Hamid Izadi Wins Back-to-Back WSOP Circuit Southern Indiana Main Event

Hamid Izadi made WSOP Circuit history. He won the WSOP Circuit Southern Indiana Main Event. Izadi topped the 282-entry field to win $93,060 and his 11th WSOP Circuit ring. He beat close friend Robert Hankins heads-up to claim the historic poker title.

Unbelievably, Izadi won this very event in 2025. He topped the 338-entry field and beat Maurice Hawkins in heads-up play to win $111,979.

Izadi is the newest member of an exclusive group to win back-to-back WSOP Circuit Main Events at the same stop. He also became just the second player in WSOP Circuit history to win four Main Events. Hawkins is the other. 

Izadi won the WSOP Circuit Main Event at WSOP Cherokee earlier this year for a career-high $332,405 (1,489 entries). He won the WSOP Circuit Main Event in Pompano Beach in 2024 for $245,225.

“I felt like I had a responsibility to keep my title and defend it,” 

Izadi told Poker.Org.

“So I was more careful because I knew a lot of people were probably gunning for me, just to make sure I’m not getting here, but I was cruising pretty good. 

He further added,

“I stayed away from certain players during the tournament and then I applied pressure when I had to. As you know, you have to play good and run good at the same time. I ran pure since yesterday, all of my hands held up and when I needed help, I got help.”

Coming into the day, Izadi had an intuition that it would be him and ‘Skinny’ gunning for the title. Hankins also had 10 WSOP Circuit rings heading into the day. He thought he would beat Izadi heads up.

“First of all, he is a good friend of mine, but when we started I thought it was going to be me, him, and Brad [Albrinck].”

He also said,

“I was hoping that I would get heads up with ‘Skinny’, but when we came in this morning he told me ‘Hamid, I had a dream this morning: we got heads up, and you let me win.’ I said his dream is probably all correct except for that last part, I want to win.”

Izadi admitted,

“To me, playing poker and learning every day and getting experience to get here… It motivates you to do better and better and better every time you play.

He also acknowledged family support,

“I love the [WSOP] Circuit, I love Main Events everywhere I go, and I am really proud of myself. Most importantly is my family support, because they let me come and play. Honestly, I’m very happy, because I wanted to be the second guy to win four Main Events or more. I’ll win the next one at Choctaw.”

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