Poker professional and 21-time World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins was assaulted in a non-public poker sport, based on a video obtained by PokerNews on Thursday.
The video, shared on X and later eliminated for violating the platform’s content material coverage, exhibits a person repeatedly punching Hawkins, a controversial poker professional who holds the report for essentially the most Circuit rings, beside a poker desk earlier than the 2 are ultimately separated.
In accordance with the X person who shared the video, who wished to stay nameless, the incident came about throughout a non-public poker sport in Palm Seashore County in southeastern Florida. The supply mentioned the battle stemmed from “Maurice working his mouth about how good of a boxer he’s, poking and speaking shit to a different participant who had sufficient.”
The supply, a participant within the sport, added that Hawkins is required to pay up entrance to play within the sport, whereas different gamers are allowed to play on credit score.
From the video, Hawkins and the person who assaulted him seem to have been seated side-by-side on the poker desk.
Hawkins is a polarizing and controversial participant who has had poker-related confrontations earlier than, together with earlier this 12 months with former backer Denise Pratt on the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica cease.
Full-on fist-fights are uncommon in poker rooms however do occur often. Earlier this 12 months, a participant was knocked unconscious throughout an altercation within the Purple Rock Poker Room in Las Vegas.
Violence over non-public poker video games, in the meantime, has been within the highlight as of late.
*This can be a creating story and will probably be up to date as further info is made accessible.
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.
