Eleven WCOOP titles, and the latest one came out of a 39-entry tournament. Brazil's Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi took down Event #55-H at WCOOP 2026 —a $1,050 buy-in 2-7 Single Draw 7-Max— for $16,714. It is his eleventh title in the series and his second of this edition.
The facts: two trophies in two weeks, one record still out of reach
The first of this run came days earlier in Event #20-H ($530 NLHE Mystery Bounty), worth more than $31,000. With this week's win, Bruschi holds 23 titles across the platform's two flagship annual series: 11 WCOOP and 12 SCOOP, extending his lead as the Brazilian with the most WCOOP trophies.
The outright series record isn't his. It belongs to Britain's Benny Glaser, who reached 17 titles a few days ago — also, almost always, in games that aren't hold'em.
The same stretch produced more Brazilian results. Renan Aziz won Event #54-H ($530 Mystery Bounty) against 191 entries for $14,816, and Jonathan Wolter took Event #58-Medium ($109) through a field of 1,524 entries for $23,210, at a final table with three other Brazilians.
Why it matters: 39 entries against 1,524
Put those two numbers side by side. Wolter beat 1,524 players for $23,210. Bruschi beat 39 for $16,714. Similar money, fields forty times apart.
That gap isn't luck — it's selection. In a $1,050 2-7 Single Draw there are no recreational players, but there is also almost nobody who has studied the game. Edge doesn't come from playing well in the abstract; it comes from the difference between what you know and what the player across from you knows. Where that difference is wide, a small field stops being a problem and becomes the reason to register.
The tempting move is the wrong shortcut. Nobody should fire into a lowball event tomorrow just because "the field is thin". There, a short field works against you: the four people who do know it are waiting. The usable version is duller and more profitable — take inventory of your own game. Which format, which time slot, which specific table you understand better than the average player sitting down with you. That table selection is a decision made before any card is dealt, and it's the cheapest one you'll make all day.
And eleven titles is not a heater. It's years of sustained volume across series that run for weeks. In a short sample, variance hides skill in both directions: the bad month doesn't define you and the good month doesn't promote you. What compounds is the work done beforehand — how you study matters as much as how much, and that part is fully yours to control.
If you're building that inventory and want honest pushback from players in your own pool, the club is where that conversation happens out loud.