Benny Glaser made it 700,000 on the button, which Travis Pearson called in the big blind. The 2♦7♣J♣ flop checked through to the 10♠ turn, where Pearson led out for 900,000.
Glaser called to the 8♣ river, where he was checked to again. This time, Glaser fired 1,300,000. Pearson made a reluctant call, mucking his cards when Glaser showed 9♣7♦4♥3♠ for a straight and a low.
Benny Glaser raised his button 750,000, and Pearson raised the pot to 2,250,000. Glaser called to the 4♠10♦10♠ flop, where his 7,075,000 remaining chips quickly flew in the middle.
Glaser was in great shape to double with his trips, and although the K♣ turn brought Pearson some outs, the 8♠ river remained clean for Glaser, giving him a flush.
"Now we have a f*cking game," Glaser commented as he raked in the chips.
"I was just trying to run the luck streets," Pearson admitted in response.
Benny Glaser limped on the button and Travis Pearson called in the small blind. David Shmuel checked his option in the big blind.
Pearson led out for 500,000 on the 2♠3♦J♥ flop, which got a call from Shmuel and a fold from Glaser.
Pearson then checked on the 10♣ turn and Shmuel bet 500,000 himself. Pearson responded with a check-raise to 1,500,000 and Shmuel moved all in for his remaining stack. Pearson called and hands were revealed.
David Shmuel: K♦8♦6♣3♥3♣
Travis Pearson: J♣10♦7♣5♠3♠
Shmuel was poised to double up with his set of threes, but the 10♠ river improved Pearson to tens-full of jacks to eliminate Shmuel in third place.
Travis Pearson raised on the button, and Benny Glaser defended his big blind. Glaser check-called Pearson's bet on the 4♣8♣J♦ flop before he led out on the J♣ turn.
Pearson raised, and Glaser quickly called to the J♠ river, which they checked down.
Pearson smirked as he announced he had pocket fours, but his full house had not been counterfeited by the river as Glaser mucked his hand when Pearson tabled A♦4♠4♥3♦.
The scheduled three days of play were not enough to reach a winner in Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo. Only three players out of the 1,239-entrant field return today at 1 p.m. local time to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Two of them are tantalizingly close to achieving an amazing feat, as, only ten days into the 2025 World Series of Poker, David Shmuel and Benny Glaser are eyeing their second bracelet of the series.
Shmuel won his first-ever bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event at the start of the series and has once again proven his prowess in four-card poker by reaching the final three of this event. He will start today as the shortest stack with 7,050,000, but with just under 30 big blinds (in the pot-limit games) to his name, he still has plenty of room to make plays. Glaser, meanwhile, is fresh off his sixth bracelet win in the $1,500 Dealer's Choice and is aiming to become only the 12th player ever to capture seven pieces of the coveted WSOP jewelry. On paper, he has the best chance of being declared the champion, as he starts Day 4 as the chip leader with 12,125,000.
Benny Glaser
Travis Pearson is the third player returning, taking his seat at the fifth final table of his career. He has yet to claim a bracelet, however, and with a runner-up finish in an Omaha Hi-Lo event already to his name, he will be looking to close it out this time. Pearson's stack is only a few blinds smaller than Glaser's, as he also brings an eight-figure stack to the final day with 11,800,000 chips.
Day 4 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Benny Glaser
United Kingdom
12,125,000
2
Travis Pearson
United States
11,800,000
3
David Shmuel
United States
7,050,000
Most of the $1,644,773 prize pool has already been distributed, but the final three have locked up eye-watering six-figure prizes. While all three are guaranteed to walk away with $121,736, the eventual champion will make more than double that, as $258,193 is reserved for the winner. With all the prestige on the line however, it seems likely that all three players will value winning the bracelet at least as much as bagging the largest prize.
Final Table Remaining Payouts/Results
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
$258,193
2
$172,077
3
$121,736
4
Sean Remz
United States
$87,325
5
Shane Howeth
United States
$63,527
6
Alan Sternberg
United States
$46,879
7
Bashar Trad
United States
$35,098
8
Tyler Brown
United States
$26,666
The tournament will come back to Level 35, which will have limits of 500,000/1,000,000 for fixed-limit Omaha hi-lo, while the two pot-limit games have blinds of 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante. The levels will remain 60 minutes in length, with a 15-minute break after every two levels, and the extra Day 4 will conclude when a champion has been declared.
PokerNews will be on the floor to report the thrilling conclusion of the event live from the Horseshoe Event Center, so keep your eyes peeled on this page to see if Shmuel or Glaser can close out their second bracelet of the 2025 World Series of Poker, or if Pearson will be able to make a career-defining achievement by capturing his first one ever.
