PokerNews has discovered that Phil Hawkins, a longtime poker participant and former cardroom proprietor from Northern California, has handed away.
In that late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s, the late NorCal poker legend owned the Sellers Alternative Cardroom in Auburn, California. He additionally had success as each a match and money sport participant, and left an enduring impression on the neighborhood.
Leaving a Mark on the California Poker Scene
Years in the past, Hawkins offered his poker site, and the brand new proprietor modified the identify to Deuces Wild. The sale did not go effectively for both occasion because the Deuces Wild proprietor had his license revoked and enterprise closed.
Hawkins would go on to co-own the Atwood Liquor & Deli. However his true ardour was poker, a sport he started enjoying lengthy earlier than the Chris Moneymaker growth period. In 2004, he earned his greatest stay match rating — $100,102 — for taking down a $1,570 buy-in Omaha Hello/Lo occasion through the 5 Diamond World Poker Basic at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
He racked up over $200,000 in stay match earnings, based on The Hendon Mob. The NorCal poker participant was most not too long ago identified to have performed at Thunder Valley On line casino Resort in Lincoln, CA, a city close to Sacramento.
In response to Hawkins’ buddies, he was all the time somebody to go to for recommendation on life and poker. One buddy of his mentioned the most effective recommendation he acquired from Hawkins was, “I do not get why good gamers give dangerous gamers a foul time for taking part in dangerous. What do they need them to do, play higher or drive them off?”
“It’s positively technique. It’s important to know methods to play, particularly within the excessive limits,” Hawkins mentioned in a 2011 interview. “It’s not a card sport the place you need to depend on playing cards. It’s a type of issues. I don’t know why some folks have it and others don’t.”
Hawkins, additionally an avid fisherman, can be missed across the Northern California poker neighborhood. PokerNews extends our condolences to his family and friends.
