Commerce Casino to Host thewild slots $1 Million WSOPC Tournament Of Champions Next Month

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Table Of Contents

• Tournament Of Champions at the Commmerce
• The Defending Champion
• WSOP Circuit Commerce Main Event Final Table Results
• What's Next for the WSOPC?
• WSOP Circuit Commerce Casino Schedule

The World Series of Poker Circuit is headed to the Commerce Casino's massive 150-table poker room on May 8.

The WSOP Circuit Commerce festival will have the typical schedule of 18 WSOPC ring events, along with side events and satellites. Less typical is the $3,375,000 in guarantees that the Commerce has slapped across 15 of these events.

That sum does not include the additional $1,000,000 set aside for the Tournament of Champions. This freeroll tournament has seats reserved for each of this season's ring winners.

Tournament Of Champions at the Commmerce

While players will be excited for the WSOP Circuit Commerce $1,700 Main Event, a lot of eyes will be locked on the 2024/2025 Tournament of Champions.

The Tournament of Champions kicks off on May 15 and is a three-day freeroll event with $1,000,000 set aside for prizes. Anyone who won a WSOPC ring in the 2024/2025 season can enter. This also includes ring winners from the WSOP Paradise, the WSOP Online, and the WSOP Europe.

The invite list includes some big names like Adam Hendrix, Kristen Foxen, Alex Foxen, Kathy Liebert, Bryn Kenney, Chance Kornuth, and Maria Konnikova, and Phil Ivey.

The list also includes four of the top 5 all-time WSOPC ring winners — Ari Engel, Maurice Hawkins, Daniel Lowery, and Joshua Reichard.

Engel and Hawkins are in joint first with 19 rings each, a record set by Engel and more recently matched by Hawkins.

The Defending Champion

The last time the WSOPC hit up the Commerce, TV producer Matthew Salsberg walked away with the Main Event ring and $286,134.

In the noughties, Salsberg produced Showtime's hit series Weeds. Now he's better known for his poker exploits, with $3.6 million in live cashes and a WPT title from the main event at WPT Rendez-Vous à Paris.

The WSOP Circuit Commerce $1,700 Main Event attracted 1,209 players to the Los Angeles casino. A field of that size meant $1,831,635 in the prize pool and six-figure prizes for the podium spots.

Salsberg knocked out fellow California poker pro Michael Liang in third place, going on to defeat Anthony Marquez heads up.

Maquez won $190,774 for his second-place finish.

WSOP Circuit Commerce Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Matthew Salsberg	Solana Beach, CA	$286,134
2	Anthony Marquez	Ventura, CA	$190,774
3	Michael Liang	Long Beach, CA	$134,958
4	Davis Khobyer	Anaheim, CA	$96,858
5	Luis Yepez	Turmero, CA	$70,552
6	Samvel Gspoyan	Glendale, CA	$52,158
7	Richard Ham	Los Angeles, CA	$39,148
8	Aram Mkhitaryan	Sunland, CA	$29,838

What's Next for the WSOPC?

By the time the WSOP Circuit Commerce comes around, the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica will be wrapped up (ends April 28) and the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee will be underway (kicks off on May 1).

The WSOP Circuit Caesars Southern Indiana starts on the same day as the WSOP Circuit Commerce. Both events begin on March 8, though the Commerce festival runs a little longer.

The closer of the WSOP Circuit Commerce will be the last event of the 2025/2025 season. You can check out the full schedule in the table below.

WSOP Circuit Commerce Casino Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Buyin	Guarantee
Fri, May 9th	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #1: $600 No-Limit Hold'em - The Housewarming - Flight A	$600	$500,000
Fri, May 9th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #1: $600 No-Limit Hold'em - The Housewarming - Flight B	$600	$500,000
Sat, May 10th	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #1: $600 No-Limit Hold'em - The Housewarming - Flight C	$600	$500,000
Sat, May 10th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #1: $600 No-Limit Hold'em - The Housewarming - Flight D	$600	$500,000
Sun, May 11th	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #2: $400 Seniors Event	$400	$50,000
Sun, May 11th	3:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold'em	$600	$50,000
Mon, May 12th	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Monster Stack - Flight A	$400	$200,000
Mon, May 12th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Monster Stack - Flight B	$400	$200,000
Tue, May 13th	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Monster Stack - Flight C	$400	$200,000
Tue, May 13th	12:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #5: $600 H.O.R.S.E.	$600	$25,000
Wed, May 14th	12:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #6: $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em	$1,100	$50,000
Thu, May 15th	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Tournament of Champions	Invite Only	$1,000,000
Thu, May 15th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$30,000
Fri, May 16th	12:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #8: $1,700 MAIN EVENT - Flight A	$1,700	$2,000,000
Fri, May 16th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #9: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$30,000
Sat, May 17th	12:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #8: $1,700 MAIN EVENT - Flight B	$1,700	$2,000,000
Sat, May 17th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #10: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	$400	$40,000
Sun, May 18th	12:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #8: $1,700 MAIN EVENT - Flight C	$1,700	$2,000,000
Sun, May 18th	4:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #11: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha	$400	-
Mon, May 19th	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #12: $600 No-Limit Hold'em	$600	$100,000
Mon, May 19th	1:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #13: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better	$400	-
Tue, May 20th	1:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #14: $600 T.O.R.S.E.	$600	-
Wed, May 21st	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #15: $2,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8-Max	$2,200	$100,000
Thu, May 22nd	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #16: $600 ITM XL Bounty	$600	$50,000
Fri, May 23rd	11:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #17: $600 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max	$600	$50,000
Sat, May 24th	10:00 a.m.	WSOPC Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack Closer	$400	$100,000

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