Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Pleno1 wins 2nd WCOOP title

For the second year in a row our very own Patrick Leonard is a WCOOP champion.

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Pleno1

Once again Pleno1 is back in the winner's circle. Shortly after a six-figure score in Barcelona he finds himself a WCOOP champion for a second time. 

He won his first WCOOP event this time last year and last week he won Event #65 $700 NLHE Ultra Deep for $162,054.98.

There were 1,061 entries and 544 re-entries in this event which more than doubled the $500,000 guarantee. Our champion re-entered twice on his way to victory. 

This was clearly a tough event because of the 'Ultra Deep' nature of it, which no doubt suited Patrick's cash game schools. Proving how tough it was, just missing the final table were Ben Tollerene and Mike McDonald. 

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The final table

Congratulations to Patrick, once again, from everyone at PokerStrategy.com.

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.