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Glaser Doubles Down, Bounties Go Wild: Rapid-Fire WCOOP 2026 Recap

By Pessi Lamm

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Pessi Lamm 50 minutes ago

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Benny Glaser claims 2 WCOOP titles in one session, tying for most ever.
Huge prize payouts, with Brazil’s Piekazewicz taking $77K in a PKO event.
WCOOP 2026 Main Events have started, satellites run for all bankrolls.

WCOOP shifts into overdrive with the Main Events taking center stage.

Online tournament grinders get zero rest this week on PokerStars. Between Benny Glaser extending his absurd trophy collection, runaway bounty prize pools, and the flagship Main Events taking over the lobby, here is a fast-track breakdown of what went down over the weekend.

Glaser Bags #18 and #19 in Single Session

Benny Glaser entered WCOOP 2026 promising a lighter grind. That plan clearly evaporated on Saturday, September 26, when he took down two mixed-game titles in a matter of hours:

$530 Stud (36 entries): First place for $8,357
$530 HORSE (58 entries): First place for $11,082 after topping Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm heads-up

The afternoon sweep pushed Glaser to 19 career WCOOP victories and 31 total COOP titles, tying Patrick "pads1161" Leonard atop the all-time leaderboard.

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Weekend Winners & Standout Scores

The biggest payout story came out of Brazil, where pure knockout aggression overshadowed standard prize pools:

Player	Event	Field	Total Prize
Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	$2K Sunday Warm-Up PKO	N/A	$77,207
"Relthor1301"	$2K Saturday KO	96	$36,419
Vlad "dariepoker" Darie	$215 Sunday Warm-Up PKO	N/A	$37,078
Rayan "Beriuzy" Chamas	$1K 7-Max	104	$23,965
"drew.derzh"	$1K 6-Max Turbo	104	$23,380
"flerrehuve"	$1K Mystery Bounty Cooldown	N/A	$19,995
Renan "Aziz.Mancha" Aziz	$109 Sunday Supersonic	N/A	$18,534
"CUPUrul0r"	$530 Supersonic	N/A	$17,246
"DeanoSupremo"	$109 6-Max Turbo	800	$13,589

UK grinder "DeanoSupremo" secured third win of the 2026 series with that turbo score.

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WCOOP 2026 Leaderboard Check

Rank	Leaders
4 Titles	Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi, Johannes "Jepser8" Straver
3 Titles	Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser, "DeanoSupremo", "moggiii", "ameliaroy007", "\|gammi\|€120"
Nations	Brazil (82), UK (38), Austria (26), Canada (16), Argentina (14)

WCOOP Main Events Coming Up: Lock In Your Seats

The headline WCOOP tournaments are in flight:

$109 NLHE Main (Low): $1.25M GTD, kicked off Sunday at 12:30 ET
$1,050 NLHE Main (Medium): $2M GTD, kicked off Sunday at 12:30 ET
$109 PLO Main (Low): $100K GTD, starts Monday at 13:05 ET
$1,050 PLO Main (Medium): $250K GTD, starts Monday at 13:05 ET

Satellites run straight through late registration, with direct qualifiers and step paths accessible from $0.55 to $5.50 in the PokerStars lobby. Stay tuned for more results.

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