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Las Vegas, Nevada (May 19, 2026) - Throughout the United States and the world, the rising excitement amongst the global poker community is palpable.

The 57th annual World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris in Las Vegas is only a week away, with players around the world getting ready to make the trip to Sin City to compete in 100 WSOP bracelet events, including the $10,000 WSOP Main Event.

While the biggest poker event of the year has yet to begin, poker players across the United States and beyond are already winning WSOP accolades and major six-figure scores along the WSOP Circuit.

Yesterday, the WSOP Circuit series at both The Commerce Casino in Commerce, California, and Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina came to a close, as both series ran simultaneously throughout the month of May.

The grand finale of every WSOP Circuit series, the $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, concluded at both properties yesterday, with two new reigning champions declared.

Securing the triple crown by winning his third WSOP Circuit Main Event and tenth WSOP Circuit ring, Hamid Izadi added to an already stellar list of accolades, defeating runner-up Louis George to take down the Cherokee WSOP Circuit Main Event for the $332,405 top prize.

Izadi’s previous WSOP Circuit Main Event victories came at Harrah’s Pompano Beach in 2024 ($245,225 first place prize) and Caesars Southern Indiana in 2025 ($111,979 first place prize).

Harrah’s Cherokee WSOP Circuit Main Event Final Table Results:

1st place: Hamid Izadi - $332,405
2nd place: Louis George - $221,559
3rd place: Lou Ojeda - $156,736
4th place: Konstantin Shukman - $112,495
5th place: Thomas Beckstead - $81,936
6th place: Nathan Dunlop - $60,575
7th place: Jack Nathan - $45,465
8th place: Jeremiah Fitzpatrick - $34,652
9th place: Tongzhou Sun - $26,827

While Izadi was playing his way to his tenth WSOP Circuit ring, WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Marquez was playing his way to his first WSOP Circuit ring, winning the Commerce WSOP Circuit Main Event for a $187,977 score after defeating second-place finisher Erik Selami.

No stranger to success in WSOP events, prior to winning his first WSOP Circuit ring, Marquez won the most substantial prize in poker, finishing in first place in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max event during the 2017 WSOP.

Commerce WSOP Circuit Main Event Final Table Results:

1st place: Anthony Marques - $187,977
2nd place: Erik Selami - $125,313
3rd place: Michael Wasserman - $85,646
4th place: Ethan Green - $59,751
5th place: Fausto Valdez - $42,568
6th place: Quoc Le - $30,983
7th place: Martin Carnero - $23,050
8th place: Satheesh Francis - $17,536
9th place: Du Charley - $13,651

Congratulations to every WSOP Circuit Ring Winner at Commerce Casino and Harrah’s Cherokee

Congratulations to our latest WSOP Circuit Main Event champions, Hamid Izadi and Anthony Marques, and every poker player who won a WSOP Circuit ring at Commerce Casino and Harrah’s Cherokee.

Every WSOP Circuit ring winner in 2026 receives a special $5,000 WSOP Paradise 2026 package, which includes entry to the 2026 WSOP Circuit Championship, plus a free hotel stay in the Bahamas at the event's new host property: Baha Mar Resort.

At WSOP Paradise 2025, Marker Darner won the $2,750 WSOP Circuit Championship No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty, not only receiving his second WSOP bracelet, but also the $350,000 first-place prize.

Be sure to check out the full list of WSOP Circuit ring winners from Harrah’s Cherokee below. The complete results for every WSOP Circuit ring winner at Commerce Casino will be added to the Past Tournaments page on WSOP.com within the coming days.

Harrah’s Cherokee WSOP Circuit ring winners:

Event #1: $400 40/40/40 No-Limit Hold’em - David Wise - $41,836
Event #2: $400 Mini-Main No-Limit Hold’em - Christopher Mason - $117,038
Event #3: $400 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em (Ages 50+) - Scotty Lee - $44,447
Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em - Donovan Dean - $36,999
Event #5: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better - John Kim - $21,836
Event #6: $400 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em - Mark Davis - $46,086
Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack - Bradley Butcher - $118,868
Event #8: $600 8-Max Pot-Limit Omaha - Mitchell Smith - $38,223
Event #9: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em - Maurice Hawkins - $113,223
Event #10: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ladies Event - Svetlana Gromenkova - $12,075
Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Rohit Kwatra - $32,781
Event #12: $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event - Hamid Izadi - $332,405
Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Michael Lucas - $31,485
Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold’em - Preston McEwen - $28,974
Event #15: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Seniors Event - Kenneth Brosnahan - $35,817
Event #16: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Jason Morgan - $24,711
Event #17: $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller - Darrell Blodgett - $76,734
Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack Closer - Matthew Yankowski - $27,393