Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi has become the first player to win four titles at the 2026 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), and in doing so he has pushed his career WCOOP total to 13 titles. The Brazilian now sits tied for sixth on the all-time list, only one win behind a group that includes some of the most decorated online tournament players ever.
What makes the number remarkable is the timeline. Bruschi won his first WCOOP event in 2022. Every one of his 13 titles has come in the space of four years.
The four 2026 wins
Bruschi's 2026 WCOOP campaign has been a lesson in range. His four wins came across four very different formats:
- $530 NLHE Mystery Bounty Wednesday Surprise — earlier in the series, a win that was his tenth WCOOP title
- $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw — a lowball draw game far removed from his hold'em roots
- $1,050 NLHE Turbo — worth $21,189
- $530 NLHE PKO Bounty Builder High Roller — worth $23,772, a couple of days after the turbo
The last two came close together, and PokerNews highlighted the turbo as the most impressive of the lot because of the final table he had to beat. Gabriel "gtavares10" Tavares, "IgammilI€120," Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov, Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis and Jonathan "Proudflop" Proudfoot were all at the table, and Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz finished runner-up. That is a final table that could easily pass for the last table of a high roller rather than a four-figure turbo.
Where 13 titles ranks all-time
The WCOOP has run since 2002 and is in its 25th edition this year. Across that history, only a handful of players have won more than ten events. After this run, Bruschi is tied on 13 with Tobias "Senkel92" Leknes, and one title behind the trio of Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt and Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov, who each sit on 14.
Above that group are Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, who won his 15th WCOOP title earlier this month, and the record holder Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser, who claimed his 17th in the $1,050 8-Game.
The difference between Bruschi and most of the names ahead of him is time. Leonard, Astedt and Vieira built their totals over a decade or more of grinding PokerStars' flagship series. Bruschi first appeared in the winner's circle in 2022, when he took down the $5,200 NLHE Titans PKO for $173,293. Thirteen titles in four editions works out to more than three per year, a pace no one near the top of the list has matched over a sustained stretch.
Why the pace matters
There are two ways to read a run like this.
The first is volume. The modern WCOOP schedule is enormous — 2026 lists well over 300 events spread across low, medium and high buy-in tiers. More events mean more chances, and a player who registers heavily across tiers will inevitably pile up more final tables than someone who picks a narrow schedule. That's part of why title records set in the 2000s are falling to players who grew up with today's schedule sizes.
The second reading is that volume alone does not explain it. Plenty of players fire hundreds of WCOOP events and never win one. What stands out about Bruschi's 2026 series is that the wins came in a mystery bounty, a lowball draw game, a turbo and a progressive knockout. Those formats reward very different skills:
- Mystery bounties reward accurate risk-taking late, when bounty draws shift the math.
- 2-7 Single Draw is a game of position, snowing and discipline, with no community cards at all.
- Turbos demand sharp push/fold ranges and ICM awareness at short stacks.
- PKOs change calling ranges from the first hand, because covering an opponent adds bounty equity to every call.
Winning all four in one series suggests a player who adapts rather than one who relies on a single edge.
Brazil's growing WCOOP footprint
Bruschi's run is part of a wider trend. Brazilian players have been among the most visible winners throughout the 2026 WCOOP, and the pre-series Boot Camp main events were also dominated by Brazilians. Tavares and Piekazewicz, both at Bruschi's turbo final table, are Brazilian too.
That strength reflects a mature online poker culture in Brazil, with a large pool of players who study hard, play high volume and move up quickly. For a series that measures itself partly by international reach, the Brazilian presence is a sign of where much of the competitive energy in online MTTs now comes from.
Other big names adding titles
Bruschi was not alone in adding to his collection this week. Among the other multiple winners PokerNews reported:
- "IgammilI€120" won the $5,200 NLHE Titans, beating Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden heads-up for $98,517 (a sixth WCOOP title), then won the $5,200 NLHE PKO Bounty Builder SHR for $88,644, a seventh.
- Sweden's "flerrehuve" won the $1,050 NLHE 7-Max PKO for $27,796, a sixth WCOOP title.
- Austria's Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt won the $109 NLHE 7-Max PKO for $11,230, his fourth title and first in five years.
- Estonia's Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa won the $530 NLHE Titans for $81,726.
What's left: the Main Events
The chase for more titles now runs straight into the biggest weekend of the series. The three NLHE Main Events start on September 27 at buy-ins of $109, $1,050 and $10,300, with guarantees of $1.25 million, $2 million and $2.5 million. Their structures are deep enough that each runs over four days. PLO Main Events follow on September 28, and the festival wraps on September 30.
A 14th title would put Bruschi level with Vieira, Astedt and Strebkov. There are still dozens of events left on the schedule to get there.
What this means for players
For most readers, a player with 13 WCOOP titles isn't directly relevant to their own game. But there are useful takeaways from how Bruschi has built his record.
Play formats, not just stakes. Bruschi's 2026 wins span four formats. Players who only play freezeouts miss a lot of value — progressive knockouts and mystery bounties often have softer fields and bigger overlays relative to the buy-in. Our guide to online tournaments covers the main formats and how they play differently.
Learn one non-hold'em game. The 2-7 Single Draw title is a reminder that WCOOP rewards versatility. Fields in draw and stud events are far smaller, so a player with a solid grasp of one mixed game can find much better title odds than in a 2,000-runner hold'em event. Omaha is the natural first step for most hold'em players.
Bankroll for variance. Even elite players go years between big scores. Bruschi's four-year stretch is the exception, not the rule. Sound bankroll management is what lets you keep firing through the long stretches where nothing lands.
Find the right site. WCOOP is PokerStars-only and isn't available in most US states. US players looking for comparable guaranteed series should check our list of the best US poker sites, including Americas Cardroom, whose OSS and Venom series offer some of the largest guarantees available to American players.
The bigger picture
WCOOP's 25th edition has already produced a record-breaking title chase at the top of the all-time list, with Glaser and Leonard pushing the record upward. Bruschi's rise adds a third storyline: a player who arrived in 2022 and is now within touching distance of the list's elite.
If he keeps winning at anything like this rate, the question is no longer whether Bruschi will reach the top five, but how long it will take him to challenge Glaser.