Dante Goya Leads Final Table in WCOOP $10,300 World Championship

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Sep 30, 2026 3 min read

The stage is set, as all three tiers of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event have reached their final table.

Unknown names will bag six-figure paydays, while major players will chase online poker immortality in the World Championship of NLHE.

Massive flagship titles, six-figure paydays, and online poker immortality are on the line, with former champion Dante Goya and reigning EPT Paris winner Jorge Abreu among those holding key chip leads. Here is how the action breaks down across the Low, Medium, and High Main Event final tables before the champions are crowned later tonight.

Pudel Dogged Ahead of WCOOP-L Main Event Final Table

There's a big chip lead for "wes345" ahead of the WCOOP-L Main Event final table. The remaining nine players have all locked up $11,467, but they and "wes345" will all be eyeing the $172,022 first-place prize.

Only two players at this year's Low Final Table have won WCOOP titles before: "dfranco13" won the $55 Super Tuesday in 2022 for $21,465 and the $530 Sunday Cooldown in 2023 for $51,902.

Meanwhile, both of Nils "pudelpower" Pudel's titles came in 2023: the $55 Rebuy in 2023 for $31,737 and the $530 Sunday Warm-Up for $74,908. Pudel is no stranger to major final tables, having finished sixth in the 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event, but will have to put on a short-stack masterclass to win it from eighth in chips.

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EPT Paris Champ Abreu Seeks to Add WCOOP Main Event Title

Just seven months separate Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu from his victory in the EPT Paris Main Event, but time waits for no man - not least poker players.

He will take the chip lead into tonight's WCOOP-M Main Event ahead of "calldeKhig" who sits second in chips, and former PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo who sits third.

Abreu's sole WCOOP title came all the way back in 2016, winning the $2,100 Super Tuesday for $304,880. He'll surpass that amount with a win tonight, with the winner taking home $343,242 having already locked up $22,882.

Other notables at the final table include Júlio "JúlioFantin" Fantin, who is the only other player to have won a WCOOP title, hjaving taken down the $55 Sunday Kickoff back in 2024.

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Meanwhile, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger (11th - $16,906), Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani (24th - $8,319), and Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen (27th - $8,319) all made deep runs.

Big Names at the $10,300 World Championship of NLHE Final Table

From a field of 289 players, just nine are left in the $10,300 World Championship of NLHE. The WCOOP Main Event remains one of the most prestigious tournaments in the online poker calendar, but only one player can add their names to a list that includes the likes of Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko, Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz and Steven "SvZff" Van Zadelhoff.

Leading this year's final table is Dante "dantegoyaF" Goya who holds a slim lead over Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin. Goya last won a WCOOP title in 2025, while Boivin hasn't added a title since 2021.

Felipe "lipe piv" Boianovsky's only WCOOP title came 12 years ago, but he did take down the SCOOP Main Event in 2023 for over $1 million.

"What0ver9000" is the only player without a WCOOP title, with Rayan "Beriuzy" Chamas winning his sixth this year in WCOOP 101-H: $1,050 NLHE and Dan "NukeTheFish!" Wilson winning his first two titles this year, for combined cashes of over $70,000.

The remaining players have all locked up $62,089 while the winner takes home $551,632.

Notables to make deep runs in the event include Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu, who narrowly missed out on making two WCOOP Main Event final tables, only to fall in 10th place for $53,077. Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson (12th - $45,374), Blaz "Scarmak4r" Zerjav (15th - $38,788) and Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson (21st - $33,158) also came close.

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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