either way. In one crucial hand late on, Gill even appeared to talk Manzano out of folding the stronger hand.
As recounted by the WSOP, Gill 3-bet Manzano’s preflop raise, which sent the latter into the tank. “You can’t fold,” Gill told Manzano, and so it proved. Manzano had 
, which was ahead of Gill’s 
and stayed there throughout the 
board.
The hand was a turning point, and just minutes later Manzano was dragging the final pot for a $161,846 payday and his first bracelet win. For an impressive run to second place, Gill takes a healthy $107,874.
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