Poker Leaderboard: WSOP Gold Bracelets

The first couple of weeks of World Series of Poker action have already seen multiple changes near the top of the WSOP bracelets leaderboard. John Hennigan became just the ninth player in the history of the game to have won seven or more titles at the series. Within a few days of that huge victory, Scott Seiver and Robert Mizrachi became the 37th and 38th players with five or more bracelets to their names.

Phil Hellmuth remains the… well, gold standard when it comes to WSOP titles. The 17-time bracelet winner has 14 wins in hold’em and another three in other games (two razz and a no-limit 2-7 single draw). The longest gap between bracelets for the 59-year-old was between his 11th and 12th wins. He took down the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event in 2007 and then waited just a day shy of five years before securing his next bracelet in 2012.

The 1989 world champion has managed multiple multi-bracelet years, including winning three in 1993, two in 2003, and another two in 2012. He also holds the distinction of being the only player to have won both the WSOP main event in Las Vegas and the WSOP Europe main event. Hellmuth took down the 2012 WSOPE main event in Cannes, topping a field of 420 entries to earn $1.3 million and his 13th bracelet.

Erik Seidel joined a four-way tie for second with the late Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Phil Ivey. All four of those legendary players have 10 bracelets to their name. Seidel is the only player among those four to have added to his bracelet count in the 2020s. Brunson and Chan’s most recent wins came back in 2005, while Ivey’s latest victory at the series was logged nearly a decade ago in 2014.

Seidel won his ninth bracelet during the 2021 WSOP Online festival. Then in 2023 he took down a $50,000 high roller at the WSOP Paradise to become the just fifth player with double-digit bracelet wins. ♠