COMMERCE AND HARRAH'S CHEROKEE DECLARE NEW WSOP CIRCUIT CHAMPIONS
Hamid Izadi and Anthony Marques win the Harrah's Cherokee and Commerce Casino WSOP Circuit Main Events, punching their tickets to WSOP Paradise ahead of WSOP 2026.
May 19 2026 08:00 PM EST
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 - $332,4052nd place: Louis George - $221,5593rd place: Lou Ojeda - $156,7364th place: Konstantin Shukman - $112,4955th place: Thomas Beckstead - $81,9366th place: Nathan Dunlop - $60,5757th place: Jack Nathan - $45,4658th place: Jeremiah Fitzpatrick - $34,6529th 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 - $187,9772nd place: Erik Selami - $125,3133rd place: Michael Wasserman - $85,6464th place: Ethan Green - $59,7515th place: Fausto Valdez - $42,5686th place: Quoc Le - $30,9837th place: Martin Carnero - $23,0508th place: Satheesh Francis - $17,5369th 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 - $41,836Event #2: $400 Mini-Main No-Limit Hold’em - Christopher Mason - $117,038Event #3: $400 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em (Ages 50+) - Scotty Lee - $44,447Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em - Donovan Dean - $36,999Event #5: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better - John Kim - $21,836Event #6: $400 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em - Mark Davis - $46,086Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack - Bradley Butcher - $118,868Event #8: $600 8-Max Pot-Limit Omaha - Mitchell Smith - $38,223Event #9: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em - Maurice Hawkins - $113,223Event #10: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ladies Event - Svetlana Gromenkova - $12,075Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Rohit Kwatra - $32,781Event #12: $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event - Hamid Izadi - $332,405Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Michael Lucas - $31,485Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold’em - Preston McEwen - $28,974Event #15: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Seniors Event - Kenneth Brosnahan - $35,817Event #16: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Jason Morgan - $24,711Event #17: $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller - Darrell Blodgett - $76,734Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack Closer - Matthew Yankowski - $27,393
