Last Updated on September 19, 2026 by Bala Kumar
Winning one WCOOP title in a series is a career highlight for most online grinders. Winning the same $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller twice in as many weeks is something else entirely, and it’s exactly what Dutch pro Johannes “Jepser8” Straver pulled off this week on PokerStars, cementing himself as one of the standout stories of the 2026 World Championship of Online Poker.
Straver had already banked $106,622 for a different $5,200 High Roller title just seven days earlier. This time out, in WCOOP 49-H: $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller, he took down a 67-player field – nearly triple the 23 runners he’d beaten the previous week – and denied Canada’s Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet a fourth WCOOP title in a heads-up finish. The win added another $90,420 to his series tally.
WCOOP 49-H Results: $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | Johannes “Jepser8” Straver | Austria | $90,420 |
| 2 | Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet | Canada | $67,695 |
| 3 | Rodrigo “SELOUAN1991” Selouan | Brazil | $50,682 |
| 4 | Tapiscallé | Malta | $37,944 |
| 5 | Enrico “WhaTisL0v3” Camosci | Malta | $28,408 |
| 6 | Andras “probirs” Nemeth | Hungary | $21,268 |
| 7 | Pavel “silentm0de” Plesuv | Moldova | $15,923 |
| 9 | Andrey “Anjeyyy” Novak | Ukraine | $10,740 |
The result puts Straver’s combined take from the two High Roller wins north of $197,000 for the series – a run that’s quickly turning heads on the WCOOP leaderboard conversation, even if the all-time list is still ruled by names with far deeper title counts.
Vieira Finally Breaks Through in the PLO8 World Championship
Portuguese star Joao “Naza114” Vieira had a frustrating start to WCOOP 2026, running second twice in high-value bounty events – first to Ignacio “Nacho124441” Moron in the $5,200 PKO Bounty Builder, then again in the $5,200 Thursday Thrill High Roller. The wait for a first title of the series ended in WCOOP 59-H: $1,050 World Championship of PLO8, where Vieira topped a 121-player field and beat Estonia’s Markku “markovitsus” Koplimaa heads-up for $27,202.
The win moves Vieira to 14 career WCOOP titles, pulling him into a group chasing Benny “RunGodlike” Glaser – who sits alone at the top of the WCOOP all-time leaderboard after his 17th career title earlier in the series.
WCOOP 59-H: $1,050 World Championship of PLO8 – 121 Entries
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | Joao “Naza114” Vieira | United Kingdom | $27,202 |
| 2 | Markku “markovitsus” Koplimaa | Estonia | $20,863 |
| 3 | vratario | Belarus | $16,001 |
| 4 | Christian “CMoosepower” Elgstrom | Denmark | $12,272 |
| 5 | Bernardo “bedias” Dias | Brazil | $9,412 |
| 6 | Haringbuis | Brazil | $7,218 |
| 7 | UIDuffer | Ireland | $5,536 |
Bruschi Climbs Into the WCOOP All-Time Top Ten
Brazilian grinder Renan “Internett93o” Bruschi cracked the WCOOP all-time top ten with his tenth career title last week via the $530 Mystery Bounty Wednesday Surprise. He didn’t slow down: an eleventh title followed in WCOOP 55-H: $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw, his first title in that mixed-game format, after out-lasting a 39-player field and beating “ivano1v” heads-up for $16,715.
WCOOP 55-H: $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw – 39 Entries
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | Renan “Internett93o” Bruschi | Brazil | $16,715 |
| 2 | ivano1v | Kazakhstan | $10,373 |
| 3 | Darth Vder58 | Sweden | $6,438 |
| 4 | Premove | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3,995 |
| 5 | Peraaukonseutu | Finland | $2,479 |
“FAL1st” Quietly Reaches a Dozen WCOOP Titles
Not every milestone comes with a six-figure headline. Online regular “FAL1st” picked up a twelfth career WCOOP title in WCOOP 52-M: $55 NLO8 6-Max Hyper Turbo, a modest buy-in event that nonetheless extends a title collection stretching back to a first win in 2021 – followed by five titles in 2024 and three more in 2025. This one came at the expense of “SEED1_CUB@#1” heads-up.
WCOOP 52-M: $55 NLO8 6-Max Hyper Turbo
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
| 1 | FAL1st | Thailand | $448 |
| 2 | SEED1_CUB@#1 | Slovakia | $488 |
| 3 | 8gam€ | Slovakia | $830 |
| 4 | AmateurGOAT | United Kingdom | — |
| 5 | mario4ndre | Brazil | $735 |
| 7 | Tom “Jabracada” Hall | United Kingdom | $153 |
Four different storylines, one leaderboard: a High Roller repeat, a first title for a former runner-up, a climb into the all-time top ten, and a dozen titles banked one Hyper Turbo at a time.
Why This Week’s Results Matter for the WCOOP 2026 Title Race
With the WCOOP Main Event still ahead on the 2026 calendar, weeks like this one are shaping the storylines that carry into the series’ final stretch. Straver’s back-to-back Super Tuesday High Rollers put him firmly on the radar for High Roller Player of the Series conversations. Vieira’s first title of the year – after two agonizing runner-ups – takes some pressure off a series that had, until now, left him just short. And Bruschi’s climb up the all-time leaderboard is a reminder that WCOOP’s history is written as much by consistency across formats as by any single big score.
Every year, WCOOP draws in specialists across no-limit hold’em, mixed games, and short-handed formats, which is exactly why an event as small as a $55 Hyper Turbo can matter as much to a title count as a $5,200 High Roller. That range – from four-figure buy-ins to sub-$100 turbo formats – is part of what keeps the WCOOP schedule compelling deep into September..
FAQs
1. Who won the WCOOP 49-H $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller?
Johannes “Jepser8” Straver won the WCOOP 49-H $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller, defeating a 67-player field for $90,420. It was his second $5,200 High Roller victory in the 2026 WCOOP series.
2. How many WCOOP titles does Joao Vieira have?
Joao “Naza114” Vieira has 14 career WCOOP titles after winning the $1,050 World Championship of PLO8. The victory came after two runner-up finishes earlier in the 2026 series.
3. How many WCOOP titles has Renan Bruschi won?
Renan “Internett93o” Bruschi has 11 career WCOOP titles following his victory in the $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw event. He previously reached ten titles with his Mystery Bounty Wednesday Surprise win.
4. How many WCOOP titles does FAL1st have?
Online regular FAL1st has 12 career WCOOP titles. His latest victory came in the $55 NLO8 6-Max Hyper Turbo, continuing a title run that began in 2021.
5. Why are the 2026 WCOOP results significant?
The latest results highlight several major storylines, including Straver’s back-to-back High Roller wins, Vieira reaching 14 career titles, and Bruschi entering the all-time top-ten conversation with his 11th title. They also show how players can build significant WCOOP title totals across different buy-ins and poker formats.
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