Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em

On Friday night in Las Vegas, it was high-stakes poker pro Scott Seiver who ended up taking down the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em after beating Alexander Farahi heads up. Seiver added a fourth WSOP bracelet to his illustrious resume, and also $320,059 to his already over $24 million dollars in lifetime earnings.

The tournament began with 752 entrants creating a prize pool of $1,673,000, which was divided up between the top 113 players. The field was whittled down to the final 10 on Thursday, and the unofficial final table played out in just over seven hours. With the victory, Seiver became the second player this summer, along with David Peters, to capture their fourth career gold bracelet.

2022 WSOP Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout NLH Final Table Results

"I've wanted another no-limit bracelet for a long time," said Seiver, referring to his other no-limit hold'em bracelet won in 2008, "the fields are so tough, everyone is so good at hold'em, and they are so large, so while I never thought I was due, it was something I really wanted for a while."

Seiver came into the day as chip leader, but throughout the course of play found the lead changing over a dozen times at multiple stages of the final table. After a tumultuous three-handed period, the heads-up portion lasted just under 30-minutes.

"I'm gonna play a lot of events and maybe chase some Player of the Year," said Seiver, who last month lost his High Stakes Duel III match against Phil Hellmuth.

With the win, Seiver moved to 24th place on the all-time money list, passing Sam Greenwood in the process.

Final Table Action

It didn't take long for the official final table to be reached, after Shawn Hood got in his remaining eight big blinds with pocket twos and could not fade the king-queen suited of Farahi. Hood left the tournament in tenth place for $18,645 while the remaining players found themselves nine-handed at the official final table.

The next to fall was Aditya Agarwal, who moved all in against David Goodman holding ace-queen offsuit. Goodman out-pipped him with ace-king suited and the board runout brought no help to Agarwal who exited the tournament in ninth place for $23,634.

Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen left the tournament in eighth place for $30,478 when he moved in against a raise by Seiver and a call by Goodman in front of him. Seiver folded, but Goodman snap-called with queens and it was ahead and remained so against the ace-jack of Hunichen.

Lewis Spencer spent the final table as the short stack and found his run ending in seventh place when he moved in with king-three suited in the hijack, only to get called by Seiver on the button with ace-two offsuit. The board brought a flush draw on the turn, but there was no help on the river for Spencer, who took home $39,970 for his efforts.

Poker commentator and three-time WSOP bracelet winner Nick Schulman looked good for a double-up when he moved in with ace-king and was called by the ace-queen of Sergio Aido. A queen on the turn, however, sealed Schulman's fate, and no king on the river meant Schulman's run ended in sixth place for $53,296.

Aido then lost a massive pot against Seiver when he bet-folded the river for the majority of his stack. He moved all in for his remaining chips with pocket sevens after Steve "The Bald Eagle" Zolotow raised before the flop with his ace-queen. Zolotow called and the ace-high board spelled the end for Aido, whose run finished in fifth place for $72,233.

Zolotow was the next to be eliminated when Goodman moved all in from the small blind with four-three of diamonds and Zolotow called with king-five of diamonds. The flop contained a four and a three on it, with the turn also possessing a four, and the two-time bracelet winner exited the tournament in fourth place for $99,483.

Goodman held the lead going into heads-up play, but many double-ups for the short stacks saw the lead change often throughout the course of play. After a few hours of play, it was Farahi and Seiver who had an even amount of chips and Goodman with the clear short stack.

Goodman moved all in over a raise from Farahi with ace-ten offsuit, which Seiver followed by also going all in with queens and folding out Farahi. Seiver's queens held and the 2018 WSOP Online Player of the Year left the tournament in third place for $139,193.

Farahi found himself also against Seiver's queens when, after the latter gained a large lead on him, the former three-bet jammed his stack with ace-eight, failing to improve. With that, Farahi exited in second place for $197,806.

Congratulations to Scott Seiver for winning his fourth career WSOP bracelet!

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Alexander Farahi called from the button and Scott Seiver checked his option to send both players to an     flop. On the flop, Seiver check-called a bet of 400,000 from Farahi.

The turn came   and Seiver checked again only to see Farahi bet 1,300,000. Seiver decided to call once more.

On the   river Seiver checked for the third time and Farahi moved all in. After some consideration, Seiver let go of his hand and Farahi reduced the chip deficit.

Scott Seiver	20,420,000	-1,780,000
Alexander Farahi	5,900,000	1,700,000

Multiple pots have gone Seiver's way without going to showdown.

Scott Seiver	19,900,000	3,300,000
Alexander Farahi	6,500,000	-3,220,000

Alexander Farahi raised to 600,000 from the button and David Goodman moved all in for 5,700,000 from the small blind. Scott Seiver then re-jammed for 9,900,000 and Farahi folded.

David Goodman:   
Scott Seiver:   

Goodman was behind and at risk. The     brought no help and the   left Goodman drawing to just three outs. Unfortunately for him the   river was not one of those outs and ended Goodman's impressive run in 3rd place, a score worth $139,193.

Scott Seiver	16,600,000	5,100,000
David Goodman	0	-6,000,000

Scott Seiver opened to 600,000 on the button. The small blind got out of the way to send the action to David Goodman in the big blind. Goodman three-bet to 5,400,000, enough to put Seiver all in. Seiver did end up making the call to put himself at risk.

Scott Seiver:   
David Goodman:   

Seiver was in trouble and would need a lot of help to survive. That help came in the form of a     flop, which left Goodman drawing to a jack. The   turn and   river ran out clean for Seiver, however, and ensured that three handed play will continue for the time being.

Scott Seiver	11,300,000	6,000,000
David Goodman	6,000,000	-5,400,000

Alexander Farahi called in the small blind and in the big blind, David Goodman moved all-in for 5,550,000 which Farahi snap-called.

David Goodman:   
Alexander Farahi:   

The flop came out     which saw Farahi with little hope to win, and no hope on the   turn. The river   was a mere formality as Goodman saw his stack hop into first place.

David Goodman	11,400,000	6,000,000
Alexander Farahi	7,100,000	-6,100,000

Alexander Farahi in the small blind limp called a raise to 875,000 from David Goodman.

The flop came     and Farahi checked to Goodman who continued for 350,000. Farahi called to send the action to the turn.

Both players checked the   turn. On the   river Farahi led into the preflop raiser for 2,400,000. Goodman did not hesitate for long before calling but was shown    by Farahi for flopped trips, a hand Goodman could not beat.

Alexander Farahi	13,200,000	3,900,000
David Goodman	5,400,000	-3,900,000

Scott Seiver called in the small blind and in the big blind, Alexander Farahi raised to 950,000 which Seiver called.

The flop came out     and Seiver check-called a 750,000 continuation-bet from Farahi.

The turn of   checked through to the   river where Seiver checked and Farahi bet 1,550,000. Seiver went into the tank but eventually put in the call and mucked when he saw the    of Farahi.

Alexander Farahi	11,100,000	2,700,000
Scott Seiver	5,400,000	-5,800,000

Scott Seiver raised to 1,000,000 in the small blind and in the big blind, Alexander Farahi called.

The flop came out     and Seiver checked to Farahi who bet 550,000 and took down the pot, regaining the chip lead.

Alexander Farahi	9,700,000	3,000,000
Scott Seiver	9,100,000	-400,000
David Goodman	7,500,000	-2,600,000