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Dante Goya leads the nine-player final table of the $10,300 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) World Championship, with $551,632 awaiting the winner. Goya has 12,889,640 chips after a 289-player event, narrowly ahead of Thomas Boivin, who starts with 11,444,570. Each finalist has secured at least $62,089, according to PokerNews.
A narrow lead in a prestigious field
The WCOOP Main Event is one of online poker’s most prestigious tournaments, and its former champions include Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko, Fedor “CrownUpGuy” Holz and Steven “SvZff” Van Zadelhoff. Goya is already a WCOOP champion, having last won a title in 2025; now he has the chip lead in pursuit of the series’ top prize.
Boivin’s deficit is 1,445,070 chips, leaving the lead close enough for the contest to turn quickly. A chip lead is valuable, but it does not settle a final table: how a chip lead affects a major final table depends on the stacks and decisions still to come.
Final-table stacks and title histories
Brazilian Goya is joined by fellow Brazilian Pablo “pabritz” Brito Silva, who sits third with 11,111,921 chips. The remaining stacks are 9,574,996 for Canada’s 13santoy13, 6,821,125 for Brazil’s Felipe “lipe piv” Boianovsky, 5,843,179 for Austria’s Teun “tinnoemulder” Mulder, 5,258,544 for Austria’s What0ver9000, 4,928,167 for the United Kingdom’s Dan NukeTheFish! Wilson, and 4,377,858 for Canada’s Rayan “Beriuzy” Chamas.
Boianovsky’s only WCOOP title came 12 years ago, though he added a major online result by winning the 2023 SCOOP Main Event for more than $1 million. What0ver9000 is the only finalist without a WCOOP title. Chamas won his sixth title this year, while Wilson claimed his first two, with combined cashes of more than $70,000.
With nine stacks and a significant pay jump from the guaranteed payout to first place, the remaining decisions will carry tournament and payout implications. Final-table ICM considerations are part of that wider strategic picture, alongside the immediate pressure of staying in contention for the title.
The title is still up for grabs
The champion was scheduled to be crowned later on Wednesday, September 30, the date of the PokerNews report. Goya enters the final table out front, but Boivin is only 1,445,070 chips behind and seven other players remain in the hunt. The narrow top-two gap gives the leader an early edge, not a guarantee; the $551,632 prize is still to be decided.
