Phil Ivey wins 11th WSOP bracelet
June 15, 2024 3:49 pm
Phil Ivey has claimed sole possession of second place on the all-time World Series of Poker bracelet list after winning his 11th career bracelet this week in Las Vegas.
Ivey recorded his 11th WSOP win in the 2024 WSOP $10,000 Triple Draw Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship. Along with the bracelet Ivey also cashed $347,440 for the tournament win. It was Ivey’s first WSOP bracelet win in a decade as he last posted a WSOP victory in 2014.
Prior to his most recent WSOP win Ivey had been tied for second place on the WSOP bracelet win list alongside Johnny Chan, Erik Seidel, and the late Doyle Brunson with 10 wins. Ivey only trails Phil Hellmuth the record holder for WSOP bracelet wins who has 17 in his jewelry case.
One interesting difference between Ivey’s title list and those of Hellmuth, Chan, Seidel, and Brunson, is that none of Ivey’s wins have come in No-Limit Hold’em events.
In this year’s $10,000 Triple Draw Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship Ivey was the last man standing from a 149-player field. An unscheduled fourth day was needed to crown a champion with three players remaining including Ivey, Danny Wong, and Jason Mercier. At the outset of the final day Ivey was last in chips at the table.
Mercier was the first to hit the rail. In Mercier’s final hand he showed 9-7-5-3-2, but it was bested by Wong’s 8-7-6-4-3. For those confused, in triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball the lowest hand wins.
When heads-up play began Wong had a slight edge over Ivey in chips. Shortly into heads-up play Ivey won a big pot to takeover the chip lead. On the final hand of the tournament Ivey drew two cards while holding J-J-6-4-3 and luck was on his side as he drew to the best possible hand 7-6-5-4-2 to win the tournament and his 11th bracelet.
Here’s a look at Ivey’s 11 career WSOP wins:
2000 WSOP – $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha – $195,000
2002 WSOP – $2,500 Stud Eight-or-Better – $118,440
2002 WSOP – $2,000 S.H.O.E – $107,540
2002 WSOP – $1,500 7 Card Stud – $132,000
2005 WSOP – $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha – $635,603
2009 WSOP – $2,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Single Draw Lowball – $96,367
2009 WSOP – $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo – $220,538
2010 WSOP – $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. – $329,840
2013 WSOP Asia Pacific – $2,200 Mixed Event – $54,252
2014 WSOP – $1,500 Eight Game Mix – $166,986
2024 WSOP – $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball – $347,440