WCOOP update: Tonkaaaa and Leknes win titles for Team BBZ

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2023 is running right now on PokerStars and less than a week in, two members of Team BBZ have won titles.

In case you’re new to online poker, let us fill you in. WCOOP is among the most prestigious online poker tournament series and has been around for 22 years, awarding hundreds of millions in prizes to those fortunate enough to be crowned a WCOOP champion.

In a nutshell, it’s a title that every poker player wants.

So let’s find out who has been crushing so far.

Leknes wins his 10th WCOOP title

What an absolute beast this guy is.

Tobias “Senkel92” Leknes, co-creator of the Mixed Games Beginner’s Course on BBZ Poker, won his 10th WCOOP title this week, putting him just one title behind the all-time leader Denis “aDrENalin710” Strebkov.

Leknes was victorious in the $109 PLO 6-Max for $14,477 after defeating the 865-entry field.

He now has an astonishing 17 COOP titles, including seven SCOOP wins.

Here’s a look through his extensive WCOOP results:

• 2017: 60-L $109 2-7 TD, $10,286
• 2018: 10-M NLHE [8-Max Win the Button], $44,064
• 2018: 20-H NL 5-Card Draw, $17,100
• 2020: 09-L $11 NL 2-7 Single Draw, $2,448
• 2020: 45-L $11 FL Badugi 6-Max, $2,015
• 2020: 49-M $215 NLO8 6-Max PKO, $23,963
• 2022: 05-M $215 PLO, $26,022
• 2022: 70-H $530 PLO8, $20,155
• 2022: 81-H $2,100 8-Game [8-Max], $28,085
• 2023: 20-M $109 PLO 6-Max, $14,477

Close call for RobinPoker

BBZ student Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinson came very close to winning his first WCOOP title, finishing third in the very first event of the series.

Robinson enjoyed a deep run in the $55 Kickoff but fell just short of heads-up play. Still, he banked $16,700 for his biggest score of the year.

Not a bad way to start the series!

Stay tuned to the BBZ Blog as we bring you more updates as WCOOP 2023 unfolds.

Want to learn mixed games from a 10-time WCOOP champion? Check out the Mixed Games Beginner’s Course co-created by Leknes. And if you want the same tournament coaching that helped RobinPoker deep run the series, try the BBZ Daily Seminars free for 7 days.