Shmuel and Glaser Close to Second Bracelet of the Summer as $1,500 Mixed Omaha Goes into Overtime
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.
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.