The World Sequence of Poker Circuit went large for the WSOP Circuit Pompano Seaside, paying out $3,692,700 in prizes on the competition during the last two weeks.
Hundreds of gamers escaped the Florida solar by piling into the poker site of Harrah’s Pompano Seaside On line casino between the competition’s begin on January 30 and the final hand dealt this Monday.
The competition additionally noticed a polarizing participant, Maurice Hawkins, earn his seventeenth ring. This places him inside one ring of the present file holder for many rings, Ari Engel.
Maurice Hawkins Closes In On Report
Maurice Hawkins received his seventeenth WSOP Circuit ring for taking down Occasion #15: $400 Grand Grasp 40/40/40 on the WSOP Circuit Pompano Seaside for $16,137.
When late registration closed for this match, Hawkins — who was sued in 2019 by a backer for non-payment of money owed — was certainly one of 208 entries to the occasion. He was additionally certainly one of solely two folks to have precisely 16 WSOP rings on the time. Daniel Lowery was the opposite participant to share this honor.
Along with his victory within the 40/40/40 occasion, Hawkins closed the hole on Engel’s 18 rings and pulled away from Lowery’s 16. Now, Hawkins stands alone in second place between the 2.
Hawkins has been chasing the file for some time, coming shut in August 2024. At the moment, Hawkins nonetheless had 16 rings, however Engel was nonetheless on 17. Consequently, when Hawkins discovered himself heads up towards Susan Faber in WSOP Circuit Cherokee Occasion #15: $600 No Restrict Holdem, he was only a taking part in card’s width away from becoming a member of Engel within the prime spot.
Sadly, Faber received that occasion. And within the following months, Engel received himself one other, extending Hawkins’s chase.
WSOP Circuit Pompano Seaside Occasion #15: Grand Grasp 40/40/40 Closing Desk Outcomes
Peacock Earns One other Feather In His Cap
The largest occasion of the competition was fittingly the Most important Occasion. With a prize pool of $1,384,710 and a turnout of 914 entries throughout three Day 1s, the occasion was one of many largest when it comes to each participant rely and {dollars} received and misplaced.
Of the 914 entries, Arthur Peacock got here out on prime, incomes $230,794 for beating an insane closing desk.
Of the eight different gamers on the closing desk of the Most important Occasion, 4 of them had seven-figure Hendon Mob pages. Michael Chiappetta, Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Life Outdoors Poker visitor Raminder Singh, and Peacock’s heads up opponent, Daryll Fish.
Peacock himself additionally had greater than one million {dollars} in dwell match cashes earlier than he purchased his ticket to the Pompano Seaside Most important Occasion. His new whole stands at $1,676,018.
Fish received $153,860 for second place.
WSOP Circuit Pompano Seaside Most important Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes
Different Highlights From Pompano Seaside
Three of the competition’s 18 rings went to ladies — Cindy Spier received the Seniors Occasion for $21,470, Janet Fitzgerald received the Girls Occasion for $6,190, and Jacquelyn Scott took down the ultimate occasion of the competition for $17,492.
One main theme of the sequence was scale.
The Mini Most important with its $400,000 assure which hit 1,098 entries to place $565,470 within the prize pool and a primary place prize of $88,130 (which in the end went to Sebastian Stefanski). These are large numbers for a tourney that price simply $400 to enter.
The numbers are additionally spectacular when stacked up towards the Most important Occasion which surpassed its assure to hit a prize pool of $1,384,710.
What’s Up Subsequent For The Circuit?
As we bid farewell to the WSOP Circuit Pompano Seaside, we’re additionally trying ahead to the following two stops on the Circuit.
On February 13, each the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee, with nearly $6 million in ensures, and the WSOP Circuit Graton kick off on the identical day.
You possibly can try the total outcomes for the WSOP Circuit Pompano Seaside beneath.
