Hawkins First To head Back-to-Back on WSOP Circuit After Winning Cherokee Main ($279,722) | PokerNews
The World Series of Poker Circuit has a protracted and storied history dating back to its inception in 2005. It has been a spot where some great players cut their teeth and built résumés, a spot where true superstars like Daniel Negreanu have shined, and a spot where hardened grinders like Alex Masek together with his record nine gold rings have set lofty standards of excellence.
But through all of that, nobody had ever won two straight WSOP Circuit main events, until Maurice Hawkins accomplished the feat by winning the WSOP Circuit Cherokee $1,675 Main Event just weeks after taking down the only at Horseshoe Council Bluffs. Hawkins' latest win, worth $279,722, added a seventh ring to his trophy case after he beat a field of 1,008 runners.
Final Table Results
| 1 | Maurice Hawkins | West Palm Beach, FL | $279,722 |
| 2 | Leif Force | Tallahassee, FL | $172,943 |
| 3 | Chip Ervin | Tuscaloosa, AL | $128,520 |
| 4 | Karthik Ramakrishnan | Johnson City, TN | $96,617 |
| 5 | Phillip Lowery | Atlanta, GA | $73,468 |
| 6 | Brannon Cashion | Charlotte, NC | $56,519 |
| 7 | Corey Bierria | Atlanta, GA | $43,984 |
| 8 | Martin Debruhl | Winston Salem, NC | $34,625 |
| 9 | Hamid Izadi | Roswell, GA | $27,579 |
The tournament paid out to 108th place, and Kyle Cartwright (101st), Justin Liberto (69th), Aditya Prasetyo (66th), Rex Clinkscales (57th), Ryan Tepen (50th), and Mike Gracz (21st) were some of the players making it into the money.
Hawkins' feat looked anything but likely heading to Day 3, as in line with the live updates, he was sitting 16th of nineteen remaining players with a stack of just 450,000 at 15,000/30,000/5,000. However, he found an early double and was in business with 40 big blinds after his 
held against the 
of an opponent in a blind-versus-blind all in.
He had slipped back to at least one of the shorter stacks when the official final table was reached but another early double kept him afloat. This time, he picked up the 
and raised, then called a three-bet from Chip Ervin, who held the 
. The 2 got it in on a seven-high flop and Hawkins held as much as double through.
A few eliminations into the general table, things were tight on the top with a stack of just 42 big blinds being good for the lead for Brannon Cashion because the final six went to dinner. It was Cashion shipping Hawkins his next double once they resumed play, calling a shove with the 
and failing to catch Hawkins' 
because the board rolled out 
. Cashion then tried jamming the 
over a Hawkins open and an Ervin call, only to have Hawkins happen the and hold after two spades flopped.
After Randy Lowery went bust, Hawkins won an enormous flip with jacks against the 
of Karthik Ramakrishnan and he had nearly 100 big blinds. Bracelet winner Leif Force then eliminated Ervin in another race, and he was the last obstacle preventing Hawkins from making history but must overcome a 4-1 deficit to do so.
Hawkins eliminated Force when he defended the 
and check-called on a 
flop. The turn brought the and Hawkins check-called over again. At the 
river, he pushed all in and Force called it off with the 
.
The win gave Hawkins his biggest single cash and pushed him past $2 million in tournament cashes.
*Image courtesy of WSOP.
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