The Ultimate WSOP Mixed Game Watchlist: Add These Pros to MyPlayers

Texas Hold’em may be far and away the most popular variant of poker, but true grinders know the joy of switching it up with variants like Omaha, Stud and 2-7.

Some of poker’s most decorated players have made mixed games their bread and butter. This includes Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey, who won three bracelets in a single summer way back in 2002, as well as Scott Seiver and Benny Glaser, who pulled off the same feat the last two summers.

From four-time $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi to back-to-back-to-back Dealers Choice Championship winner Adam Friedman, here are some of the top mixed game players to look out for at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) this summer — and you can conveniently track them using the new PokerNews MyPlayers feed.

NOTE: This list of the best mixed game players is not exhaustive and specifically focuses on active players who regularly play at the World Series of Poker.

Phil Ivey

Widely regarded as one of the best overall poker players ever, Phil Ivey is a force to be reckoned with at every stake and in every variant.

Ivey won three bracelets at the 2002 WSOP, first winning the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event for $132,000 before taking down the $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo for $118,440 and closing out the summer by winning the $2,000 Limit S.H.O.E. event for $107,540.

At the 2014 WSOP, Ivey took down the $1,500 Eight Game Mix event for $167,332 to become the first player to win ten mixed game bracelets.

A decade later, Ivey won his 11th bracelet at the 2024 WSOP by winning the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship for $347,440. After that victory, he told PokerNews‘ David Salituro that he is still motivated to win bracelets.

“I’m motivated,” Ivey said. “If I can play I will. A lot of times I’m not in town. I keep showing up. Playing, performing. I want to keep winning.”

Phil Ivey’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Michael Mizrachi

Another old school player who has had recent success is reigning Main Event champion Michael “The Grinder” Mizarachi. Not only did Mizrachi win $10 million in the Main Event last year, he also took down the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $1.3 million and a record-fourth PPC title.

The Grinder first won the 2010 PPC for $1.5 million before taking down the event two years later for $1.4 million. In 2018, he won it for $1.2 million.

Mizrachi has been out in full force after his historic summer that saw him streamlined into the Poker Hall of Fame, so expect to see a lot of the reigning champion this summer (and maybe his son).

Michael Mizrachi’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Benny Glaser

Eight-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser may be the best mixed game player on the circuit right now.

Glaser went from winning his first bracelet at the 2015 in 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball $136,215 to winning three bracelets in a single summer a decade later. At the 2025 WSOP, Glaser first won the $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed for $150,246 before winning $1,500 Mixed Omaha 8 or Better 7-Handed for $258,193 and finishing the summer with a victory in $2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw for $208,552.

And Glaser’s success isn’t limited to the WSOP. He is also holds the record for the most PokerStars SCOOP titles, many of them being earned in mixed game events.

Benny Glaser’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Scott Seiver

The year before Glaser one three bracelets, longtime pro Scott Seiver did the same thing.

Seiver started off the 2024 WSOP by $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship for $426,744 before winning the $1,500 Limit Razz for $141,374. Seiver would win another championship event by taking down the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship for $411,041.

The 2024 WSOP Player of the Year had the Poker Hall of Fame on his mind during his legendary summer.

“It’s literally the reason I’m doing this right now,” he told PokerNews during the summer. “I think that some people that are supremely familiar with poker might have forgotten me as much. I’ve been really playing mostly cash games, very high-stakes nosebleed games, but more out of the tournament scene, which makes it more out of the public eye.

Scott Seiver’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Shaun Deeb

After two runner-up finishes at WSOP Europe, expect reigning Player of the Year Shaun Deeb to enter this summer’s festival with something to prove.

Deeb’s first mixed game bracelet came in 2016 as he won $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $111,101, and he followed that up by winning the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller twice in three years, first winning the 2018 edition for $1.4 million and later taking down 2021’s tournament for $1.2 million.

Proving to be a high-stakes PLO end-boss, the two-time WSOP POY also shipped last year’s $100,000 Pot Limit Omaha event for $2.9 million.

Shaun Deeb’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Brian Rast

Seven-time bracelet winner Brian Rast first won the PPC in 2011, and he has won it two times since then. Rast’s first PPC victory brought him $1.7 million, while he later took down the 2016 edition for $1.3 million and the 2023 edition for $1.3 million.

The 2023 PPC victory sealed Rast’s spot in the Poker Hall of Fame and he was inducted soon after. The seven-time bracelet winner would go on to win the 2025 Limit Razz Championship for $306,644.

Brian Rast’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Adam Friedman

One of the greatest feats in tournament poker history occurred when Adam Friedman won the $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed event three years in a row.

The five-time braclet winner first won the event that would become synonymous with his name in 2018 for $293,275. He won it again in 2019 for $312,417 and, after a year off for Covid, won the 2021 edition for $248,350 as he denied Phil Hellmuth a 17th bracelet.

Adam Friedman’s Mixed Game Bracelets

John Hennigan

Another old school Poker Hall of Famer on the list is John Hennigan, and “Johnny World” is as active as ever at the WSOP.

The seven-time bracelet winner won his first bracelet in 2002 in the $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. event for $117,320. He’d also win the $10,000 edition of the H.O.R.S.E. event in 2018 for $414,692, and most recently won the 2024 $1,500 Mixed Games Dealers Choice for $138,296.

John Hennigan’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Mike Gorodinsky

All five of Mike Gorodinsky’s bracelets are of the mixed game variety, starting with his first bracelet in 2013’s $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo for $216,988 and followed up two years later by his PPC victory for $1.2 million.

Gorodinsky would win a bracelet in the Bahamas by taking down the 2024 WSOP Paradise $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha for $393,250. More recently, he won the 2025 $10,000 Mixed Games 8 Game Championship for $422,421.

Mike Gorodinsky’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Josh Arieh

While Josh Arieh’s first bracelet came before the turn of the century, the longtime pro has been putting up the best results of his career in recent years.

Arieh won two bracelets at the 2021 WSOP — $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $204,766 and $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo for $484,791 — to earn the WSOP POY distinction. Two years later, the Team Lucky member again won two bracelets in a summer, first winning the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship for $316,226 for shipping the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $711,313.

Josh Arieh’s Mixed Game Bracelets

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for three Global Poker Awards for his writing.