PokerStake Legend Goes Close in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games Event
The British mixed game specialist Benny Glaser went close to glory last night in Las Vegas as Yuri Dzivielevski enjoyed the week of his dreams in Sin City. After three late results in the PGT Mixed Games series sealed Yuri Dzivielevski victory, the Brazilian also topped the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games event to win $1.3 million. Just a few places behind that in, however, was British poker titan and PokerStake legend Benny Glaser.
Chip Leader Flying but others Flagg
A superb week at the felt for Yuri Dzivielevski deserves plenty of praise. It’s impressive enough that the Brazilian poker pro Yuri Dzivielevski dominated the PGT Mixed Games series, winning Event #5, and coming runner-up in Events #6 and #7 to claim the title. But to then take down the $100,000-entry PGT Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games event for $1.3m is special.
The field was super-tough in the elite event, with 38 entries and therefore a prize pool of $3.8 million. Dzivielevski led after both Day 1 and Day 2, putting himself in a superb position to win and went into the final table as the player to stop. When play began at the seven-handed final table, the action centered around some very different cards – sports cards.
Jared Bleznick, known as one of the best mixed games players in the world, decided to break open a pack of 2025-2026 Topps Sapphire NBA cards. Bleznick, who owns the Vegas-based store Blez Sports, a card breaking business, pulled out a Cooper Flagg gold rookie card that was instantly valued at a minimum of $10,000, to much excitement from Bleznick’s fellow Sports Card nut at the felt, Nick Schulman.
Bumper Win for Brazilian
While the action started quickly for Schulman and Blez, it ended just as quickly in terms of the poker. Schulman, often behind the mic for PokerGO, was the first to bust the final table, cashing for $155,000. Soon, the 2025 Poker Hall of Fame inductee was joined on the rail by none other than Bleznick, as the Pot Limit Omaha player left the party in sixth place for $225,000, giving him time to get that Flagg card valued.
The Norwegian player Tobias Leknes lost out next, departing in fifth place in a hand of Razz for $300,000 before the Welsh player Robert Wells left in fourth place. Wells won $415,000 after Dzivielevski’s wheel straight arrived to send play three-handed. That was when Benny Glaser made his bow, his final chips going into the middle with ace-six but losing to Dzivielevski’s ten-five when the Brazilian rivered a straight to make heads-up in a huge 7:1 chip lead.
Chad Eveslage needed a lot of help to fight back and got none at all, losing his last pile of chips in Badugi when his draws whiffed and Dzivielevski made a six-dugi to take home $1.3 million and the PGT Gold Cup trophy, leaving Eveslage, the PGT Championship winner to collect $835,000 as runner-up.
| PGT $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games Final Table Results: | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $1,300,000 |
| 2nd | Chad Eveslage | United States | $835,000 |
| 3rd | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | $570,000 |
| 4th | Robert Wells | United Kingdom | $415,000 |
| 5th | Tobias Leknes | Norway | $300,000 |
| 6th | Jared Bleznick | United States | $225,000 |
| 7th | Nick Schulman | United States | $155,000 |
Glaser Glory Again as Benny Tops $11m
The week could not have gone better for Yuri Dzivielevski as his three wins in the PGT Mixed Game series and Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title saw him drag in an amazing $2,045,350 across seven very special days. For Benny Glaser, however, another consistent event saw him take home $570,000 as the British poker crusher and PokerStake favorite went past $11m in total tournament earnings in his career.
It also bumped Benny up to 27th place on the PokerGO Tour Leaderboard, where only the top 40 players will guarantee themselves a place in next year’s PGT Championship. Each year, those 40 qualifiers and Dream Seat winners featuring prize winners and success stories from events such as WSOP Paradise compete for a $1m prizepool with no entry fee required. Only PGT Points can put a player in contention and so far, Benny is right amongst it for the 2026 season.
Here’s how the current PokerGO Tour Leaderboard looks after seven weeks of competition.
| PokerGO Tour 2026 Leaderboard Top 10: | |||||
| Position | Player | PGT Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1st | Yuri Dzivielevski | 934 | 2 | 4 | $2,045,350 |
| 2nd | Andrew Lichtenberger | 531 | 1 | 3 | $265,500 |
| 3rd | Michael Berk | 525 | 1 | 1 | $262,650 |
| 4th | Andrew Moreno | 518 | 1 | 2 | $238,425 |
| 5th | Qinghai Pan | 478 | 1 | 3 | $532,700 |
| 6th | Ariel Mantel | 453 | 1 | 4 | $298,475 |
| 7th | Dan Smith | 427 | 0 | 3 | $213,175 |
| 8th | Clemen Deng | 423 | 0 | 3 | $211,850 |
| 9th | Chad Eveslage | 420 | 0 | 5 | $1,012,350 |
| 10th | Daniel Maor | 386 | 0 | 3 | $192,750 |