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DEREK SEIN-LWIN WINS FINAL 2025 WSOPC MAIN EVENT TITLE AT CHEROKEE
Las Vegas, Nevada (December 9, 2025) - The 2025 WSOP Circuit season is officially in the books, with no better venue to host this year’s finale than Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina.
While 18 WSOP Circuit rings were bestowed upon players throughout the series, Derek Sein-Lwin won the biggest prize of them all, taking down the $1,700 Cherokee WSOP Circuit Main Event for $281,514 and his first WSOP Circuit ring.
Entering Day 2 of the event, which drew 1,190 entries that generated a $281,514 prize pool, Sein-Lwin sat as the overall chip leader, carrying that chip lead all the way to Day 3, and eventually the Cherokee WSOP Circuit Main Event title.
Speaking with Poker.Org’s Jeremy Geist following the largest win of his poker career, Sein-Lwin reflected on how much the support of friends and loved ones on the rail meant to him, and how it motivated him to execute.
“It’s surreal,” he said. “When I woke up today, I was just telling myself to take good spots and not do anything dumb in front of my friends. They’re watching every hand. It was very, very cool, especially because I felt like I was the only one with anybody there.”
Reflecting on their plans after the win, Cherokee’s newest champion gave an answer fitting of a poker player.
“We’re going to party. We’ll stay here tonight, hopefully not gamble too much, but we’re definitely going to party.”
Cherokee WSOP Circuit Main Event Final Table Results:
1st place: Derek Sein-Lwin - $281,514
2nd place: Patrick Plott - $187,676
3rd place: Vladyslav Shovkovyi - $131,070
4th place: Rohit Kwatra - $93,884
5th place: Jacob Ferro - $68,001
6th place: Sanjay Gehi - $50,059
7th place: Chico Pho - $37,463
8th place: Eric Yanovsky - $28,510
9th place: Ricardo Eyzaguirre - $22,069
Every WSOP Circuit ring winner at Cherokee
Event #1 $400 Turkey Day 30K No-Limit Hold'em: Xiang Chen - $25,990
Event #2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Mini-Main: Marshall White - $135,620
Event #3 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Seniors Event: Bonnie Weitzel - $57,669
Event #4 $600 No-Limit Hold'em: Steven Snyder - $42,596
Event #5 $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better: Linwood Ferguson - $26,671
Event #6 $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max: Aria Homayounnejad - $56,427
Event #7 $600 Pot-Limit Omaha: William Kopp - $36,990
Event #8 $400 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack: Charles Phillips - $127,911
Event #9 $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em: Joseph Carden - $102,692
Event #10 $400 No-Limit Hold’em: Jeffrey Blanton - $34,587
Event #11 $400 No-Limit Hold’em Ladies Event: Morgan McBrayer - $12,330
Event #12 $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event: Derek Sein-Lwin - $281,514
Event #13 $400 No-Limit Hold’em: Michael Suggs - $29,872
Event #14 $600 No-Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty: Michael Scarborough - $27,008
Event #15 $400 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo: Karl Creazzo - $17,187
Event #16 $400 No-Limit Hold’em 40-40-40: Jason Thompson - $47,786
Event #17 $600 No-Limit Hold’em: Damarjai Davenport - $26,572
Event #18 $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack Closer: Iverson Snuffer - $26,138
