Florian Pesce Wins WSOPC Cherokee Main Event After Table-Flipping Chaos

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The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) festival at Harrah’s Cherokee made headlines, though not for the usual reasons.

On Day 2 of the event, a man entered the tournament area during a break and started flipping tables, damaging property and scattering chips. The man turned three tables over before being subdued.

After just a couple of hours in which they carefully reviewed the security footage and took counts from the players, the team at Harrah’s was able to reconstruct the overturned stacks and the tournament got back on track.

This ended up working out for Florian Pesce. The French player went on to win the Main Event despite the disturbance.

Main Event Action

Florian PesceThe duplicate Day 1 flights of the Main Event closed with a total of 1,710 entry tickets punched. That is a 33% bump over the 1,288 players who entered the previous edition of this event in December 2024.

The high turnout meant a big prize pool ($2,590,650) and a big first-place prize ($368,380).

Pesce started Day 2 at joint 12th in the chip counts with 188 players left in the field. By the end of the day — after the tables had been righted and stacks restored — only 18 players remained and Pesce was still falling shy of the top ten.

Day 3 saw things turn around for Pesce. As tough players like Michael Hunsucker and Matthew Davis busted out, Pesce accrued chips.

Pesce eventually found himself heads up with a local player, Jarrett Mullins from Yadkinville, North Carolina. Mullins put on a good show, but he started heads up play with a 5-to-1 chip disadvantage from which he never recovered.

The chips finally went in with Pesce holding the Q*♥10♥* and Mullins the A*♥8♠*. A queen on the river sealed the ring for Pesce and the $245,597 second-place prize for Mullins.

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event Final Table Results

Place Player Hometown Prize
1 Florian Pesce Epinal, France $368,380
2 Jarrett Mullins Yadkinville, NC $245,597
3 Patrick Plott Charlotte, NC $175,337
4 Taylor Hart Happy Valley, OR $126,837
5 Jason Brauda Matthews, NC $92,985
6 Danny Clarkson St. Johns, FL $69,097
7 Michael Hunsucker Orlando, FL $52,055
8 Cody Copenhaver Atlanta, GA $39,765
9 Matthew Davis Washington, MI $30,808

What Else Is On At The WSOPC

Maxwell YoungElsewhere at the festival, Maxwell Young won his 9th WSOP Circuit ring, bumping him into joint 16th on the ring leaderboard.

Meanwhile, across the country, the WSOP Circuit festivals at the Horseshoe Baltimore and at the Horseshoe Hammond are still dealing cards while their tables remain mercifully upright.

Coming up in March, there are three WSOPC festivals on the calendar.

The first of these kicks off on March 5 at the Hard Rock Tulsa with a schedule that is ideal for beginner players.

In April, the WSOP Circuit will return to Ontario for a series at Great Canadian Toronto running April 10-22.

You can see the full results for the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee festival in the table below.

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Full Series Results

EVENT ENTRANTS PRIZEPOOL WINNER PRIZE
WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack 589 $194,370 David Walker $34,653
WSOPC Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main 4,354 $1,436,820 Trace Henderson $147,134
WSOPC Event #3: $400 Seniors Event 978 $322,740 Thomas Bradford $50,297
WSOPC Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold’em 523 $269,345 Matthew Beinner $49,630
WSOPC Event #5: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better 368 $121,440 Chad Link $24,550
WSOPC Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max 1,126 $371,580 Atsmon Chermesh $55,721
WSOPC Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 401 $206,515 Russell Brooks $40,797
WSOPC Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack 3,276 $1,081,080 Dylan Lemery $120,308
WSOPC Event #9: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em 803 $782,925 Jose Severino $135,680
WSOPC Event #10: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 692 $228,360 Michael Ibekwe $39,041
WSOPC Event #11: $300 Ladies Event 187 $44,880 Marsha Wolak $10,557
WSOPC Event #12: $1,700 Main Event 1,719 $2,590,650 Florian Pesce $368,380
WSOPC Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 606 $199,980 Melvin Dukes $35,456
WSOPC Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold’em tbc tbc Lucas Santos $37,257
WSOPC Event #15: $250 Seniors Event 821 $164,200 Daniel Pearlman $26,785
WSOPC Event #16: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 475 $154,750 Quang Pham $29,594
WSOPC Event #17: $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller tbc tbc Maxwell Young tbc
WSOPC Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack 468 $154,440 David Dowdy $29,268

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