WSOP 2026: Glaser’s 9th Bracelet And A Weekend Of Big Stories

Benny Glaser’s win in Event #60, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, is a career-defining result. He battled through one of the toughest mixed-game fields of the summer, defeated Josh Arieh heads-up, and took home $1,343,764 plus the Chip Reese Trophy for his ninth WSOP bracelet.

Nine bracelets in just over a decade at the series puts him alongside Johnny Moss on the all‑time list and cements his status as one of the premier mixed-game specialists of the modern era. 

With the Main Event and several high‑roller and mixed‑game championships still on the schedule, it would not be a shock if that number moves again before WSOP 2026 closes.

Finnish poker legends went toe‑to‑toe for mixed‑game supremacy, and this time all the glory landed on Eelis Pärssinen. He took down Event #64, the $25,000 High Roller Mixed No‑Limit Hold’em / Pot‑Limit Omaha, for $1,172,296 after a heads‑up duel with fellow Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi. The win gives Pärssinen his third career bracelet and second of the 2026 series, making him Finland’s most decorated WSOP champion and reinforcing his reputation as one of the game’s elite PLO and mixed‑game specialists.

Further down the buy-in ladder, the $1,000 Super Seniors event delivered the weekend’s strangest story. Andrew Martin used a silver sex toy as a card protector, prompting WSOP floor staff to step in and ask for its removal under general conduct and decorum rules.

The player switched to a more conventional cap and continued in the tournament, but the warning quickly became social-media fodder and a talking point about how far “fun” table props can go before operators say no. It was a reminder that even in a fun, seniors-only field, the WSOP still has a brand image to protect.

Here’s a ready-to-use snapshot of the key bracelet results from the last weekend of June, built from multiple daily recaps.

The weekend did not mark the end of the story. There are still several headline events coming up that can reshape the narrative of the summer:

Glaser’s ninth bracelet and Pärssinen’s latest high‑roller win have already put pressure on the top of the all‑time and country leaderboards. If either of them, or any other multi‑bracelet regular, hits one of these remaining majors, the Hall of Fame conversations and “best mixed‑game player alive” debates will only get louder by the time the final Super Turbo wraps.