Cody Stanford got here to the World Sequence of Poker Circuit Sequence at Horseshoe Tunica and walked away with a visit, journey, triple.
The person from Tupelo, Miss., gained three Circuit rings in a 5 day span beginning in Occasion #9 on Jan 29, a $400 buy-in that attracted 160 entries. Stanford gained $13,075 and his fifth lifetime ring. Two gamers joined Stanford on the closing desk with WSOP Circuit rings — Russell Sullivan with 5 (sixth for $2,063) and Joshua ‘Plinko’ Clanton with three (eight for $1,293).
He registered for the occasion with solely 40 minutes left, and instantly gained momentum the primary few arms he performed.
“I late registered with 40 minutes left and jammed the primary hand successful a 40-60 flip. I broke to a brand new desk the place I then darkish jammed with 10-7. I used to be in opposition to pocket nines and ace-king and acquired a ten that held,” he advised the WSOP after.
That’s fairly an achievement in itself, however Stanford was simply getting began.
Solely a day later, he gained $36,423 in Occasion $10, a $1,100 buy-in Pot-Restrict Omaha affair that attracted 149. He needed to roll by means of some former WSOPC champs on the closing desk: Matthew Higgins has 5 rings (third for $15,926), Daniel Calway-Fagen has one (fourth for $11,065), Hint Henderson with two (fifth for $7,957), Robert Hankins and his field of 10 rings (seventh for $4,585), Sokchheka ‘Chico’ Pho and his pair of rings (eight for $3,685), and Kyle Cartwright and his 9 rings (ninth for $3,082).
After which, three days after that, he took down one other $400 occasion for $17,262 (228 entries). Once more, a number of gamers have been going for extra rings: Jordan Russell has one (second for $11,242), Hint Henderson once more (third for $7,533), Tomas Teran has one (fifth for $3,703), Donnie Phan has two (sixth for $2,721), Charles Adkins has one (seventh for $2,066), Hamid Izadi has eight (eight for $1,623), and Chanda Davis has one (ninth for $1,321).
Goodness gracious, what a run. However in actuality, this all began in early January in a $500 occasion on the The Beau Rivage Heater that introduced in a whopping 2,525 entries who constructed a worth pool of $1,034,550. Stanford got here a cat’s whisker away from doubling his greatest money with the $181,487 that got here with first on Jan. 5.
4 days later, he gained one other $168,923 for a third-place end in a $1,200 buy-in occasion in the identical sequence. That occasion introduced in 1,755 entries who constructed a prize pool of $1,842,750.
One thing have to be clicking for Stanford within the final a number of years. He’s been successful and cashing Hendon Mob tracked tournaments since 2013, however all however certainly one of his high 9 cashes got here since 2022. That’s $628,344 of his $1,894,201 he collected enjoying event poker.
Of that, $837,443 got here enjoying in WSOP occasions, the place he cashed 109 occasions. He doesn’t have a bracelet but, however the way in which the 12 months began, he simply would possibly get one in 2025.
