Boianovsky Wins WCOOP Main Event, Makes Poker History
Felipe Boianovsky won the 2026 WCOOP Main Event for $551,632, becoming the first player to take both SCOOP and WCOOP $10K titles.
Felipe Boianovsky won the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event on PokerStars for $551,632, becoming the first player to win both a SCOOP and a WCOOP Main Event at the $10,000-plus level. The win closed out WCOOP 2026, which also crowned Alejandro Lococo and ihor888888 as Main Event champions. The series drew huge fields and prize pools well above their guarantees.
- Felipe Boianovsky won the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event for $551,632
- The high-roller event drew 289 entries and a prize pool near $2.9 million
- Boianovsky also won the 2023 SCOOP $10K Main Event for $1,036,199
- Alejandro Lococo won the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event for $343,242 from 2,310 entries
- ihor888888 won the $109 Main Event Low from a field of 14,533 entries
- The $109 event paid ihor888888 more than 130 times the buy-in
Who won the 2026 WCOOP Main Event?
Felipe Boianovsky, known online as 'lipe piv', won the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event on PokerStars. According to Poker.org, he took home $551,632 as the last player standing from a field of 289 entries.
The win made Boianovsky the only player to capture both a SCOOP and a WCOOP Main Event at the $10,000-plus buy-in level. He had already won the 2023 SCOOP $10K Main Event for $1,036,199, PokerNews reports.
Three Brazilian players reached the final nine, a sign of the depth the country brings to high-stakes online fields. Boianovsky outlasted them all, along with entrants from Belgium, England, and the Netherlands.
How did the final table play out?
Poker.org reports Boianovsky started the final day of nine players in the middle of the pack, well behind chip leader Dante Goya. Early eliminations saw 'What0ver9000' bust to Santiago Plante's trips, then Rayan Chamas fall to a three-outer against Dan Wilson.
From there, Boianovsky ran through the rest of the field almost alone. He cracked Thomas Boivin's pocket pair with a button shove, then rivered a nut flush to send Teun Mulder to the rail.
Goya was next, jamming from the small blind only to find Boianovsky's hand well ahead. Wilson followed soon after, leaving just Boianovsky and Plante for the heads-up finish.
By the time he faced Plante one-on-one, Boianovsky held roughly a 5-to-1 chip lead. The final hand ended fast: his two pair crushed Plante's hand after the flop, and the turn left Plante drawing dead to seal the title.
Who else won a WCOOP Main Event this year?
Boianovsky's win was one of three Main Event titles handed out as WCOOP 2026 wrapped up, PokerNews reports. Argentina's Alejandro Lococo took the $1,050 Main Event for $343,242, beating Ireland's 'Goodarla' heads-up after getting all-in preflop with queen-four against ten-seven.
Lococo, also known for his rapping, started the final day third in chips behind Brazil's 'calldeKhig' and Portugal's Jorge Abreu. He built a lead through the day and never gave it back once heads-up play began.
The $1,050 event comfortably beat its $2 million guarantee, drawing 2,310 entries for a prize pool over $2.3 million. Ukraine's 'ihor888888' won the $109 Main Event Low, worth more than 130 times the buy-in, after entering the final table sixth in chips.
That event drew 14,533 entries and built a $1,453,300 prize pool, well past its $1.25 million guarantee. More than 2,000 players shared in the money before ihor888888 came back to beat Hungary's 'shanyji' heads-up.
Why does the SCOOP and WCOOP double matter?
PokerStars runs SCOOP and WCOOP as its two flagship online series each year, both offering $10,000 buy-in Main Events among many other formats. Winning both at that stake level had never been done before Boianovsky's run.
The gap between his two titles spans more than three years, which says something about consistency rather than a single hot week. Beating a 289-entry field full of seasoned grinders takes more than luck over four days of play.
The milestone also highlights how global the high-stakes online game has become. Finalists in these two Main Events alone came from Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Portugal, Ukraine, Hungary, Ireland, England, and the Netherlands.
What it means for players
These results are a reminder that big-field online tournaments still reward solid fundamentals over flash. Players chasing similar scores can sharpen final-table decision-making with hand reading and range work, the kind covered in our strategy hub, before stepping into high-variance spots like the ones Boianovsky and Lococo navigated this week. Tracking deep runs like these in a session log, through tools like our session tracker, can also help players spot patterns in their own late-stage play.
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Frequently asked
How much did Felipe Boianovsky win at WCOOP 2026?
He won $551,632 for first place in the $10,300 WCOOP Main Event, according to Poker.org. The event drew 289 entries and built a prize pool close to $2.9 million.
Has anyone else won both a SCOOP and WCOOP Main Event?
No. PokerNews reports Boianovsky is the only player to win a Main Event in both series at the $10,000-plus buy-in level, having taken the 2023 SCOOP title for over $1 million.
Who won the lower buy-in WCOOP Main Events?
Alejandro Lococo won the $1,050 Main Event for $343,242, and 'ihor888888' won the $109 Main Event Low. Both results came from the same closing weekend of WCOOP 2026, PokerNews reports.
How big were the WCOOP 2026 Main Event prize pools?
The $10,300 Main Event paid out close to $2.9 million from 289 entries. The $1,050 event built over $2.3 million, and the $109 Main Event Low reached $1,453,300 from 14,533 entries.