Benny Glaser confirmed why he is among the greatest mixed-game gamers within the Universe this week by successful his sixth and seventh World Sequence of Poker bracelets one after the opposite.
Glaser started his 2025 WSOP slate by leaping into the $1,500 Blended Video games Sellers Selection 6-Handed occasion that started on Could 30. After two days, Glaser was the final of 597 entries standing, beating Mathew Schreiber, who received his solely bracelet in a H.O.R.S.E occasion in 2017, heads-up.
His sixth WSOP bracelet got here with $150,246.
The following day, Glaser entered the $1,500 Blended Omaha 8 or Higher 7-Handed occasion. This time, he needed to make it by a subject of 1,239 entries to assert his seventh WSOP bracelet — all of which got here in Omaha or mixed-game occasions.
Glaser, a classically-trained guitarist from the U.Ok. who started started his poker journey grinding $2/4 restrict video games on-line, knew the possibilities of going back-to-back in occasions have been lengthy, however admitted he felt slightly magic because the Omaha occasion progressed.
“I typically attempt to be real looking and suppose that principally, sure, it’s a distribution of outcomes,” Glaser informed Tim Fiorvanti after. “However I believe on this case, there was slightly little bit of one thing the place folks knew I had simply received, prefer it was fairly massive information. I believe in a approach, it helped, particularly on Day 2, I believe folks have been slightly bit petrified of me on this, which was sort of good in a approach. I really feel like I used that to my benefit a bit.”
Only a bit, Benny?
Nonetheless, the ultimate desk battle could be a really powerful poker take a look at for the 35-year-old professional. Ending third was David Shmuel, who was additionally attempting to win his second WSOP bracelet of 2025 after successful the fourth occasion of the collection, a $1,500 Restrict Omaha 8 or Higher 8-Handed contest that introduced in 910 entries.
However it was the heads-up battle with Travis Pearson that will actually take a look at Glaser’s mettle. The 2 went at it for hours, and Glaser was impressed with Pearson’s toughness and sticking energy. Pearson, who has $1.3 million in tourney earnings, was going for his first bracelet after coming as shut as attainable to successful one in a $1,500 Omaha Hello/Lo 8 or Higher in 2021.
“This one feels extra outrageously surreal.” Glaser informed reporters after victory. “It nonetheless hasn’t sunk in. There have been one or two palms that have been fairly tough, however I used to be in a position to re-center myself again in. I used to be probably going for Participant of the 12 months anyway however I believe this win makes it clear now that I’ll be going for it.”
It’s the second time Glaser went back-to-back in occasions. In 2016, he did it by successful each the $1,500 and $10,000 Omaha eight-or-better occasions.
His seven WSOP bracelets ties him with Males Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Billy Baxter, John Hennigan, and Scott Seiver in seventh on the all-time record.
