The 18 event World Series of Poker Circuit series that kicked-off the 2025-26 season at Choctaw Casino in Oklahoma is in the books. Thousands of players generated more than $3.4 million through the whole series, with $1.4 million of that from the $1,700 Main Event, which had a $1 million guarantee.

That means the headliner attracted 968 entrants from players mostly from Texas and Oklahoma, and it was Midland, Texas resident Alex Cruz who topped them all for a career-best $241,412 and his first WSOP Circuit ring.

This may be Cruz’s first WSOP ring, but he has a few trophies in his case, including one from a Mid-Stakes Poker Tour Main Event in Black Hawk. Colo. where he earned in 2023 ($101,000). He added another Main Event title to his collection in 2024 at the  Deadwood Shootout ($100,080).

He’s inching towards the $1 million mark in lifetime tournament earnings. The top 141 earned at least $3,439.

Choctaw $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event Final Table Results:

1st Place: Alex Cruz – $241,412
2nd Place: Alex Rindone – $160,932
3rd Place: Peter Clive – $111,537
4th Place: Eliaan Pilo – $78,692
5th Place: Marcus Dickey – $56,535
6th Place: Rohini Telukutla – $41,373
7th Place: Jacob Thibodeau – $30,853
8th Place: Bradley Ritschel – $23,453
9th Place: Ahmad Popal – $18,180

Other highlights from Oklahoma

Rodney Spriggs, who won the 2009 Oklahoma State Championship of Poker, secured his fourth WSOP Circuit ring during this series in the $300 Double Stack event for $21,059.

The 2020 Choctaw WSOP Circuit Main Event Champion Dustin Schoonover collected his second Circuit ring by winning Event #11, a $300 No-Limit Hold’em contest for $13,121. It’s his third overall win, according to the Hendon Mob, yet he’s approaching a half-milly in tournament cashes.

And Jarrod Yandrisovitz made his sixth Hendon Mob poker result a good one by winning the $300 Gargantuan event for a career-best $91,698, which was the second-largest prize of the Series.

The Pflugerville, Texas native had to outlast 3,062 entrants for his first WSOP Circuit ring.

Like all other WSOP Circuit winners at Choctaw, Yandrisovitz also received a $5,000 package to attend WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas, which includes a $2,500 buy-in to the WSOP Circuit Championing Mystery Bounty event, as well as a hotel package at the host casino, Atlantis Bahamas.

And here’s all the winners:

Event #1: $400 Monster Stack Freezeout – Kasra Khodarkhani – $25,251
Event #2: $250 No-Limit Hold’em – Stephen Seo – $12,420
Event #3: $300 NLH Gargantuan – Jarrod Yandrisovitz – $91,698
Event #4: $250 NLH Ladies Event – Lauren Bunch – $6,639
Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em – Bryce Laymance – $15,492
Event #6: $400 Big O – Darrell Hopkins – $21,755
Event #7: $250 NLH Seniors Event – Larry O’Neal – $20,889
Event #8: $300 NLH Double Stack – Rodney Spriggs – $21,059
Event #9/#10: $400 NLH Team Event – Kevin Perrydore and Stephen Sweny – $10,201
Event #11: $300 No-Limit Hold’em – Dustin Schoonover – $13,121
Event #12: $600 NLH Mystery Bounty – Jason Lang – $16,662
Event #13: $250 No-Limit Hold’em – Tyler Looney – $9,592
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Mini Main – Billy Rodgers – $66,364
Event #15: $1,700 NLH WSOP Circuit Main Event – Alex Cruz – $241,412
Event #16: $300 NLH The Twilight – Logan Hoover – $15,751
Event #17: $250 No-Limit Hold’em 40/40/40 – John Reynolds – $15,004
Event #18: $300 NLH The Finale – Porter Pierce – $10,431

The next WSOP Circuit Series takes place at Harrah’s Cherokee Aug. 7-18. Click here for the entire schedule.