Just a few days after winning Event #26: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, British poker pro Benny Glaser scooped his second title of the 2016 World Series of Poker by winning yet another Omaha tournament!
Event #32: $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Championship attracted 163 entrants which created a $1.5 million prize pool...and Glaser took home the lion's share ($407,194) along with a third gold coveted bracelet! His latest victory means that he has two wins for the series in Omaha High-Low Split.
"It's surprising that I would win two gold bracelets, at all," said Glaser. "But if I was going to win, it would have been in this game since this is my best game and the one I have played the most online."
When asked by WSOP.com why Omaha is his best game, Glaser replied: "I think it's the one game that plays closest to a cash game as a tournament. Definitely, some adjustments need to be made. But these limit games are more like I am used to in day to day."
MEET THE CHAMPION:
Name: Benny Glaser
Birthplace: Southampton, UK
Age: 27
Current Residence: Southampton, UK
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Profession: Poker Player
Number of WSOP Cashes: 6
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances: 4
Number of WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories (with this tournament): 3
Best Previous WSOP Finish: 1st (2015, 2016)
Total WSOP Earnings: $860,874
Personal Facts: Regards Omaha High-Low Split as his best game
FINAL TABLE RESULTS:
1 Benny Glaser Southampton, U.K. $407,194
2 Skippy Lorgeree Buffalo Grove, IL $251,665
3 Matt Glantz Lafayette Hill, PA $175,754
4 Grzegorz Trelski Middletown, CT $125,125
5 Robert Campbell Warragul, Australia $90,846
6 Per Hildebrand Marsta, Sweden $67,291
7 Todd Brunson Las Vegas, NV $50,872
8 Jason Mercier Davie, FL $39,269
9 Felipe Ramos Brazil $30,965