Benny Glaser Leads Final Seven in Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship

Just seven players remain in Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship at the 2026 World Series of Poker, with eight-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser leading the way heading into the final day at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The championship event attracted 121 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,125,300. After two full days of limit hold'em action, the field has now been narrowed to just seven players, all chasing the top prize of $285,200 and the WSOP gold bracelet.

Glaser finished Day 2 at the top of the chip counts with 2,255,000, narrowly ahead of China's Dong Chen, who bagged 2,185,000. Denmark's Gus Hansen is the only other player in seven-figure territory with 1,305,000 to play with when cards are back in the air on the final day.

Final Table Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
1	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	2,255,000	28
2	Dong Chen	China	2,185,000	27
3	Gus Hansen	Denmark	1,305,000	16
4	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	590,000	7
5	Jesse Lonis	United States	440,000	6
6	Dylan Smith	United States	305,000	4
7	Jerry Wong	United States	180,000	2

Once registration closed and it was officially confirmed that the event had attracted 121 entries, the clock showed only 19 players would finish in the money, guaranteeing a min-cash of $20,000. Hand-for-hand play did not last long after Daniel Negreanu burst the bubble by eliminating Michael Casella. Casella got his short stack in with big slick against Negreanu's pocket kings, but found no help, and the remaining players were all in the money.

Negreanu's quest for another bracelet came to an end in 13th place after getting it in with ace-three against Ivey's king-queen, as Ivey paired his queen on the flop to score the knockout. Ivey didn't survive much longer, busting in ninth place shortly after the final break, with Jeremy Ausmus being the one to drag in the rest of his chips.

With the elimination of Ivey, the last Poker Hall of Famer, the unofficial final table of eight was set. Late on, Josh Arieh became the last elimination on Day 2 after getting involved in a raising war with Hansen. Arieh flopped top pair with ace-ten, but Hansen had already flopped a set of sevens and held to send the seven-time bracelet winner to the rail.

The rest of the final table is made up of six-time bracelet winner Ausmus (590,000), two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (440,000), Dylan Smith (305,000), and veteran mixed-game specialist Jerry Wong (180,000), all of whom return with relatively short stacks compared to the two runaway leaders. Wong will need the most help when play resumes with just over two big bets.

The remaining seven players will return at 1 p.m. local time for the final day, with play resuming on Level 21 at blinds of 20,000/40,000 with limits of 40,000/80,000. Blind levels will also increase to 90 minutes in length as the field plays down to a champion.