A 3-way tie second-place tie on the all-time World Collection of Poker (WSOP) isn’t any extra as Maurice Hawkins picked up his sixteenth Circuit ring, placing himself firmly in second place beneath Ari Engel and pushing 15-time ring winners Josh Reichard and Daniel Lowery down the listing.
Hawkins earned the sixteenth ring by taking down the $1,700 buy-in WSOP Cherokee Most important Occasion, a event that drew 981 runners for a prize pool of almost $1.5 million.
Hawkins, who lengthy held the all-time ring lead earlier than a latest run by Engel, primarily within the combined sport enviornment, confronted a formidable last desk that included bracelet winner James Calderaro and five-time ring winner Matt Higgins, who completed runner-up for $160,176 as he was denied ring #6.
WSOC Cherokee Most important Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
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The race to high of the all-time Circuit ring leaderboard has heated up lately and several other gamers, together with Hawkins, have proven no indicators of slowing down.
Only a month after successful his record-extending seventeenth ring in February, Engel was denied an 18th ring as he completed runner-up in an internet NLH PKO occasion for $3,546.
In the meantime, Reichard had a fifth-place end at WSOP Grand Victoria in April after successful his fifteenth ring and $19,786 in the identical space in November 2023.
As for Hawkins, he completed third in February’s WSOPC Cherokee Most important Occasion for $178,870 and adopted it up with a runner-up end at WSOPC Tunica for $11,446.
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