The 2026 Commerce Hold’em Series has been taking place at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles since September 10. The highlight of the series was the Commerce Hold’em Main Event. With a buy-in of $1,000, a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 awaited the players. In the end, Tinlok Wong from England emerged victorious in the Main Event, winning $125,105.
A total of 781 entries created a prize pool of $683,375. The top 79 players were set to cash. The minimum cash prize was $2,000. The four starting days took place from Wednesday through Saturday, each beginning at 12:00 p.m. Players could register for the tournament on multiple days, with the best stacks carried forward according to the “Best Stack Forward” principle for the remainder of the tournament. Tinlok Wong and Hriman Gokani faced off in the heads-up match. More information can be found on the Commerce Casino website.
Here are the top 9 finishers of the Commerce Hold’em Main Event:
Place | Player | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
1. | Tinlok Wong | $125,105 |
2. | Hriman Gokani | $89,100 |
3. | Thomas Bartlett | $57,720 |
4. | Esteban Calderon Ibanez | $41,660 |
5. | Melvin Wiener | $31,970 |
6. | Yuekai Liu | $25,760 |
7. | Andrew Cha | $21,390 |
8. | Eric O’Brien | $17,040 |
9. | Prince Cassell | $12,790 |