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Table Of Contents

• What To Play At The WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee
• The Defending Champion
• 2024 WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event Final Table Results
• What's Next for the WSOPC?
• WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Schedule

Harrah's Cherokee is always one of the biggest stops on the World Series of Poker Circuit. This February's edition of the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee festival will be no exception, with a massive $5,870,000 in guarantees across 18 events.

These guarantees include two seven-figure amounts — $1,000,000 for the $400 Mini Main and $1,500,000 for the $1,700 Main Event.

The smallest of these prize pool guarantees is set at $20,000 for a $300 closed event (the Ladies event, to be held on February 21). This fact alone gives a sense of how big the organizers expect the festival to be.

What To Play At The WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee

There are 18 ring events on the schedule for the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee. The Main and Mini Main will be two of the most sought after victories thanks to their substantial guarantees.

However, players hunting for a ring will have better odds if they look to the smaller field events.

Seniors and ladies may want to look at the relevant closed events — Event #3 and Event #15 for the older folks and Event #11 for the lasses. High rollers will want to consider Events #17 and #9 with buy ins of $2,200 and $1,100 respectively. And four-card fans will enjoy Event #5: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better and Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha.

Whatever your game or budget, there are also daily satellites and side events to play, many of which cost as little as $100 to enter.

The Defending Champion

It has only been a couple of months since the last edition of the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee festival back in December 2024.

Jacob Hamed grabbed both the Main Event ring and one of the pot limit Omaha rings as well.

Hamed took home $299,010 for his Main Event victory, beating Vaughn Steeves of Boston, MA heads up for all the tea. Steeves won $199,338 for his second-place finish.

Since Hamed plays a lot of poker, with live tourney cashes in multiple states over the last few months, the odds are good that he will return to Harrah's Cherokee to defend his title this February.

The December 2024 festival was also a key moment in the race for the 2024 GPI Female POY race when eventual winner, Cherish Andrews took down a $1,000 NLH event, closing the gap on the then POY leader Kristen Foxen.

Andrews went on to eventually win the title outright.

2024 WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Jacob Hamed	Dublin, OH	$299,010
2	Vaughn Steeves	Boston, MA	$199,338
3	Johnny Price	Starr, SC	$140,839
4	Kyle Cartwright	Bartlett, TN	$100,977
5	Gunner Stever	Bremen, GA	$73,483
6	Eric Snyder	Brevard, NC	$54,289
7	Dale Roesel	Hixson, TN	$40,729
8	Nathaniel Powell	Buford, GA	$31,035
9	Eric Schneider	Pittsboro, NC	$24,026

What's Next for the WSOPC?

The WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee is just one of six February events. The WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica festival is just wrapping up and the event at Harrah's Pompano Beach is well underway.

The WSOP Circuit Graton event kicks off on the same day as Harrah's Cherokee, February 13.

Then the final two February events are those held at the Horseshoe Baltimore, starting February 20, and the Horseshoe Hammond, starting February 27. We will have coverage for all six of these events right here on PokerNews.

You can check out the schedule for WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee below.

WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Buyin	Guarantee
Thu, Feb 13	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack	$400	$100,000
Thu, Feb 13	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main - Flight A	$400	$1,000,000
Fri, Feb 14	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main - Flight B	$400	$1,000,000
Fri, Feb 14	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main - Flight C	$400	$1,000,000
Sat, Feb 15	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main - Flight D	$400	$1,000,000
Sat, Feb 15	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main - Flight E	$400	$1,000,000
Sun, Feb 16	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #3: $400 Seniors Event	$400	$250,000
Sun, Feb 16	3:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em	$600	$100,000
Sun, Feb 16	6:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #5: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better	$400	$75,000
Mon, Feb 17	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max	$400	$250,000
Mon, Feb 17	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha	$600	$750,000
Tue, Feb 18	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack - Flight A	$400	$750,000
Tue, Feb 18	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack - Flight B	$400	$750,000
Wed, Feb 19	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack - Flight C	$400	$750,000
Wed, Feb 19	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #9: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em - Flight A	$1,100	$400,000
Thu, Feb 20	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #9: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em - Flight B	$1,100	$400,000
Thu, Feb 20	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #10: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$100,000
Fri, Feb 21	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #11: $300 Ladies Event	$300	$20,000
Fri, Feb 21	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #12: $1,700 MAIN EVENT - Flight A	$1,700	$1,500,000
Fri, Feb 21	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$100,000
Sat, Feb 22	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #12: $1,700 MAIN EVENT - Flight B	$1,700	$1,500,000
Sat, Feb 22	4:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$100,000
Sun, Feb 23	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #15: $250 Seniors Event	$250	$75,000
Sun, Feb 23	2:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #16: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$50,000
Sun, Feb 23	6:00 p.m.	WSOPC Event #17: $2,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	$2,200	$150,000
Mon, Feb 24	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack	$400	$100,000

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