Benny Glaser has had a heck of a poker career, but boy, this past year has been something. Among other accomplishments, in 2025, he became just the seventh player in history to win three bracelets in a single World Series of Poker. And now, he has won the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship, the most prestigious tournament at the WSOP next to the Main Event, good for over $1.3 million and his ninth career WSOP bracelet.
He has won all nine bracelets in the span of just 11 years, and if he wasn’t already in elite company (he was), he certainly is now. Only six other players have won at least as many WSOP bracelets as Glaser: Phil Hellmuth (17), Phil Ivey (11), Doyle Brunson (10), Johnny Chan (10), Erik Seidel (9), and Johnny Moss (9).
And this is just his WSOP results. He is one of the greatest online tournament players of all time, having won 11 PokerStars SCOOP titles and 16 WCOOP crowns.
Summary: Benny Glaser will be a shoo-in for the Poker Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in three years.
After defeating Josh Arieh heads-up for the championship, Glaser was clearly emotional. Even after all the success he has had, the Poker Players Championship means the world to him.
“It does feel like a bit of a dream right now. I’m so happy,” he told media outlet PokerNews afterward. “It is just the dream, it’s just like the pinnacle of mixed games achievement, and it’s such a special tournament for me. I’m incredibly grateful.”
Glaser is a mixed games master. Just look at his list of WSOP bracelets:
2015 – $1,500 Limit Triple Draw Lowball
2016 – $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
2016 – $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
2021 – $10,000 Razz Championship
2023 – $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship
2025 – $1,500 Dealer’s Choice
2025 – $1,500 Mixed Omaha
2025 – $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
2026 – $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Glaser had a healthy chip lead going into Thursday’s six-handed final table, holding over 50 percent more chips than the second place Maxx Coleman. Going into heads-up play, he was close to even with Arieh, but Glaser made short work of it.
“I wasn’t expecting it to be quite that one sided. I honestly did think I would have an edge, but I did just also run very well in heads up in a lot of spots. It was a quicker battle than I expected given how deep we were, but I’m pretty happy with how I played,” Glaser said.
Glaser is now in third place in the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year rankings with 2,407 points. He is just 50 points behind the player he just ousted, Josh Arieh, and about 300 behind the leader, William Foxen.