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Scott Seiver

Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver 2015.jpg
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 32)
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
Information accurate as of January 8, 2013.

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 and is the winner of the $25,100 buy-in High Roller event at the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic. On April 29, 2015 Seiver became the 9th player in GPI history to be ranked #1.

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.

Seiver's other poker accomplishments include springing to fame by appearing on Pokerstars' the Big Game, showcasing his unique mouth-covering method of hiding mouth-breathing tells, as well as 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).

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.

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, later he finished 4th at the Main Event of the 2010 PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour (NAPT) at Mohegan Sun earning $190,000.

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.


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