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WCOOP 2026 Update #2: Renan Bruschi’s Hot Streak Continues
- Renan Bruschi wins four titles at WCOOP 2026, now 6th all-time with 13 wins.
- Brazil leads national leaderboard with 68 titles; top pros dominate multiple events.
- Main Events start this weekend, featuring huge prize guarantees across all tiers.
Renan Bruschi extends his WCOOP 2026 streak, becoming the first player this festival to win four championship trophies.
Brazilian pro Renan Bruschi was the man in the spotlight this week after becoming the first player at WCOOP 2026 to score four titles. His latest blazing run takes his total to 13 titles and lands him 6th on the all-time winners leaderboard, just one win behind Joao Vieira, Niklas Åstedt and Denis Strebkov.
Bruschi already dominated SCOOP earlier this spring with six titles, and his current hot streak once again proves that online tournament poker is a skill-based mind sport where top players can rise above variance.
Bruschi's WCOOP 2026 Top Results So Far
Since 2023, Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi has been a regular top performer at WCOOP, winning at least two titles at every festival.
This series marked an evolution in his game, highlighted by a victory in the $1,050 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw alongside three NLHE victories.
| Event | Buy-in | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| NLHE Mystery Bounty Wednesday Surprise HR | $530 | $31,686 (incl. $21,200 bounties) |
| NL 2-7 Single Draw 7-Max HR | $1,050 | $16,715 |
| NLHE Turbo HR | $1,050 | $21,189 |
| NLHE PKO Bounty Builder HR | $530 | $23,772 |
Top Winners and Big Scores This Week
Plenty of familiar names made deep runs and picked up trophies over the past week:
- Johannes "Jepser8" Straver pulled off three Super Tuesday wins in three weeks. After taking down the $10,300 event earlier, he won the $5,200 edition two weeks in a row, beating Joao "Naza114" Vieira heads up to collect $90,420.
- "IgammiI€120" from Belarus won two $5K tournaments on back to back nights. He took down the $5,200 Titans for $98,517 over Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, then won the $5,200 Bounty Builder SHR the next evening for $88,645, pushing his series total to three titles.
- Patrick "pads1161" Leonard nearly scored his 16th career WCOOP win, finishing second to Mexico's "Manolo Poppe" in the $530 Wednesday Surprise Mystery Bounty.
- Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa beat a big field of 971 entries in the $530 Titans to bank $81,727 and his fourth career title.
- "MuUkR" from Ukraine grabbed their second win of the series in the $1K Turbo PKO for $26,229, beating Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo heads up with Niklas Åstedt taking third.
- Patrick "thebigdog09" Brooks won the $215 Super Tuesday for $28,154, picking up his second title of the festival.
- "flerrehuve" from Sweden took first in the $1K 7-Max PKO for $27,797, adding a sixth career WCOOP win to their record.
- Peter "Belabacsi" Traply won the $530 Bounty Builder HR for $44,237, locking up his second career title.
- Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt topped 782 players in the $109 7-Max PKO to win $11,231, his first series victory since 2021.
- Brazil leads the nations leaderboard with 68 titles, followed by the UK with 35, Austria with 18, Canada with 14 and Argentina with 12.
WCOOP Main Events Launch This Weekend
The festival reaches its peak on Sunday, September 27 with three tiered No-Limit Hold'em Main Events kicking off simultaneously:
| Main Event Tier | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| NLHE Main Event (Low) | $109 | $1,250,000 |
| NLHE Main Event (Medium) | $1,050 | $2,000,000 |
| NLHE Championship (High) | $10,300 | $2,500,000 |
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