Benny Glaser has built the sort of poker résumé that makes specialists nod knowingly and everyone else reach for a list of game rules. The British professional is a nine-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, a Poker Players Championship champion and the record holder for WCOOP titles after extending his total to 17 in September 2026.
Glaser is best known as a mixed-game monster, but calling him only a mixed-game player undersells the range. He has won online across a remarkable collection of formats and came within one place of winning the 2022 WPT World Championship, finishing runner-up for $2.83 million in No-Limit Hold’em.
By 2026, his live tournament cashes had climbed beyond $12 million and his online championship record had become increasingly ridiculous. If a tournament lobby contains unfamiliar abbreviations and several ways to make a low hand, there is a decent chance Glaser knows exactly what he is doing.
Who Is Benny Glaser?
Benny Glaser is a British professional poker player from Southampton, England. He emerged as a leading mixed-game tournament player during the 2010s and developed a career that now stretches from specialist WSOP events to the biggest online championship series.
Glaser plays online under the PokerStars screen name “RunGodlike.” It is the sort of username that would look optimistic on most accounts. After years of WCOOP and SCOOP results, it has aged rather well.
His reputation rests on versatility. Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw, Dealer’s Choice, mixed Omaha and the full Poker Players Championship rotation have all produced major live results, while his online wins cover an even wider menu.
Benny Glaser Wins His First WSOP Bracelet
Glaser’s first World Series of Poker bracelet arrived in 2015 in the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event. It was an appropriate breakthrough for a player whose career would become closely associated with games outside standard No-Limit Hold’em.
He doubled his bracelet count the following summer by winning the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event, then immediately added another in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship. Two bracelets in one WSOP confirmed that the first had not been a specialist-game one-off.
A fourth bracelet followed in the 2021 $10,000 Razz Championship, with number five arriving in the 2023 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship. By then, Glaser had established one of the strongest modern WSOP records among European players.
Three Bracelets in One WSOP
The 2025 World Series of Poker turned an excellent bracelet record into something historic. Glaser won three events in a single summer, becoming only the seventh player in WSOP history to accomplish the feat.
He won the $1,500 Dealer’s Choice, $1,500 Mixed Omaha and $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball events. Those victories moved him from five bracelets to eight in a matter of weeks and showed exactly why mixed-game fields treat his name with so much respect.
The run also broadened the argument around where Glaser sits among Britain’s greatest tournament players. Poker Type’s wider coverage of high-stakes poker players reflects how modern elite careers increasingly require success across different formats and environments.
Glaser Wins the 2026 Poker Players Championship
Bracelet number nine came with the trophy many mixed-game professionals value above almost everything else at the WSOP. In 2026, Glaser won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, defeating Josh Arieh heads-up and collecting $1,343,764.
The Poker Players Championship is not built around one specialty. Players rotate through a demanding collection of games, which makes the event a test of technical breadth as well as stamina. Winning it gave Glaser the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and a result that fits his career almost perfectly.
It also moved him into rare WSOP company. Nine bracelets put Glaser alongside some of the most decorated players in the history of the series, and he reached that number while many of his biggest wins came in games with small but brutally experienced fields.
Benny Glaser and the WPT World Championship
Anyone tempted to file Glaser away as a lowball-and-split-pot wizard should revisit the 2022 WPT World Championship. He reached heads-up play in the $10,400 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at Wynn Las Vegas before finishing second to Eliot Hudon.
The runner-up finish paid $2.83 million, which remains Glaser’s largest recorded live tournament cash through September 2026. It also provided a very large answer to the question of whether his edge disappears when everyone receives two cards and the rules become familiar again.
No-Limit Hold’em may not be the game most closely associated with Glaser, but a $2.83 million runner-up finish in a major championship is difficult to dismiss as a side hobby.
RunGodlike Dominates WCOOP
Glaser’s online record may be even more unusual than his live one. Playing as RunGodlike on PokerStars, he has accumulated championship titles across Hold’em, Omaha, HORSE, Razz, Badugi, draw games and split-pot variants.
In 2023 alone, he won seven WCOOP titles. That sounds like a typo, but it is instead one of the great single-series performances in PokerStars history.
His 2026 victory in the $1,050 8-Game moved him to a record 17 WCOOP titles. Poker Type covered Glaser’s 17th WCOOP win as he defeated Markus Ristola heads-up and added yet another format to his championship collection.
The result also reopened his running title race with Niklas Astedt. Poker Type had just reported Niklas Astedt’s WCOOP double, which briefly tightened the gap before Glaser stretched it again.
SCOOP Success Adds to the Online Record
WCOOP is only half of Glaser’s PokerStars championship story. He has also won 11 SCOOP titles, giving him 28 combined SCOOP and WCOOP victories before his latest WCOOP success pushed his overall COOP tally even higher.
The spread of games matters. Glaser has not built those totals by repeatedly entering one preferred variant. His wins span the sort of schedule where players may need to switch from No-Limit Hold’em to Razz, Omaha, draw poker and a mixed rotation without much time to reset the brain.
That versatility makes him especially dangerous during long online festivals. Specialists can target their strongest events. Glaser can open a much larger portion of the lobby.
Benny Glaser Videos
For a closer look at Benny Glaser in action, these two videos capture him at the sharp end of mixed-game poker. The first covers his 2026 Poker Players Championship victory, while the second features his heads-up battle with Chris Hunichen in the $50,000 PPC, offering a useful glimpse of Glaser’s composure, decision-making and all-round mixed-game ability.
How Does Benny Glaser Play Poker?
Glaser’s public reputation is built around technical mixed-game knowledge, but his results suggest adaptability is the more useful description. Different variants reward different starting-hand values, betting structures and forms of hand reading, and mistakes made from carrying assumptions between games can be expensive.
His success in Dealer’s Choice is particularly revealing because the format rewards both breadth and the ability to identify where an opponent is weakest. It is not enough to know many games. A player must understand which one creates the best strategic mismatch at a particular table.
Glaser has also shown the tournament instincts required for large-field No-Limit Hold’em. That balance between specialist knowledge and general MTT skill explains why his record works both in compact championship fields and major mainstream events.
Benny Glaser’s Career Highlights
- Nine WSOP bracelets through September 2026
- 2026 $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner
- Three WSOP bracelets during the 2025 series
- Runner-up in the 2022 WPT World Championship for $2.83 million
- Record 17 WCOOP titles through September 2026
- 11 SCOOP titles
- Seven WCOOP titles in the 2023 series alone
- More than $12 million in recorded live tournament cashes
Glaser’s online rivalry with Astedt is likely to remain a recurring Poker Type storyline while WCOOP continues. The wider series has also produced challengers such as Renan Bruschi, whose 11th WCOOP title added another name to the championship chase.
The Benny Glaser Legacy
Poker history naturally gives the most attention to Main Event champions and television personalities. Glaser has built a different sort of legacy, one based on mastering parts of poker that many strong Hold’em players barely touch.
That does not make his record niche. Nine WSOP bracelets, a Poker Players Championship title, a $2.83 million WPT runner-up finish and record-setting online championship numbers are mainstream achievements by any reasonable poker standard.
His career also demonstrates why mixed games remain such an important test at the top level. Solving one form of poker is hard enough. Staying elite while the rules, betting limits and hand rankings keep changing is another problem entirely.
Glaser has made a career out of enjoying that problem.
Where to Watch Benny Glaser Play Poker
Glaser is a regular at the World Series of Poker, particularly in mixed-game and championship events, and remains highly active during PokerStars WCOOP and SCOOP festivals. Major WSOP final tables and PokerGO coverage provide the best opportunities to watch his live tournament play.
His online results are usually followed through PokerStars championship reporting, where RunGodlike remains one of the screen names most likely to appear deep in mixed-game events. Recent Poker Type coverage of the WCOOP record race will continue to track the numbers as they change.
