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Texas Maintain’em could also be far and away the preferred variant of poker, however true grinders know the enjoyment of switching it up with variants like Omaha, Stud and 2-7.

A few of poker’s most embellished gamers have made combined video games their bread and butter. This contains Poker Corridor of Famer Phil Ivey, who received three bracelets in a single summer time means again in 2002, in addition to Scott Seiver and Benny Glaser, who pulled off the identical feat the final two summers.

From four-time $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship winner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi to back-to-back-to-back Sellers Selection Championship winner Adam Friedman, listed below are among the prime blended recreation gamers to look out for on the World Collection of Poker (WSOP) this summer time — and you’ll conveniently monitor them utilizing the brand new PokerNews MyPlayers feed.

NOTE: This listing of the perfect blended recreation gamers shouldn’t be exhaustive and particularly focuses on lively gamers who often play on the World Collection of Poker.

Phil Ivey

Broadly considered the most effective general poker gamers ever, Phil Ivey is a drive to be reckoned with at each stake and in each variant.

Ivey received three bracelets on the 2002 WSOP, first successful the $1,500 Seven Card Stud occasion for $132,000 earlier than taking down the $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hello-Lo for $118,440 and shutting out the summer time by successful the $2,000 Restrict S.H.O.E. occasion for $107,540.

On the 2014 WSOP, Ivey took down the $1,500 Eight Sport Combine occasion for $167,332 to turn out to be the primary participant to win ten blended recreation bracelets.

A decade later, Ivey received his eleventh bracelet on the 2024 WSOP by successful the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship for $347,440. After that victory, he informed PokerNews’ David Salituro that he’s nonetheless motivated to win bracelets.

“I’m motivated,” Ivey mentioned. “If I can play I’ll. Plenty of instances I’m not on the town. I hold displaying up. Enjoying, performing. I wish to hold successful.”

Phil Ivey’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Michael Mizrachi

One other old-fashioned participant who has had current success is reigning Predominant Occasion champion Michael “The Grinder” Mizarachi. Not solely did Mizrachi win $10 million within the Predominant Occasion final 12 months, he additionally took down the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship for $1.3 million and a record-fourth PPC title.

The Grinder first received the 2010 PPC for $1.5 million earlier than taking down the occasion two years later for $1.4 million. In 2018, he received it for $1.2 million.

Mizrachi has been out in full drive after his historic summer time that noticed him streamlined into the Poker Corridor of Fame, so anticipate to see numerous the reigning champion this summer time (and possibly his son).

Michael Mizrachi’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Benny Glaser

Eight-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser could also be the perfect blended recreation participant on the circuit proper now.

Glaser went from successful his first bracelet on the 2015 in 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball $136,215 to successful three bracelets in a single summer time a decade later. On the 2025 WSOP, Glaser first received the $1,500 Sellers Selection 6-Handed for $150,246 earlier than successful $1,500 Blended Omaha 8 or Higher 7-Handed for $258,193 and ending the summer time with a victory in $2,500 Blended Restrict Triple Draw for $208,552.

And Glaser’s success is not restricted to the WSOP. He’s additionally holds the report for probably the most PokerStars SCOOP titles, a lot of them being earned in blended recreation occasions.

Benny Glaser’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Scott Seiver

The 12 months earlier than Glaser one three bracelets, longtime professional Scott Seiver did the identical factor.

Seiver began off the 2024 WSOP by $10,000 Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo Championship for $426,744 earlier than successful the $1,500 Restrict Razz for $141,374. Seiver would win one other championship occasion by taking down the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship for $411,041.

The 2024 WSOP Participant of the 12 months had the Poker Corridor of Fame on his thoughts throughout his legendary summer time.

“It’s actually the rationale I’m doing this proper now,” he informed PokerNews in the course of the summer time. “I feel that some folks which are supremely accustomed to poker may need forgotten me as a lot. I’ve been actually enjoying largely money video games, very high-stakes nosebleed video games, however extra out of the match scene, which makes it extra out of the general public eye.

Scott Seiver’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Shaun Deeb

After two runner-up finishes at WSOP Europe, anticipate reigning Participant of the 12 months Shaun Deeb to enter this summer time’s competition with one thing to show.

Deeb’s first blended recreation bracelet got here in 2016 as he received $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $111,101, and he adopted that up by successful the $25,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler twice in three years, first successful the 2018 version for $1.4 million and later taking down 2021’s match for $1.2 million.

Proving to be a high-stakes PLO end-boss, the two-time WSOP POY additionally shipped final 12 months’s $100,000 Pot Restrict Omaha occasion for $2.9 million.

Shaun Deeb’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Brian Rast

Seven-time bracelet winner Brian Rast first received the PPC in 2011, and he has received it two instances since then. Rast’s first PPC victory introduced him $1.7 million, whereas he later took down the 2016 version for $1.3 million and the 2023 version for $1.3 million.

The 2023 PPC victory sealed Rast’s spot within the Poker Corridor of Fame and he was inducted quickly after. The seven-time bracelet winner would go on to win the 2025 Restrict Razz Championship for $306,644.

Brian Rast’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Adam Friedman

One of many biggest feats in match poker historical past occurred when Adam Friedman received the $10,000 Sellers Selection 6-Handed occasion three years in a row.

The five-time braclet winner first received the occasion that might turn out to be synonymous together with his title in 2018 for $293,275. He received it once more in 2019 for $312,417 and, after a 12 months off for Covid, received the 2021 version for $248,350 as he denied Phil Hellmuth a seventeenth bracelet.

Adam Friedman’s Blended Sport Bracelets

John Hennigan

One other old-fashioned Poker Corridor of Famer on the listing is John Hennigan, and “Johnny World” is as lively as ever on the WSOP.

The seven-time bracelet winner received his first bracelet in 2002 within the $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. occasion for $117,320. He’d additionally win the $10,000 version of the H.O.R.S.E. occasion in 2018 for $414,692, and most lately received the 2024 $1,500 Blended Video games Sellers Selection for $138,296.

John Hennigan’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Mike Gorodinsky

All 5 of Mike Gorodinsky’s bracelets are of the blended recreation selection, beginning together with his first bracelet in 2013’s $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hello-Lo for $216,988 and adopted up two years later by his PPC victory for $1.2 million.

Gorodinsky would win a bracelet within the Bahamas by taking down the 2024 WSOP Paradise $10,000 Pot Restrict Omaha for $393,250. Extra lately, he received the 2025 $10,000 Blended Video games 8 Sport Championship for $422,421.

Mike Gorodinsky’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Josh Arieh

Whereas Josh Arieh’s first bracelet got here earlier than the flip of the century, the longtime professional has been placing up the perfect outcomes of his profession in recent times.

Arieh received two bracelets on the 2021 WSOP — $1,500 Pot Restrict Omaha for $204,766 and $10,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo for $484,791 — to earn the WSOP POY distinction. Two years later, the Crew Fortunate member once more received two bracelets in a summer time, first successful the $10,000 Restrict Maintain’em Championship for $316,226 for delivery the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $711,313.

Josh Arieh’s Blended Sport Bracelets

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Exterior Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 International Poker Awards for his writing.