Benny Glaser Goes Back-to-Back (Again) for 7th Bracelet in $1,500 Mixed

Benny Glaser would possibly simply be the G.O.A.T. of mixed-game tournaments.

A mere 4 days after profitable the $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative occasion, the U.Ok.-based poker phenom has executed it once more by besting a 1,239-entry area in Occasion #15: $1,500 Blended: Pot-Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher for his seventh World Sequence of Poker bracelet and the $258,193 first-place prize. The spectacular feat mirrors his 2016 summer season run — whereby Glaser gained two Omaha bracelets inside per week.

All of Glaser’s bracelets come from non-Maintain’em occasions and he now sits in elite firm alongside 11 different gamers who’ve gained seven or extra bracelets, together with Scott Seiver, Billy Baxter, and Daniel Negreanu. When added alongside along with his quite a few SCOOP and WCOOP titles in mixed-games, Glaser’s legacy is clearly cemented, not solely within the mixed-game group however within the poker world at massive.

Occasion #15: $1,500 Blended: Pot-Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Remaining Desk Outcomes

“I am feeling superb,” Glaser mentioned shortly after profitable his heads-up battle in opposition to runner-up Travis Pearson. “This one feels extra outrageously surreal. It nonetheless hasn’t sunk in. (Heads-up) was actually a troublesome battle. I used to be general impressed with how (Pearson) performed. I hadn’t actually performed him earlier than this match. There have been one or two arms that have been fairly tough, however I used to be in a position to re-center myself again in.”

Glaser, now an early front-runner for profitable WSOP Participant of the 12 months, mentioned he’ll “completely” be going for the distinguished title.

“I used to be probably going for Participant of the 12 months anyhow however I believe this win makes it clear now that I will be going for it,” Glaser defined. “My schedule will in all probability change by one or two occasions, just like the 100k PLO that I undoubtedly wasn’t certain I would play. I believe I’ll nonetheless attempt to take a day or two off simply within the hopes of setting myself up for the remainder of the sequence and execute higher.”

Benny Glaser Provides to His Legacy With Bracelet No. 6 in Occasion #8: $1,500 Sellers Alternative

Day 4 Motion

An unscheduled Day 4 noticed Simply three gamers return to the Horseshoe Occasions Middle in hopes of securing WSOP glory. Nonetheless, it took simply a few arms for David Shmuel, who got here in because the brief stack, to commit the remainder of his stack in opposition to Pearson in Huge O. Shmuel had flopped a set and was poised to double up in opposition to Pearson, however a dramatic river noticed Pearson boat up from two pair to finish Shmuel’s run in third place.

What might have been a short heads-up affair changed into an epic battle. Pearson held an over two-to-one chip lead over Glaser at the beginning of their battle, however Glaser discovered an early double as much as pull into the lead in what can be considered one of many chip-leading exchanges.

Pearson responded instantly, nevertheless, by profitable a a flush-over-flush cooler. A number of additional small pots that went Pearson’s means noticed him get again to the place he began — with a two-to-one chip lead. Nonetheless, like clockwork, Glaser discovered a approach to double up again into the chip lead after rivering a full home in opposition to Pearson’s turned straight.

Pearson seemingly upped his aggression and was in a position to grind again a chip lead with pot-sized raises and bets that resulted in Glaser folding. At one level, Glaser thought he had misplaced the match after getting all in in opposition to Pearson with a pair and wheel draw on the flop in Huge O. Glaser went to shake Pearson’s hand after the runout, but it surely turned out Glaser had made a greater two pair for the excessive for a chopped pot.

Funnily sufficient, just some arms later, Pearson additionally mistakenly assumed he had gained after getting Glaser all in with a queen-high flush and a low, solely to appreciate Glaser held a king-high flush for an additional chopped pot.

After a brief break, Glaser retook a large chip lead after profitable a sequence of medium-sized pots. Pearson nonetheless had some struggle left in him, nevertheless, and managed to double up with a pair of tens, however Glaser would not be denied. A number of arms later Pearson discovered himself all in preflop in Omaha Hello-Lo with queen-nine-eight-six in opposition to Glaser’s king-nine-seven-trey. The flop paired Glaser’s king and Pearson was unable to catch as much as put an finish to the match.

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