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Monday, March 3, 2025 7:38 PM Local Time (about 15 days and 10 hours ago)
The first WSOPC Baltimore Main Event since 2019 turned out to be a very memorable one as Maurice Hawkins won his record tying 18th career circuit ring to put himself once again on the top of the ring leaderboard.
"I feel like I am in a class of my own. No disrespect to Ari, I love the guy. But I am where I'm supposed to be" he started off his post win interview stating that he believes himself the top player out there and that his rings have more weight considering this is his 6th circuit Main Event win and 5th six-figure ring win.
He continued. "Always winning. Put me up against anybody. I am the most consistent poker player that ever gonna live." What does he attribute this consistency and success to? "I got patience. I'm a psycho. I got game theory, I got luck and I got God. Can't be stopped."
The typical Hawkins confidence exuded strongly after the win but he did take a moment to reflect. "I'm just thankful I get to do this for a living. Being there for everybody that's in my life. It's just a amazing feeling and I'm very thankful."
This particular ring did not come easily for Hawkins as the heads up battle was a 5 hour war that showed the type of resilience and will to win that Hawkins possesses. He had a chip deficit for most of the multi-hour battle and was as low as 2.5 million (out of 18.7 million total) at one point. Even at this point he was confident he was going to win as he called a friend during break when he was at his lowest point and said "I'm still gonna kick his ass, but he's making it tough on me!"
He explained the heads up battle even more. "He kept getting lucky on me. I couldn't bluff him, I couldn't make the best hand and I couldn't suck out, so that was the situation. But I go to the zoo a lot and the one thing I learned at the zoo; you have to play with your food before you kill it. And that's what I did."
"It took me six different styles and adjustments to win this heads up battle." And indeed there were several changes in Hawkins' play throughout heads up and he scrapped and clawed for every chip when he was the short stack and then finished it off ruthlessly once he took the chip lead.
Hawkins had some final words for his "haters".
"If you are against me, You better jump on the bandwagon now. Either that or turn off the news! Oh and one more thing... I back myself! So take that haters."
Monday, March 3, 2025 11:03 AM Local Time (about 15 days and 18 hours ago)
The final day of the WSOPC Baltimore Main Event begins at 12 noon today. Action starts with 31:30 left in Level 25 with the blinds at 30,000/60,000. The players are going for the $140,752 top prize.
Players by seat to start the day:
1. Maurice Hawkins - 6,110,000 (102bb)
2. Keith Temm - 625,000 (10bb)
3. Arthur Rippy - 545,000 (9bb)
4. Andrew Chang - 3,165,000 (53bb)
5. Dan Chalifour - 5,955,000 (99bb)
6 Divyam Satyarthi - 2,375,000 (40bb)
17-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins starts the day as the chip leader as he will be looking to tie the all time ring list leaderboard with 18 rings with what would be yet another Main Event title for him.
The only other player with a ring of the final six is the second largest stack of Dan Chalifour who won a ring in Foxwoods back in 2016. Overall he has the most experience outside of Hawkins with this result set to send his career earnings above the $1 million mark.
Albert Chang and Divyam Satyarthi and Arthur Rippy have around the same amount in career earnings in the $150,000-$250,000 range while Keith Temm has the fewest recorded results with just over $9,000.
The chip counts are set in three tiers between the big stacks, the middle stacks and the small stacks which will make for an interesting dynamic as play begins.
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