Benny Glaser captured his second World Series of Poker title in the past four days.
The British poker pro won the $1,500 buy-in Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low 8 or Better on Thursday at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Glaser topped a field of 1,239 entries and defeated Travis Pearson in heads-up play for the $258,193 first prize.
It was Glaser’s seventh career WSOP bracelet, which are awarded for tournament victories. He won the $1,500 buy-in Dealers Choice tournament late Sunday and is the early front-runner for WSOP Player of the Year.
“I’m feeling amazing,” Glaser told PokerNews. “This one feels more outrageously surreal. It still hasn’t sunk in. (Heads-up) was really a tough battle. I was overall impressed with how (Pearson) played. I hadn’t really played him before this tournament. There were