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Table Of Contents

• Main Event Action
• WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria Main Event Final Table Results
• Action at Grand Victoria Casino
• WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria Full Series Results

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) festival at the Grand Victoria Casino came to a close over the weekend.

The festival was a showcase of new talent, with 15 of the 18 gold rings going to first-time winners.

Two of the remaining three rings went to players with only one previous WSOPC ring and only one ring went to a player with multiple previous victories. The Main Event ring went to Stephen Buell who held two WSOPC victories before he won the tournament.

The list of new ring winners included Ha Nguyen who won his first ring after being down to a third of a big blind while playing heads up in the Mini Main; Michael Muntean who won his first ring by beating the defending champion Christopher Thiel heads up in the $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack; and Sandra McTernan who won the first ever Grand Master 40/40/40 to be hosted at the Grand Victoria.

Main Event Action

At a festival where newbies were knocking over the experts, Stephen Buell stood out. Buell is no stranger to the WSOPC and is a touring pro on the mid-stakes tournament circuit.

His consistent play over the last 15 years has put him in the top 1,000 U.S. tournament cash winners and 9th overall in the state of Wisconsin with a total of $1,793,233 in live tournament cashes.

"I had played with the entire field yesterday a decent amount," he told WSOP.com in his post-game interview. "I looked up everyone on Hendon Mob. I had the most experience of the field."

Buell already had a pair of WSOPC rings in his trophy case before he bought in — along with 637 players — to Event #13: WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria $1,700 Main Event. The turnout put $965,055 in the prize pool and $175,684 up top.

By the end of Day 3 of the tourney, Buell collected his WSOPC ring along with the winner's check after beating Matthew Lubawski heads up.

Lubawski earned $117,241 for second place.

WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Stephen Buell	Las Vegas, NV	$175,684
2	Matthew Lubawski	Brookfield, IL	$117,241
3	Derek Hanauer	Highland Park, IL	$80,803
4	Jason Flock	Milwaukee, WI	$56,753
5	Ian Greendale	Highland Park, IL	$40,637
6	Stephen Wangler	West Branch, MI	$29,674
7	Sung Pil Kim	Skokie, IL	$22,108
8	George Dietz	Oak Park, IL	$16,811

Action at Grand Victoria Casino

No sooner is the Grand Victoria riverboat casino debarking its poker players than the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica gets underway.

The festival at the Horseshoe Tunica begins on Thursday, April 18, and runs until April 28. This festival then rounds the Circuit off for April.

Next month, there will be three events starting with the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Cherokee on May 1. Then there will be the WSOP Circuit Commerce and WSOP Circuit Caesars Southern Indiana, both of which kick off on May 8.

May will be the last month of the 2024/2025 WSOPC season. After the action closes, there will be a short break leading before action begins again on the 2025/2026 season.

WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria Full Series Results

EVENT	ENTRANTS	PRIZEPOOL	WINNER	PRIZE
WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 30K Opener	474	$156,420	Briant Alavez	$29,546
WSOPC Event #2: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main	1,165	$599,975	Ha Nguyen	$93,900
WSOPC Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	233	$76,890	Don Sarubbi	$17,651
WSOPC Event #4: $400 Seniors Event	505	$166,650	Aaron Oas	$31,033
WSOPC Event #5: $600 No-Limit Hold'em	123	$63,245	Melissa Bartelme	$16,055
WSOPC Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max	211	$69,630	Oliwer Sankiewicz	$16,379
WSOPC Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha	159	$81,885	Michael Mieszala	$20,278
WSOPC Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack	1,043	$344,190	Eric Reinking	$53,898
WSOPC Event #9: $400 Big O	120	$39,600	Audrius Macenis	$10,193
WSOPC Event #10: $1,700 MAIN EVENT	637	$965,055	Stephen Buell	$175,684
WSOPC Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	186	$61,380	Kenneth Jao	$14,586
WSOPC Event #12: $300 Ladies Event	126	$30,240	Tammi Endemann	$7,662
WSOPC Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	228	$75,240	Yoon Kim	$17,262
WSOPC Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold'em	230	$75,900	Steven Nguyen Pham	$17,419
WSOPC Event #15: $400 No-Limit Hold'em - Grand Master 40/40/40	614	$202,620	Sandra McTernan	$35,693
WSOPC Event #16: $600 No-Limit Hold'em	82	$43,230	Arnestas Armonas	$11,966
WSOPC Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo	116	$38,280	Venkat Vege	$9,852
WSOPC Event #18: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack	364	$120,120	Michael Muntean	$24,405

_{*Photos courtesy WSOPC}