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Cody Stanford was already having one of the craziest low-to-mid-stakes runs we’ve ever seen to kickstart his 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Stanford continued his blistering start, collecting his fifth win in the first 10-and-a-half weeks of the year, taking down the $600 RunGood Poker Series Tunica Main Event.<\/p>\n

The RGPS Ambassador topped the 546-entry field, collecting $53,988 for his efforts, in addition to his eighth-career RGPS ring.<\/p>\n

“It always feels great to win any poker tournament, especially a Main Event,” Stanford told PokerNews.<\/p>\n

“But to do it with my wife and friends here, at my home casino, it means a lot.<\/p>\n

“Having that support on your rail helps a lot. I took a two-outer three-handed and was the short stack at times during three- and four-handed play, so having them there definitely kept me composed and believing.”<\/p>\n

After 12 hours of final day play, Stanford defeated Michael Johns in a brief heads-up battle after going in as a huge seven-to-one favorite. Johns took home a career-best $36,126.<\/p>\n

Stanford, who is nearing $2 million in career live tournament earnings<\/a>, started 2025 in spectacular fashion, shipping the 2,525-entry $500 Beau Rivage Heater Triple Stack for a career-high $181,487 on January 5th.<\/p>\n

He then went on an unprecedented run at the WSOP Circuit, also in Tunica, Mississippi, one of the top WSOP Circuit destinations<\/a>. Stanford won three Circuit rings in less than a week, his fifth, sixth, and seventh-career WSOP Circuit rings.<\/p>\n

While Stanford’s seven rings are extremely impressive, they fail in comparison to Ari Engel, who retook the WSOPC ring lead<\/a> with his 19th win just last week.<\/p>\n

Despite usually staying away from huge buy-ins, Stanford was #1 in the 2025 GPI Player of the Year race<\/a> for a handful of weeks before the high rollers caught up to him.<\/p>\n

Prior to this latest win, Stanford ranked 33rd in the rankings and will likely catapult back into the top-10. Nick Schulman and 2024 Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee<\/a> Kristen Foxen currently lead the standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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