Susan Faber Wins First WSOPC Ring; Denies Maurice Hawkins the Record

Controversial poker professional Maurice Hawkins sought a record-tying seventeenth World Collection of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring on Monday at Harrah’s Cherokee. However he was denied throughout heads-up play by Susan Faber within the $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion.

Occasion #5 attracted 305 entrants, making a prize pool of $157,075 on the Cherokee, North Carolina on line casino. In the long run, it got here right down to a bracelet winner in opposition to a longtime professional with a historical past of unpaid money owed accusations. And it was the previous who got here out on high to safe the ring and the $33,493 first place prize, whereas the runner-up took dwelling $22,329.

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Circuit Ring Crusher Comes Up Quick

Hawkins received his sixteenth ring in Might at Harrah’s Cherokee within the $1,700 buy-in Primary Occasion. He surpassed Josh Reichard and Daniel Lowery to maneuver alone into second place all time, one ring away from the file held by Ari Engel.

The chance to catch as much as Engel introduced itself for Hawkins on Monday. Vaughn Steeves busted in third place for $15,567, organising an almost even heads-up match. Faber, a 2019 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, held a slight chip lead. However her opponent entered the match 16-8 lifetime when heads-up for a Circuit ring.

You’ll be able to change that file to 16-9 now after Faber, who received her first ring, got here out victorious and spoiled the record-tying occasion. Faber received her second recorded stay poker event, in line with The Hendon Mob, and first since 2019 when she received the $500 No-Restrict Maintain’em Salute to Warriors for $121,161 on the World Collection of Poker. The newly minted WSOP Circuit champion now has $290,000 in lifetime stay event cashes.

Hawkins, alternatively, has almost $5.8 million in The Hendon Mob outcomes. Regardless of a prolonged historical past of huge cashes in poker tournaments, the WSOPC crusher has nearly as prolonged of a historical past of allegedly refusing to repay money owed to backers. PokerNews has extensively coated the allegations over the previous 5 years, together with on a March episode of the PokerNews Podcast the place Chad Holloway and co-hosts Kyna England and Mike Holtz mentioned the scenario.

Hawkins has taken loads of photographs at PokerNews for, as he says, misreporting the story and distorting the reality. However Holloway has proven up with receipts that shoot down these claims, together with a report in 2022 with statements from the backer he owed a big amount of cash to, together with a Florida civil courtroom judgment in opposition to the poker professional.

On the felt, Hawkins continues his mastery of the WSOP Circuit and different mid-stakes poker tournaments. However on Monday, Faber efficiently performed the spoiler function.

Conrad & Sheaves Seize Rings

The Harrah’s Cherokee cease consists of 20 ring occasions and runs till Aug. 12, with the $1,700 buy-in Primary Occasion scheduled to start Aug. 10. Six gamers have already captured a gold ring in North Carolina, with a seventh to be awarded on Tuesday within the $400 Mini Primary. There have been simply two gamers remaining in that event on the time of publishing.

Chris Conrad and Warren Sheaves are amongst those that’ve captured WSOP Circuit gold through the present sequence. Conrad took down Occasion #7: $400 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Handed for $44,287, his seventh ring. Sheaves captured Occasion #6: $400 Pot-Restrict Omaha 8-or-Higher for $23,488 to win his first ring.

Two beginning flights of Occasion #9: $400 Monster Stack kicked off throughout Tuesday’s motion on the common card room. The event incorporates a $500,000 assured prize pool.

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