Rasmus Christian Glaesel

Rasmus Glæsel was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but has lived in Oslo, Norway for 22 years, making him a Norwegian player by residence. Before turning to professional poker, he worked as an investment banker. While relatively unknown on the live scene, he had been regularly playing both tournaments and cash games online for several years.

Glæsel’s first major live tournament was the 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas $5,000 Main Event, which attracted 738 entrants. He entered the final table as the fifth chip leader and navigated his way to a sixth-place finish, earning $103,780. His run included several key hands:

• Day 3: Glæsel eliminated Kyle Zechner when his pocket kings held against Zechner’s ace-king, leaving Zechner drawing dead on a dry board.
• Day 6: At the final table, Glæsel played a series of hands, including winning a pot with a flopped set against Aleksei Opalikhin and three-betting with ace-king. However, he was eventually eliminated in sixth place by Christian Harder. Glæsel moved all-in for 1,275,000 with ace-king against Harder’s pocket tens; the board ran out with no help, and Harder’s tens held.

According to reports, Glæsel is a solid fundamental player who transitioned from online to live poker. His style is characterized by aggressive betting patterns and a knack for putting opponents to tough decisions. He is known for maintaining composure under pressure, a trait he developed through years of online multi-tabling.

Despite his Danish birthplace, Glæsel is consistently identified as Norwegian by the poker media. He traveled to the Bahamas with a group of seven Norwegian friends, four of whom cashed in the Main Event. Glæsel also visited Cuba before the tournament, noting that he would return with extra spending money. His live tournament earnings total over $103,780 from this single deep run.