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Benny Glaser Net Worth 2026: $4M-$8M, 9 Bracelets & PPC Champion

Benny Glaser has won more World Series of Poker bracelets than any other European player. All nine came in mixed or non-hold’em formats, and the ninth was the one he wanted most: the 2026 $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

Benny Glaser, nine-time WSOP bracelet winner from Southampton

We put his net worth at $4 million to $8 million, built from more than $12.8 million in live cashes recorded by The Hendon Mob. His biggest single score came in No-Limit Hold’em after all, a seven-figure runner-up finish at the 2022 WPT World Championship.

Online he plays as RunGodlike and holds more WCOOP titles than anyone in the series’ history.

Player Quick Facts

Benny Glaser poker player portrait

  • Full Name: Benny Glaser
  • Online Screen Name: RunGodlike (PokerStars)
  • Born: 7 June 1989 (age 37)
  • Nationality: British
  • Hometown: Southampton, England
  • Residence: Eastleigh, England
  • Net Worth (Estimate): $4M to $8M
  • Live Tournament Earnings: $12,874,899 (232 cashes, per Hendon Mob)
  • Biggest Cash: $2,830,000 (2nd, 2022 WPT World Championship)
  • WSOP Bracelets: 9 (most by a European player)
  • Primary Formats: Mixed games: Omaha Hi-Lo, 2-7 Triple Draw, Razz, Stud, H.O.R.S.E.
  • Known For: 2026 Poker Players Championship; three bracelets at WSOP 2025; most WCOOP titles in history
  • Current Sponsor: None

Benny Glaser's Net Worth

Benny Glaser’s net worth is estimated at $4 million to $8 million. The range starts from his tracked tournament results, then allows for the costs that never show up in a results database.

Two scores make up roughly a third of his live total: the WPT World Championship runner-up finish and the Poker Players Championship win. The rest is spread across 230 other cashes since 2013.

Key distinction: “Career earnings” and “net worth” are different things. Earnings are gross payouts before buy-ins, staking splits and expenses. For a player who enters $50,000 and $100,000 mixed-game events, the gap between the two can be wide.

Why net worth estimates for Glaser vary

Very few sites publish a figure for Glaser at all. One auto-generated celebrity site, peopleai.com, lists $2.53 million, built from social media reach rather than poker results, and it was still listing eight bracelets months after his ninth.

None of the published figures explains its method. Our range is built from his recorded results and the costs that come with the events he plays.

How much has Benny Glaser won in live tournaments?

The Hendon Mob records $12,874,899 in live tournament earnings across 232 cashes. That places him 139th on the all-time money list and sixth among English players.

WSOP.com counts $10,494,204 from World Series events alone, a different scope that should never be added to the Hendon Mob total. His online results on Hendon Mob had passed $1.8 million by November 2023.

The missing pieces: buy-ins, staking and cash games

Five factors sit outside every public database:

  • High-roller buy-ins: his schedule includes the $50,000 PPC and the $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games, and gross cashes are not profit.
  • Staking and backing: any share of his action sold to investors is never disclosed.
  • Private mixed-game cash games: no public reporting exists.
  • Coaching income: his X bio describes him as a part-time poker coach, and the terms are private.
  • Sponsorship: none on record, so no ambassador income adds to the total.

Early Life & Road to Poker

Glaser’s first live win and his first bracelet both came in split-pot or draw games. That pattern has held for more than a decade.

Where is Benny Glaser from?

Glaser comes from Southampton on England’s south coast. The Hendon Mob lists his residence as nearby Eastleigh.

He was introduced to poker by his father and built his game on online 8-game tables at modest stakes. The mixed formats he learned there are the same ones that later produced his bracelets.

From online mixed games to a first live win

His first recorded live result came in October 2013 at EPT London. He won a £300 No-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo turbo for £2,323. A year later he finished second in a £200 hyper turbo at the same festival for £2,800.

  • June 2015: first WSOP cash, 289th in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker for $5,990.
  • June 2015: first WSOP bracelet, ten days later, in the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw.
  • December 2015: first recorded live stud title, the €500 Limit Seven Card Stud at EPT Prague for €3,260.

2015: the first WSOP bracelet

His first summer at the World Series produced no cashes at all. He came back in 2015 and left with a bracelet.

Benny Glaser smiling with a hand on his forehead under tournament stage lights

The $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw paid $136,215, the first of three titles he has won in triple draw formats. Lowball draw games have stayed among his strongest events ever since.

He has treated the World Series the same way since that first bracelet, as the place to play above his usual online stakes.

Career Earnings & Tournament Results

Glaser’s record splits cleanly into two worlds. The bracelets come from rotation and lowball events, while two of his three biggest cashes came in No-Limit Hold’em.

Top 10 live tournament cashes

These are his ten largest recorded live scores, per The Hendon Mob.

YearEventFinishPrize
2022WPT World Championship, Wynn Las Vegas2nd$2,830,000
2026WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship1st$1,343,764
2025WSOP Paradise $25,000 Super Main Event10th$665,875
2026PGT $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games3rd$570,000
2022WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship4th$464,420
2016WSOP $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 Championship1st$407,194
2021WSOP $25,000 H.O.R.S.E.2nd$341,274
2023WSOP $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship1st$311,428
2024WSOP Paradise $50,000 PLO Championship6th$304,870
2021WSOP $10,000 Razz Championship1st$274,693

Eight of the ten came at WSOP events, including WSOP Paradise, and four are outright wins. All ten came in events with buy-ins of $10,000 or more.

Why his bracelets pay less than his biggest cash: eight of his nine bracelets paid under $410,000. Mixed-game fields are small: the 2026 PPC drew 108 entries, while the WPT World Championship he finished second in drew 2,960.

How many WSOP bracelets does Benny Glaser have?

Glaser has nine WSOP bracelets, confirmed by WSOP.com, from 37 final tables and 140 cashes.

YearEventPrize
2015#33 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw$136,215
2016#26 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better$244,103
2016#32 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship$407,194
2021#78 $10,000 Razz Championship$274,693
2023#38 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship$311,428
2025#8 $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed$150,246
2025#15 $1,500 Mixed Omaha 8 or Better 7-Handed$258,193
2025#56 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball$208,552
2026#60 $50,000 Poker Players Championship$1,343,764

Only five players have won more, led by Phil Hellmuth’s record 17 WSOP bracelets. The top of the all-time list looks like this.

PlayerWSOP bracelets
Phil Hellmuth17
Phil Ivey11
Doyle Brunson10
Johnny Chan10
Erik Seidel10
Johnny Moss9
Shaun Deeb9
Michael Mizrachi9
Benny Glaser9

Of the four players on nine, Glaser is the only European. He shares the mark with Johnny Moss, Shaun Deeb and 2025 Main Event champion Michael Mizrachi.

His 2021 win came in Razz, where the lowest hand takes the pot.

PokerGO Tour and the Super High Roller Bowl

The $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games is the highest buy-in on his schedule. He finished fifth for $225,000 in March 2025 and third for $570,000 in February 2026.

Benny Glaser concentrating over his chips at a live tournament table

Those two results returned $795,000 between them. That is more than any single bracelet has paid him apart from the PPC.

EPT, Irish Open and other major results

Outside the top ten, two European titles and two WSOP championship finishes stand out.

YearEventFinishPrize
2025EPT Barcelona €4,850+350 T.O.R.S.E.1st€70,250
2023Irish Poker Open €5,000 High Roller1st€106,980
2018WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship5th$260,578
2017WSOP $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship2nd$197,838

The Irish Open win came in No-Limit Hold’em. Most of his other European titles came in mixed and split-pot side events at EPT festivals.

Online Poker Career

Glaser’s online record is as strong as his live one. His series wins span stud, draw, Omaha and hold’em formats.

What is Benny Glaser’s PokerStars screen name?

He plays on PokerStars as RunGodlike. His first SCOOP title came in 2016 in the $2,100 Stud Hi/Lo for $54,390, and his first WCOOP title followed in 2018 in a $55 PLO 6-Max for $23,807.

His WCOOP wins run from an $11 NLO8 6-Max to $2,100 championship events. He belongs on any list of the best online poker players ranked by series titles.

Benny Glaser at a PokerStars European Poker Tour table

His online prizes are small next to his live scores, rarely above $50,000 a title. The record matters for what it shows about range, not for what it adds to his bankroll.

WCOOP and SCOOP titles

His series titles break down as follows.

SeriesTitlesFirst titleLandmark
WCOOP192018, $55 PLO 6-MaxSeven titles in 2023, a single-series record
SCOOP122016, $2,100 Stud Hi/LoTwelfth title in 2026

He added three WCOOP titles in September 2026:

  • $1,050 8-Game: $21,400, his first WCOOP title in that format.
  • $530 H.O.R.S.E.: $11,082.
  • $530 Stud: $8,357, his first WCOOP title in Stud.

Stud also appears twice in the Poker Players Championship rotation, as Seven Card Stud and Stud Hi-Lo. For readers new to it, how Seven-Card Stud hands are played starts with three cards and five betting rounds.

Playing Style & Reputation

Glaser is a mixed-game specialist who builds his schedule around rotation and split-pot events. His results show that choice paying off in draw, stud and Omaha formats.

Why has Glaser never won a No-Limit Hold’em bracelet?

Because his schedule is built around other games. Before the 2022 WPT final, his previous top 14 cashes had all come outside No-Limit Hold’em.

When he does play hold’em, the results hold up. His two biggest No-Limit Hold’em scores are the WPT World Championship runner-up finish and tenth place in the 2025 WSOP Paradise $25,000 Super Main Event.

Benny Glaser smiling at a tournament table at Atlantis in the Bahamas

That record suggests a deliberate choice rather than a weakness. Mixed events offer smaller fields and more of the games he has played longest.

The games he calls his best

He has named Omaha Hi-Lo, 2-7 Triple Draw and Limit Hold’em as his strongest games. His results back that up, as his bracelets by format show.

FormatBraceletsYears
Omaha Hi-Lo (incl. mixed Omaha)32016, 2016, 2025
2-7 Triple Draw and mixed triple draw32015, 2023, 2025
Razz12021
Dealers Choice12025
Nine-game mix (PPC)12026

Limit Hold’em is the one named game without a bracelet, though he finished second in the 2026 Limit Hold’em Championship.

Omaha Hi-Lo is the clearest example of the rest. It is a split-pot game built around Omaha Hi-Lo strategy for scooping both halves of the pot rather than settling for half.

Is he the best mixed-game player?

Poker media often call him that. Glaser does not, and after his 2026 Poker Players Championship win he was asked directly.

“I think I’m up there. I don’t personally like saying I’m number one.”

His record makes the case for him: nine bracelets in 11 years, none of them in a No-Limit Hold’em event.

Notable Moments & Records

Four moments stand out in Glaser’s career.

  • 2016: two Omaha Hi-Lo bracelets within four days.
  • 2022: runner-up at the WPT World Championship, his biggest cash.
  • 2025: three bracelets at one World Series, all in mixed-game events.
  • 2026: the $50,000 Poker Players Championship and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

2016: two Omaha Hi-Lo bracelets in one week

Glaser won the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (Event #26) for $244,103. Four days later he won the $10,000 Championship in the same game (Event #32) for $407,194.

The double lifted his tally to three in two summers. Only Jason Mercier and Ian Johns had already won two bracelets at that series.

What is Benny Glaser’s biggest cash?

His biggest cash is $2,830,000 for second place at the 2022 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. The $10,400 event drew 2,960 entries, and the final played out on 20 December 2022.

Benny Glaser at a Club WPT feature table at Wynn Las Vegas

Glaser started the six-handed final table as chip leader. On the fourth hand his ace-jack ran into Eliot Hudon’s pocket kings, and the double-up put Hudon in control.

PlacePlayerPrize
1stEliot Hudon$4,136,000
2ndBenny Glaser$2,830,000
3rdJean-Claude Moussa$2,095,000

Hudon held more than a 3-to-1 lead entering heads-up play, which lasted seven hands. On the last, Glaser turned Q♦ J♠ into a river bluff and Hudon called with 7♣ 4♦ for a nine-high straight.

Hudon’s $4,136,000 came with a $10,400 seat into the following year’s event. For Glaser, the runner-up payout remains the largest of his career.

2025: three mixed-game bracelets in one summer

In 2025 he won the $1,500 Dealers Choice, the $1,500 Mixed Omaha 8 or Better and the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball. WSOP.com lists him as only the seventh player to win three bracelets at a single World Series.

The six before him:

  • 1973: Puggy Pearson
  • 1993: Ted Forrest and Phil Hellmuth
  • 2002: Phil Ivey
  • 2009: Jeff Lisandro
  • 2024: Scott Seiver

Glaser was the first to win all three in mixed-game events.

Did Benny Glaser win WSOP Player of the Year?

Not in 2025, which made him the first player to land a bracelet hat-trick at one series and still miss the award. He finished second to Shaun Deeb and his second POY title after a race that went to the final days of the series.

The 2026 race runs across WSOP Europe, Las Vegas and WSOP Paradise, with the last points on offer in December.

Why the PPC carries weight: WSOP.com calls the $50,000 Poker Players Championship the most prestigious title after the Main Event. Players must survive five days across nine games, from No-Limit Hold’em to 2-7 Triple Draw.

2026: the Poker Players Championship

The 2026 edition drew 108 entries to Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas. Glaser won it on 25 June for $1,343,764 and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

He came into the final table as chip leader, and his five-day Poker Players Championship run ended with a heads-up win over Josh Arieh. The duel began essentially even in chips and finished in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

The seven finalists held 38 bracelets between them, including 11-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey in third place.

PlacePlayerPrize
1stBenny Glaser$1,343,764
2ndJosh Arieh$895,837
3rdPhil Ivey$600,698
4thMaxx Coleman$417,607
5thPaul Volpe$301,405
6thKristopher Tong$226,172
7thJason Mercier$176,732

The title came a year after Mizrachi’s record fourth PPC title, and it ended his own run of near misses in the event: fifth in 2018 and fourth in 2022.

“It does feel like a bit of a dream right now,” he said afterwards. “I’m so happy.”

Benny Glaser showing his ninth WSOP bracelet beside the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy

Personal Life

Away from the tables, the public record is thin.

How old is Benny Glaser?

Benny Glaser was born on 7 June 1989 and is 37 years old. The date is secondary-sourced but matches the age of 33 the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in December 2022.

Music, coaching and life away from the tables

Music came first: he has described it as his first love, and his X bio still lists him as a part-time poker coach and musician. No coaching rates or student names have been made public.

He has also addressed how to say his name. Writing as @BennyGlaser, he said the surname sounds “more like Glahser, depending on the accent”.

Latest News & Updates

The 2025 World Series brought three bracelets and a near miss in the Player of the Year race. The 2026 series brought one, but it was the Poker Players Championship, the title he had chased since his first PPC final table in 2018.

MonthEventFinishPrize
FebruaryPGT $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games3rd$570,000
AprilWSOPE €600+€500 Opener Mystery Bounty, Prague5th€35,100
AprilWSOPE €1,100 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot, Prague3rd€26,700
JuneWSOP $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship2nd of 121$190,260
JuneWSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship1st of 108$1,343,764
AugustEPT Barcelona €3,200 8-Game2nd€33,480
AugustEPT Barcelona €2,200 EPT 9 Game2nd€24,300

Away from the PPC, his biggest 2026 scores came in mixed-game high rollers and at EPT Barcelona. Online, September’s WCOOP added three more titles to his record.

He sits 11th in the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year standings, with WSOP Paradise still to come in December. The race’s outcome will be reported alongside the latest poker tournament news and results.

FAQs

What is Benny Glaser's net worth?

Benny Glaser’s net worth is estimated at $4 million to $8 million. The range starts from more than $12.8 million in tracked live cashes, then allows for high-roller buy-ins, staking splits and expenses.

Who is Benny Glaser?

Benny Glaser is a British mixed-game professional from Southampton. He has won nine WSOP bracelets, the most by any European player, including the 2026 Poker Players Championship.

Has Benny Glaser won the Poker Players Championship?

Yes. He won the 2026 $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $1,343,764 and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy, beating a field of 108 entries.

Who did Benny Glaser beat heads-up for the 2026 PPC title?

He beat Josh Arieh, who took $895,837 for second place. The final hand was played in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

What poker games does Benny Glaser play?

Mixed games above all: Omaha Hi-Lo, 2-7 Triple Draw, Razz, Stud and H.O.R.S.E. None of his nine bracelets came in a No-Limit Hold’em event, although his biggest cash did.

How many WCOOP titles has Benny Glaser won?

He reached 19 WCOOP titles in September 2026, the most in the series’ history. He also holds 12 SCOOP titles on PokerStars.

Where does Benny Glaser rank on the all-time bracelet list?

Only five players have won more WSOP bracelets: Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel. Glaser shares nine with Johnny Moss, Shaun Deeb and Michael Mizrachi.

What was Benny Glaser's first WSOP bracelet?

The $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw in June 2015, worth $136,215. It came ten days after his first WSOP cash.

Does Benny Glaser have a poker sponsor?

No sponsorship is on record. His X bio describes him as a part-time poker coach alongside his tournament career.

Is Benny Glaser still playing poker?

Yes. He won three WCOOP titles in September 2026 and finished second twice at EPT Barcelona in August.

Sources & Methodology

This player profile separates verifiable facts from estimates and public claims. We cannot accurately calculate any player’s net worth, but we aim to publish transparent, verifiable information.

How we handle ‘net worth’

We do not treat any net worth figure as fact. Third-party estimates are reported with their source and caveats, and where no credible methodology is disclosed, we say so.

Glaser’s range is our own estimate, built from his recorded results less buy-ins and other costs. The peopleai.com figure of $2.53 million is noted above but discloses no poker data.

How we report earnings

Tournament earnings figures come from The Hendon Mob, whose headline total counts live results only. Its online results are tracked separately, and we report the two apart rather than blending them.

WSOP.com’s World Series total and Hendon Mob’s live total cover different scopes and are never added together. His online figure is dated November 2023.

How we cover controversies

We report what was alleged, what the player said in response, and where the matter stands. We do not take sides.

We found no controversy involving Glaser on the public record. Nothing on this page is drawn from forum rumour.

References

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