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WCOOP Update Report: Benny Glaser Strikes Twice In Single Session & Canadian Results

By Pessi Lamm

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Pessi Lamm 2 hours ago

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Benny Glaser extends his WCOOP record to 19 titles with another double victory.
Canadian players and stars like Bruschi & Straver notch major wins.
WCOOP Main Event weekend offers $6.5M in guarantees from Sept 27-30.

Canadian Poker's WCOOP 2026 Update Report: the latest on Benny Glaser's title run and Canada's top scores.

Mixed games, no-limit hold'em, live or online: it makes very little difference when Benny Glaser sits down at a table.

The UK poker powerhouse delivered another masterclass this weekend, sweeping two separate WCOOP fields in a single session to stretch his all-time PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker title count to a staggering 19.

Close rival Patrick "pads1161" Leonard remains in second place on the WCOOP list with 15 titles, holding 32 total COOP victories across the broader festival brand.

Glaser Proves Again Why He Is Ultimate Poker Royalty

Glaser's multi-title blitz is familiar territory. The mixed-game crusher has made a career out of stacking victories in bunches, famously capturing back-to-back Omaha Hi-Lo bracelets at the 2016 WSOP and breaking the WCOOP title record twice in a 72-hour span back in 2023.

His current run mirrors a red-hot summer in Las Vegas, where Glaser conquered poker's premier mixed contest, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, taking down his ninth career bracelet after a heads-up duel with Josh Arieh and outlasting a stacked final table that featured superstars like Phil Ivey.

Stacking two trophies in an afternoon only cements his reputation as online tournament poker's ultimate boss.

undefined — Benny Glaser the 2026 WSOP Poker Players Champion.

Other WCOOP 2026 Heavy Hitters From Last Week

Bruschi Hits Four: Brazilian crusher Renan Bruschi continued his tear through the series, claiming his fourth title of 2026 to push his career WCOOP total to 13 and tie for sixth on the all-time leaderboard.
Straver Matches the Pace: Austria's Johannes "Jepser8" Straver matched Bruschi's four-title mark by taking down the massive $10K Thursday Thrill for $65,859 plus a staggering bounty haul.
Piekazewicz Scalps the Field: Brazil's Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz captured his second career WCOOP title in the $2K Sunday Warm-Up PKO, turning in a $77,207 total score behind more than $52,000 in pure knockout cash.

Canadian Players Make Their Mark in WCOOP 2026

The Great White North has put together a banner series, racking up titles and claiming major milestones:

Vanessa "Niffler" Kade secured her first career WCOOP victory in the $215 Women's World Championship for $4,049, while remarkably final-tabling the $5.50 Low and $22 Medium editions on the exact same Sunday.
"ameliaroy007" captured the festival's first official hat trick, winning three events including the $109 NLHE Hyper ($15,665), $109 Sunday Kickoff ($27,133), and $22 PLO ($3,569).
"MHXHM" topped WCOOP 76-M ($215 NLHE 7-Max Turbo) for $22,061.
"TaxationIsTheft" conquered WCOOP 24-H ($530 NLHE) to take home $19,614.
"fournn" won WCOOP 56-H ($215 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO) for $13,193.

Additional Canadian titles went to "baduki99" ($109 HORSE for $4,993) and "321XTC" (WCOOP 12-L for $3,616), while "kprock1" shipped a Boot Camp high roller for $16,457.

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The series culminates September 27 to 30 with six championship tiers across NLHE and PLO, guaranteeing a combined $6.5 million. Satellites are running around the clock in the client, starting as low as $0.55.

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