Make it a hat trick for Cody Stanford.
In the wee hours of Monday, Feb. 3, the Tupelo, MS resident captured his third World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring in a five-day span on the 2025 WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica pageant to deliver his profession whole to seven. Stanford is simply the forty ninth participant in WSOPC historical past to have earned as many titles on the tour.
Stanford’s spree in his house state of Mississippi started even earlier this 12 months, although. Even earlier than the WSOPC ring rush bought underway, Stanford took down the $1 million assured $500 buy-in occasion on the Beau Rivage Heater collection for $181,487 on Jan. 8. He backed that up with a third-place exhibiting within the pageant’s $1,200 predominant occasion so as to add one other $168,923 lower than every week later.
Stanford then headed to Tunica for the most recent WSOPC cease. He managed two cashes on the venue earlier than taking down occasion no. 9, a $400,000 no-limit maintain’em occasion with a $25,000 assure. He beat out a subject of 160 entries in that match to safe the {hardware} and $13,075.
The following occasion was a $1,100 pot-limit Omaha match. The $50,000 assure for this PLO contest was practically tripled because of a 149-entry turnout. Stanford reportedly fired 12 bullets within the match, however finally left with a $36,423 payout and one other ring after popping out on prime.
The third ring of the collection for Stanford noticed him greatest a subject of 228 entries in occasion no. 17, one other $400 no-limit maintain’em affair. He earned $17,262 because the champion, together with 154 Card Player Player of the Year factors. With 4 whole titles this 12 months, and 5 final-table finishes, Stanford has claimed the highest spot within the 2025 POY rankings offered by Global Poker. He now sits at 1,887 whole factors, and has a 159-point lead over second-ranked Spencer Champlin.
Stanford has cashed for greater than $417,000 throughout his 5 closing tables this 12 months. As a outcome, he now has greater than $1.7 million in lifetime earnings underneath his belt.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded at this closing desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Cody Stanford | $17,262 | 154 |
| 2 | Jordan Russell | $11,242 | 128 |
| 3 | Trace Henderson | $7,533 | 102 |
| 4 | Jacob Foley | $5,201 | 77 |
| 5 | Tomas Teran | $3,703 | 64 |
| 6 | Donnie Phan | $2,721 | 51 |
| 7 | Charles Adkins | $2,066 | 38 |
| 8 | Hamid Izadi | $1,623 | 26 |
| 9 | Chanda Davis | $1,321 | 13 |
Photo credit: WSOP/Poker.org.
