Friday, March 6, 2015 6:37 PM Local Time
Hawkins Boats Up
A player in early position raises to 1,200 and Maurice Hawkins (pictured) three-bets to 2,700. The player in the big blind calls along with the original raiser.
The flop comes and Hawkins' opponents check to him. He bets 4,000 and the player in the big blind calls. The player in early position folds. The turn is the and Hawkins is checked to again. Hawkins bets 5,725 and is called. The river brings the and Hawkins' opponent checks once again. Hawkins pushes out a big stack of chips which is enough to put his opponent all-in. His opponent calls for his remaining 13,325 chips and sees the bad news when Hawkins quickly turns over for a full house.
Hawkins' opponent's hand goes into the muck. Hawkins scores a KO and shoots up near the top of the chip counts.
Maurice Hawkins - 66,000