Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

It took an extra day to finish the job, but Benny Glaser has become the 36th member of the five bracelet club. The British mixed games specialist defeated Oscar Johansson in just under an hour after the two were left heads-up late into the night on the final hand of Day 3. The victory in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship marks his first at the WSOP since 2021.

Glaser took home $311,428 for the win as the last one standing in a field of 130 entries, the largest piece of the $1,209,000 total prize pool. He's now the fourth winner this summer to capture a fifth bracelet, joining Josh Arieh, Brian Yoon and John Monnette.

"I felt good coming into heads up today, I really love heads up and I've played a lot of it so I was pretty confident in my game there," Glaser told PokerNews after his win. It marks a second win in the variant following his first career bracelet back in 2015.

2023 WSOP Event #38 Final Table Results

Johansson earns $192,690 for his second-place finish, just missing out on a first gold bracelet. It marks his second runner-up placement, matching his run in Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw back in 2018. The prize money dwarfs his previous WSOP career earnings of $85,327 in his sixth career series cash.

The final ten players returned to action on Day 3, originally scheduled as the final day of competition. George Alexander and Alexander Wilkinson were the first to fall, unable to build on their short stacks under the feature table lights.

Jason Papastavrou began the day in the middle of the pack but finished just outside of the unofficial final table.

Glaser then began to take control with a big chip lead, as Joao Vieira bowed out in seventh and the final table was set.

David "Bakes" Baker was able to survive on the short stack before busting in sixth place. That marked a turning point for Johansson, who climbed from last in chips at one point to taking over the chip lead.

Julien Martini was next to go in fifth place, running into Glaser's "number two" before four-handed play lasted for the next two levels.

Sampo Ryynanen fell to Glaser in third place, while Michael Rodrigues made a stand on the final hand of Day 3.

Day 4 Action

The heads-up battle between Glaser and Johansson lasted less than 60 minutes, as the players took their seats on the side feature table at the Horseshoe Events Center. The two traded pots early on before Glaser widened his advantage and never looked back.

Glaser will now look for another deep run in Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, where he finished fourth last year. "I think I'm leading towards celebrating today," said Glaser, "enjoying my afternoon and evening and then I think I'll jump in on Day 2". A well-earned break for the now five-time WSOP champ, who will take his seat before late registration closes on Monday.

This concludes PokerNews coverage of Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship, but there is plenty of action to follow as the WSOP rolls along in Las Vegas.

Oscar Johansson raised on the button and Benny Glaser called. Glaser took two while his opponent took one and Glaser check-called a bet. They discarded one each and Glaser bet for Johansson to call. Glaser then patted the final draw while Johansson took one and Glaser bet. Johansson then raised and that sent Glaser into the tank.

He murmured more to himself than his opponent that he might be bluffing again and then called. Johansson announced an eight-seven and Glaser had that beat with a       to leave his opponent on the ropes with just 2.5 big bets.

Benny Glaser	7,310,000	900,000
Oscar Johansson	490,000	-900,000

Benny Glaser raised it up on the button and was called by Oscar Johansson defending the big blind. Both discarded one and Johansson bet, Glaser raised and Johansson called. They discarded one each again and Johansson bet, Glaser called this time.

On the final draw, Johansson patted while Glaser took one and they checked. Johansson showed the       and won the pot.

Both players then received a walk as the minor chip changes were traded.

Johansson raised the next button for Glaser to call. Glaser discarded two while Johansson took four. Glaser bet and his opponent called. The Brit then patted the second draw for Johansson to discard two and Glaser's bet resulted in a call. On the final draw, Glaser patted again while Johansson took one.

They checked it down and Glaser won the pot with the      .

Benny Glaser	5,240,000	-450,000
Oscar Johansson	2,560,000	450,000

Oscar Johansson raised the button and Benny Glaser defended the big blind to see both players discard three. Glaser check-called a bet and discarded two versus one thereafter before check-calling another bet. On the final draw, both took one card each and Glaser then bet. Johansson raised and Glaser quickly folded.

Glaser raised the next button and Johansson folded.

Fast forward to the next hand, Johansson raised it up on the button and Glaser came along. Glaser discarded two versus trey and bet, Johansson called. Both took one new card on the second draw and checked to then take one new card each again. Glaser then bet and earned a call from Johansson.

He announced a nine-seven and tabled his       and that won the pot as Johansson tapped the table in defeat.

Benny Glaser	5,190,000	0
Oscar Johansson	2,610,000	0

Oscar Johansson raised the button and won the big blind of Benny Glaser before the action reversed the next hand.

Johansson then raised the button again and Glaser three-bet for his opponent to call.

Glaser took one while Johansson discarded three and the bet of Glaser was called.

On the second draw, Glaser patted while Johansson took one and another bet by Glaser was called.

Glaser patted once more while Johansson took one on the final draw. The bet of Glaser then got through as Johansson folded.

Glaser raised the next button to find no resistance.

Fast forward one hand, Johansson raised the button for Glaser to defend. Both took one and Glaser's bet was called. Glaser discarded one versus two on the second draw and bet, Johansson called. On the final draw, both players took one new card and Glaser bet again to get called.

Glaser announced a ten and tabled the      , which won the pot as the Brit turned to his rail and nodded before raking in the pot.

Benny Glaser	5,960,000	1,120,000
Oscar Johansson	1,840,000	-1,120,000

Oscar Johansson raised the button and Benny Glaser defended the big blind. Glaser discarded two and Johansson took new cards. The bet by Glaser was called by his opponent.

On the second draw, Glaser discarded one while his opponent took two and Glaser bet, Johansson then raised and the Brit called.

Glaser took one new card again and Johansson patted. The bet by Glaser was called and he announced an eight-seven-five, Johansson had that beat with the       and won the first pot meaningful pot of the day.

Benny Glaser	4,240,000	-700,000
Oscar Johansson	3,560,000	700,000