Record Holder Maurice Hawkins Wins 25th WSOP Circuit Ring

Maurice Hawkins continued his profitable methods on the felt with a twenty fifth World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring, extending his personal file.

The polarizing determine in poker took down Occasion #9: $1,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em at Harrah’s Cherokee for $113,233. He beat out 631 entrants in North Carolina, together with a last desk stacked with achieved professionals.

Including to His Report

Hawkins made information in current weeks when PokerNews reported that the Circuit file holder had filed for chapter in Florida. He then appeared on the PokerNews Podcast to inform his aspect of the story, and engaged in a heated dialogue with co-host Mike Holtz, who accused the WSOPC crusher of making an attempt to “squirm and wiggle your method out of all these money owed.”

Alleged money owed and controversies apart, Hawkins is the Phil Hellmuth of the WSOP Circuit. He defeated James Calderaro heads-up for the title, his twenty fifth ring. He already held the file and is now lapping the competitors. Ari Engel and Daniel Lowery are tied for a distant second place with 20 rings.

Ultimate Desk Outcomes

Calderaro, the runner-up who took residence $75,400, is a WSOP bracelet winner with over $6.5 million in stay event cashes recorded by The Hendon Mob. Jarod Minghini, the eighth-place finisher for $10,770, has 5 Circuit rings and $2.4 million in stay event cashes.

Hawkins has each expert professionals topped, as he surpassed the $7 million mark for his profession with the Circuit win at Harrah’s Cherokee. He received his first Circuit ring in 2008 and has added one other three already this 12 months.

The WSOP Circuit collection at Harrah’s Cherokee, which incorporates 18 ring occasions, wraps on Monday with the conclusion of the $1,700 buy-in Principal Occasion. World Sequence of Poker motion will then shift to Las Vegas for the 100-bracelet summer time collection.