Cody Stanford Goes Back-To-Back At World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Stop

Cody Stanford appears unstoppable on the dwell poker circuit in 2025. The Tupelo, MS resident has already cashed seven instances within the new 12 months, together with 4 official final-table finishes and three titles. All of these in-the-money finishes have are available in occasions hosted in Stanford’s house state of Mississippi, with $404,123 in whole earnings accrued alongside the best way. In consequence, he now sits in first place within the 2025 Card Participant Participant of the Yr race introduced by World Poker. He now has greater than $1.7 million in whole lifetime event earnings to his identify.

Stanford began off his spectacular run taking down the $1 million assured $500 buy-in occasion on the Beau Rivage Heater sequence for $181,487 and ending third within the $1,200 predominant occasion on the similar sequence for $168,923. He then made his approach to the World Collection of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica sequence and took down back-to-back gold ring occasions to develop his lifetime whole to 6. He grew to become simply the sixty fifth participant within the tour’s historical past to have received six or extra rings.

“I really feel actually grateful,” Stanford informed Poker.org reporters on the scene after the win. “I actually respect my spouse staying house with the youngsters and letting me do what I do, and I’m actually grateful to my pals as nicely. I additionally prefer to at all times give glory to God.”

The primary win on the WSOPC cease noticed Stanford finest a area of 160 within the $25,000 assured $400 no-limit maintain’em occasion. He earned $13,075, the {hardware}, and 125 POY factors after defeating Patrick Farnham heads-up.

The very subsequent ring occasion was the $1,100 pot-limit Omaha $50,000 assure. Stanford overcame the sector of 149 entries to earn his sixth profession gold ring, the $36,423 high prize, and 288 factors.

Stanford first secured a WSOPC win again in 2017 on the WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi cease, taking down a $365 no-limit maintain’em occasion. In 2022 he received a $400 six-max title on the WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee cease for his second ring. The third and fourth each got here within the spring of 2024. He got here out on high in a $400 pot-limit Omaha occasion at this similar venue in April, after which received a $2,200 excessive curler at Harrah’s Cherokee the next month.

Try the ultimate desk outcomes from Stanford’s two newest WSOPC wins under:

WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica $400 No-Restrict Maintain’em $25K GTD

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Cody Stanford
$13,075
125

2
Patrick Farnham
$8,412
104

3
David Peterson
$5,601
83

4
Hunter Payne
$3,866
62

5
Eric Poole
$2,770
52

6
Russell Sullivan
$2,063
42

7
Tai Cao
$1,599
31

8
Joshua Clanton
$1,293
21

9
John Houseman
$1,092
10