May 23-26
Hendon Mob entries for WSOPC New Orleans champ Corey Harrison, dating back to his first in March of 2012.
- 1STCorey Harrison$122,221
- 2NDPhilip Lucia$83,543
- 3RDDuane Fontenot$58,161
- 4THChad Carver$41,245
- 29806THJustin Smedley$29,806
- 6THDanny Chang$21,956
- 7THShea Dubrock$16,494
- 8THReid Walker$12,640
- 9THDebbie Lee$9,886
After 10 and a half hours of play on Day 3 at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in New Orleans, Corey Harrison took home his second ring after an unlikely comeback that started on Day 1. It will now join his WSOP bracelet in a trophy case that started in 2013.
"I used to play a lot of tournaments back then," the champ said about his WSOP bracelet win 13 years ago. "It was actually some of the dealers on the circuit, local dealers, who told me I should go out to Vegas and try the series because I was running pretty good."
"My first tournament I played out there, I finished in 29th, it was an amazing run in a $1,500. Then, in the next tournament, I ended up winning and taking the bracelet. I thought, 'This is easy.' Then fast forward," Harrison laughed.
The Louisiana local poker player has consistently cashed over the past 13 years, but he is less focused on tournaments right now.
“I still play some tournaments, not as many. I mostly prefer Pot-Limit Omaha cash games, that’s mostly what I try to play now. I do still come back and like to play bigger buy-in tournaments where it’s worth it.”
Philip Lucia couldn't stop Corey Harrison down the stretch. Blind shove starts comeback
Harrison had quite the Day 1 at WSOPC New Orleans.
“I have never done this before, but when we came back from Dinner Break on Day 1, I had three big blinds under the gun. I didn’t even look at my cards, and I just shoved it in, hoping people would call."
Two people called, and the flop came out 
, and both players checked. The turn was a deuce and one of the remaining players folded to a bet.
"[My opponent] over ace-deuce, so I started packing up. I flipped my cards over one at a time, and I flopped a set of sevens. From then on, it was tick tick tick. I bagged up on Day 1A so I could play cash on Friday and Saturday.”
After that, Harrison bagged up 17 big blinds and came into Day 2 with a below-average stack. He fought hard and was on the shorter end of things for both yesterday and today, but at the end of the day, all of the chips ended up in his stack.
With this win, Harrison crosses the seven-figure threshold on Hendon Mob.
“Hopefully I can keep running well through the summer,” Harrison said. “The thing I’ve learned about tournaments over the years is when you are running hot, you should play them, when you’re not, you probably shouldn’t be playing as many.”
A seat to the 2026 WSOP Paradise is now in his possession, a fact that comes with potential complications on the schedule.
“I’m not going to lie, I usually play the Wynn 10K, but I guess I’ll be in The Bahamas this winter.”
