If Benny Glaser hadn’t already written his name into poker history and guaranteed himself a spot in the Hall of Fame eventually, he absolutely secured those honours on Saturday. He pulled off a truly rare feat, taking down his 3rd bracelet of the year and 8th overall after winning Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
It was a late night on Saturday, with action ending around 3 AM and Glaser winning the bracelet in ace to five with a perfect sixty-five. With the win in a game that saw 463 entries for prizes of $1,030,175, Glaser cements his position as one of, if not THE, top mixed-game players in the world right now.
In addition to his 8 bracelets, all won in various forms of non-Hold’em poker, Glaser is the record holder for SCOOP and WCOOP titles online at PokerStars. While there are a few two-card titles amongst his PokerStars hardware, most of his success, online or live, has come from playing more than two cards.
Three for 2025
There are multiple lenses through which this is a win for the history books. First and foremost, the win put Glaser in elite company as only the eighth player in history to win 3 bracelets in a single summer, joining some of the greatest names in the modern game like Ivey. Seiver, Hellmuth, and Forrest.
It also means just 6 players in the history of the game have won more bracelets than Glaser now, with the list above him reading like a who’s-who of the game. Leading the list is Phil Hellmuth on 17, of course, but Phil Ivey has 11, and Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, and Johnny Chan each have 10, while Johnny Moss won 9 bracelets.
| Place | Player | Bracelets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hellmuth | 17 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | 11 |
| 3 | Doyle Brunson | 10 |
| 3 | Erik Seidel | 10 |
| 3 | Johnny Chan | 10 |
| 6 | Johnny Moss | 9 |
| 7 | Benny Jules Glaser | 8 |
That’s the elite group Glaser finds himself at the bottom of after his Saturday night win. With a bevy of hold’em games and more than 10 mixed game bracelets remaining in the 2025 series, including the iconic Poker Player’s Championship featuring the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy, don’t count Glaser out from scoring a historic fourth this summer.
Glaser’s Bracelets
- 2025 WSOP: Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
- 2025 WSOP: Event #15: $1,500 Mixed PLO Hi-Lo 8 / Omaha Hi Lo 8 / Big O
- 2025 WSOP: Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice
- 2023 WSOP: Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
- 2021 WSOP: Event #78: Razz Championship
- 2016 WSOP: Event #32: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
- 2016 WSOP: Event #26: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
- 2015 WSOP: Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
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Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benny Glaser | $208,552 |
| 2 |  Schuyler Thornton | $135,506 |
| 3 | George Alexander | $90,139 |
| 4 |  Mark Klecan | $61,409 |
| 5 | Michael Balan | $42,872 |
| 6 | David “Bakes” Baker | $30,690 |
| 7 | Chris Klodnicki | $22,542 |
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Final Table Recap
“It feels outrageous, honestly” Glaser told PokerNews following his victory. “Three in one series. That’s so many in one series and it’s not even over yet. It’s unreal.”
In fact, the 2025 WSOP is barely half over at this point, with more than 40 events in total left to play. With more than 10 of those played with more than two cards, including the prestgious PPC, Glaser has a solid shot at booking a historic 4th bracelet in 2025.
The final day saw 15 players come back, with Glaser sitting mid-field in the chip counts, bringing 19 big blinds into the final day, just over half the total of leader Michael Balan. That was plenty of chips for the mixed-game master, however, as he was able to run that up to the second stack to start the final table.
The FT was set after actor James Woods, who is a fixture in WSOP mixed games, patted a ninety-eight thinking they were playing triple-draw deuce, only to realize at showdown the game was ace to five. That hand left Woods on fumes and he was the FT bubble shortly after.
After a long stint at a full final table, Chris Klodniki was sent home in a brutal cooler. He had a pat six in ace-five, only to watch George Alexander wheel over him with the nuts after a perfect final draw. That opened the gates, seeing David “Bakes” Baker, start-of-day chip leader Michael Balan, and Mark Klecan bust in rapid succession.
Play ground to a halt once again after the Canadian Klecan ended his run in 4th place. The final three battled for around four hours with all three holding the chip lead, and all three on the short stack at various times.
Glaser ran well at the end, and he knew it. “I needed some of those breaks,” Glaser said of the three-handed battle. “Twice I doubled up Schuyler, when he essentially got lucky all-in. So I was king of trying to use the breaks to reset, just trying to breathe and bring myself back to the situation to keep battling on. But it was a real tough one.”
In the final few hands of three-way play, Glaser first forced a big fold from Alexander in ace-five, then hit a five-outer in badugi to send him home in 3rd and take a slight lead to heads up against Schuyler Thornton. Thornton quickly reversed that, going up nearly 2:1 in early heads-up play, but Glaser would be back on top after his 8 took a big pot against the jack of Thornton in ace-five.
Just a few hands later, Thornton had a pat ten that got outdrawn by Glaser’s six, also in ace-five, to hand Glaser his 3rd bracelet of the series — so far, at least. The victory puts Glaser well in front for the WSOP Player of the Year, and it heats up the discussion about his historic bracelet run over the past decade. He is easily in contention for the most dominant player at the WSOP in the last decade, and many are starting to discuss the possibility that he may chase Hellmuth’s seemingly unbeatable 17.
“There’s getting to be thoughts of it,” Glaser told PokerNews after the game. “There’s been talk of it lately, sort of understandably. I’m not necessarily setting my goal on that. It would be a cool thing. I’m still just going to try to keep showing up every summer and keep playing my best. He’s still going to keep doing the same, so he’s definitely going to be a very tough man to catch, but it would be a cool race.”
There’s still almost half the series yet to play, and no doubt the UK phenom would love to add the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy to his huge collection of mixed-game hardware while collecting a historic 4th bracelet this year. With that PPC chance, and several more mixed-game opportunities yet to come this year, I’d bet on Glaser tying Johnny Moss on 9 bracelets before the final hands are dealt this summer. I damn-sure won’t be betting against it this year …
