Kade Takes Down Women's World Championship as Leonard Wins 15th WCOOP Title

Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
3 min read
Vanessa Kade Patrick Leonard

We're over half way through the 2026 World Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars, and the winners keep on coming.

The race for the all-time WCOOP title leaderboard is heating up, as one lucky satellite winner secured themselves a WCOOP title with an incredible ROI.

There's still time to get involved with the action on PokerStars, with the Main Events getting underway in less than week.

Former Sunday Million Anniversary Champion Kade Wins Women's Championship

Vanessa Kade

In 2021, Vanessa "Niffller" Kade won $1,514,920 after topping a 69,876-player field to win the Sunday Million 15th Anniversary.

The following year, Kade missed out on the WSOP Online Ladies Championship, finishing as runner-up to Huanhua Long.

Kade now has her hands on her first WCOOP title after topping the 75-player field to take home $4,049. The final table feature PokerStars Ambassador Marle "MarlzTV" Spragg, who would have to settle for third-place for $2,269.

Fun Fact: Kade also finished 3/249 in the WCOOP 73-L: $5.50 Women's Event and 4/209 in the WCOOP 73-M: $22 Women's Event

WCOOP 73-H: $215 Women's World Championship Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Vanessa "Niffler" KadeCanada$4,049
2l_CáKons_lBrazil$3,031
3Marle "MarlzTV" SpraggUnited Kingdom$2,269
4baakemiBrazil$1,699
5SamaNeSvoyaBelarus$1,272
6The_Gr3nadeUnited Kingdom$952
7jzzcaGermany$713
8REwARDsAAUnited Kingdom$534
9mmAAnzBrazil$481

15th WCOOP Title and Second of the Year for Leonard

Patrick Leonard

Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt and Joao "Naza114" Vieira have all added titles this year as the WCOOP all-time title leaderboard heats up.

The three, along with Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov, had all sat on 14 career WCOOP titles, but Leonard has nudged ahead with victory in WCOOP 69-H: $530 NLHE 7-Max Turbo, trailing Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser by just two.

Leonard defeated "Caldini00" heads-up, denying his opponent a second WCOOP title and first since 2020. For topping the 147-player field, Leonard bagged himself $15,428.

WCOOP 69-H: $530 NLHE 7-Max Turbo Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Patrick "pads1161" LeonardUnited Kingdom$15,428
2Caldini00United Kingdom$11,790
3CatfishBillyManMexico$9,011
4HendurrSweden$6,886
5GodOf.comRomania$5,263
6BocykUkraine$4,022
7AdiosFabricaMexico$3,074

Patrick "pads116" Leonard WCOOP Titles

It's the fifth time in six years that Leonard has won at least two WCOOP titles in a calendar year, with Leonard bagging five in 2023 alone. His latest payday is the smallest of his 15 WCOOP titles, that include two World Championships, in Heads-Up NLHE and Razz in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

His largest victory came back in 2016, winning WCOOP 65: $700 NLHE for $162,055.

Did You Know? Nine of Leonard's 15 WCOOP titles have come in Hold'em, including his World Championship of Heads-Up NLHE title
YearEventFieldPrize PoolPayout
2015WCOOP 17: $700 NLHE959$637,735$108,416
2016WCOOP 65: $700 NLHE1,605$1,067,325$162,055
2021WCOOP 08-H: $5,200 NLHE147$735,000$121,328
2021WCOOP 15-H: $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw70$70,000$20,475
2022WCOOP 67-H: $1,050 6+ Hold'em73$73,000$17,445
2023WCOOP 105-H: $1050 NLHE Super Tuesday302$302,000$54,506
2023WCOOP 46-M: $109 FLHE204$20,400$4,011
2023WCOOP 93-M: $109 NLO8411$41,1007448.79
2023WCOOP $5200 World Championship of Heads-Up NLHE46$230,000$80,500
2024WCOOP $1,050 World Championship of Razz78$78,000$19,414
2024WCOOP 107-H: $2,100 NLHE241$482,000$103,349
2025WCOOP 36-M: $109 NLHE Sunday Kickoff1,866$186,600$28,023
2025WCOOP 116-H: $5,200 NLHE54270000$77,990
2026WCOOP 29-H: $530 NLHE [Deep Stack]194$100,000$19,838
2026WCOOP 69-H: $530 NLHE [7-Max, Turbo]147$73,500$15,428

Massive Value for "Value858Vn"

Lastly, shout out to Vietnam's "Value858Vn" for bagging their first WCOOP title in WCOOP 61-L: $11 Stud H-Lo. They satellited into the event for $1.10, and turned that into a victory of $1,276.

That victory of 714 players equates to a satellite return on investment (ROI) of 1,159%!

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Will Shillibier
Managing Editor

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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