Back-to-Back Benny Glaser Strikes Again For Seventh WSOP Bracelet

Benny Glaser entered elite company by capturing his sixth career gold bracelet in the 2025 World Series of Poker $1,500 Dealers Choice event on Monday, June 2. Later that same day, Glaser hopped into the $1,500 mixed Omaha eight-or-better event.

That tournament spilled over into a fourth day, but even so, for the second time in less than a week Glaser won a World Series of Poker bracelet.

We’re only 10 days into the 2025 WSOP, and Glaser might be exhausted. But in capturing his seventh career WSOP bracelet, Glaser has already put his stamp on the series.

A Place in Poker History

The victory puts the 35-year-old Uk poker pro in rarefied air among WSOP champions. He breaches the top 10 of all-time, joining a six-way tie for seventh place at seven WSOP bracelet wins. Three players reached that seven-win plateau at the 2024 WSOP, as Daniel Negreanu, John Hennigan and Scott Seiver each posted standout performances. Seiver did so by winning three times last summer.

Glaser’s triumph also continues a long-running streak of at least one player earning multiple bracelets in a single year that has gone on for more than a quarter of a century. Chris Ferguson took down a $2,500 stud event and the main event in 2000 to get the ball rolling, and Glaser ensured that it will not stop in 2025.

For taking down this tournament, which combines pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better, limit Omaha eight-or-better and Big O, the five-card variation of pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better, Glaser earned a first-place prize of $258,193.

“I generally try to be realistic and think that mostly, yes, it’s a distribution of results,” said Glaser. “But I think in this case, there was a little bit of something where people knew I had just won, like it was quite big news. I think in a way, it helped, especially on day 2, I think people were a little bit scared of me in this, which was kind of nice in a way. I feel like I used that to my advantage a bit.”

Glaser outlasted a field of 1,239 entrants, less than four days after beating out 597 in the dealers Choice event. In addition to the prize money and the bracelet, Glaser earned 960 Card Player Player of the Year points.

Lucky number 7️⃣! @BennyGlaser goes back-to-back and proves lightning does strike twice at the WSOP ⚡️ Two bracelets in one series? Just another day at the office 🏆🔥 #WSOP2025 pic.twitter.com/Zt4LHZDeNh

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This isn’t even the first time Glaser’s rattled off multiple WSOP bracelet events in less than a week. In 2016, Glaser went back-to-back in winning both the $1,500 and $10,000 buy-in Omaha eight-or-better events.

An Extra Day To Crown a Winner

The additional fourth day of this tournament seemed likely to produce a winner in short order. Glaser held the chip lead, with Travis Pearson in second and David Shmuel in third. Shmuel had a chance to become the first double winner of the 2025 WSOP in his own right. Shmuel won his first career bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event in the first few days of the series.

Pearson threatened to run away with things in short order. During a Big O round, Shmuel was all in with a set of threes against a turned two-pair, tens and jacks. But a 10♠ on the river gave Pearson a substantial pot and eliminated Shmuel in third.

Pearson held a lead of more than 2-to-1 lead over Glaser at that point. But with blinds and limits as high as they were, the swings were big. Glaser picked off a bluff to retake the chip lead. Then Pearson turned an ace-high heart flush against Glaser’s king-high heart flush to reclaim it for himself.

A True Battle For The Bracelet

For hours, going several levels beyond the boundary of the original structure, Glaser and Pearson exchanged blows. Ahead of what would be the final break, Glaser locked in and hit his rush.

“I think I used that break quite well,” said Glaser. “I intentionally tried to kind of clear my head and tried to reset and focus on the future, anticipation of the future hands. So yeah, I would like to think that it was a nice break.”

Within a matter of a few hands, Glaser extended his lead to more than 4-to-1. Pearson doubled back once, seemingly poised to stretch the match out even longer. But a rivered wheel in limit Omaha eight-or-better left Pearson with less than one big bet.

Pearson stubbornly managed one final double, somehow, with a hand that contained 6♠ 6♣ 6♥, but there would be no miracle comeback on this day.

On the final hand, Pearson’s Q♦ 9♠ 8♥ 6♥ battled Glaser’s K♠ 9♣ 7♣ 3♣. By the turn of a K♣ 10♦ 2♠ 4♣ board, Pearson had only a non-club jack to win the high, or a seven or three to scoop the low end. The 8♠ river meant Glaser’s pair of kings and eight-low scooped the pot and won him the tournament.

“It was a really tough battle,” said Glaser. “I was quite impressed with how we played heads up. I have played, like, quite a lot of heads up online, so I’m fairly comfortable with it overall. But he was tougher than I expected, and I was kind of impressed, in a way. But I still feel like I had one or two ways that I was able to execute quite well. And in the end, there was a nice distribution of cards when the big bets mattered.”

More History to Come?

Glaser is well-positioned for a run at WSOP history with more than 75 live events left on the 2025 WSOP schedule. Only six players in history have won three  bracelets in a summer. Seiver did it in 2024, Jeff Lisandro in 2009, Phil Ivey in 2002, Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest in 1993, and Puggy Pearson was the first in 1973. No one has ever won four WSOP bracelets in a year.

While he imagines it will be a tough proposition to strike a third time, Glaser was all too happy to add another trophy and milestone to his growing list of accomplishments.

“It’s something that I value and it’s really nice, to me,” said Glaser. “It’s something I aim for, too. And yeah, it makes me very proud of my accomplishments.”

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