Daniel Lowery Wins Two WSOPC Rings at Hard Rock Tulsa To Catch Hawkins

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The race to the top of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring leaderboard has seen a lot of movement in the last few months. All of the top four players have won at least one ring since ringing in the New Year.

The latest move in the rankings comes from Daniel Lowery, who got in a quick one-two punch at the WSOP Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa. Lowery won both Seniors events at the Hard Rock, earning two rings in a matter of days and putting himself on a par with Maurice Hawkins with 18 rings.

All this gold has shuffled the leaderboard around, widening and closing the gaps as the players talk (and play) a big game in the battle for the record.

Record Hunting On The Circuit

Ari EngelHawkins and Lowery are now both just one ring behind Ari Engel — who holds 19 rings in the top spot — making this a very tight race.

Until Lowery stepped up his game this last week, Engel and Hawkins were battling it out for the top spot with Hawkins briefly catching up to Engel for a few days in early March. Both players had 18 rings for a spell, but shortly after Hawkins won his 18th ring, Engel won his 19th.

Engel’s 19th ring was won in the NLH Big $500 event in the WSOP Super Circuit Online festival hosted by WSOP PA.

Maurice HawkinsAdding to the drama of the race is Joshua Reichard who is currently in fourth place on the ring leaderboard. Reichard won his sixteenth ring at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond last week.

Michael Lavin rounds out the top five with fifteen rings. Lavin won many of his rings online. He won his last ring in February 2024.

With around 100 WSOP Circuit ring events still to go before the end of May, all of these players will have plenty of opportunities to add another few rings to their hoard.

Plus, someone further down the rankings could go on a run and make this really interesting.

Top Ten WSOP Circuit Ring Winners

Place Player WSOPC Rings Number of WSOPC Cashes Total WSOPC Cashes
1 Ari Engel 19 377 $3,049,309
2 Maurice Hawkins 18 217 $4,120,068
3 Daniel Lowery 18 194 $2,085,666
4 Joshua Reichard 16 161 $2,173,278
5 Michael Lavin 15 229 $675,266
6 Valentin Vornicu 13 126 $1,187,799
7 Michael Setera 13 178 $529,543
8 Soheb Porbandarwala 12 141 $1,318,449
9 Richard Ali 11 187 $857,900
10 Roland Israelashvili 11 515 $4,113,482

Main Event Action

John DollingerWhile Daniel Lowery was mopping up the two Seniors events, John Dollinger was taking down the Main Event.

When registration closed, 487 people had paid the $1,700 entry fee to play the Main Event. This put $737,805 in the prize pool, setting up a first-place payout of $147,178.

To get there Dollinger had to knock out Russell Brooks heads up. He did so, breaking a nine-year streak without a win.

“I’m very competitive," Dollinger told the WSOP. “A few times I’ve got second place and I’m not even happy. I love winning, I love competing and there’s nothing more competitive than poker. … It’s kind of a universal game.”

Brooks won $98,109 for second place, while the final table also included Iman Alsaden (3rd - $67,346), James Jewell (4th - $47,149) and Yordanos Mebrahtu (5th - $33,679).

WSOP Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa Main Event Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 John Dollinger $147,178
2 Russell Brooks $98,109
3 Iman Alsaden $67,346
4 James Jewell $47,149
5 Yordanos Mebrahtu $33,679
6 Kiran Suresh $24,555
7 Andy Robinson $18,282
8 Marvin Donaldson $13,906
9 Matt Riffel $10,811

What’s Next On The Circuit?

Horseshoe Las VegasWith the WSOP Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa over, there are just six more events in the 2024-2025 season of the WSOP Circuit.

The WSOP Circuit Turning Stone is already underway, finishing up on March 24.

The next event to kick off will be the WSOP Circuit festival at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. This festival kicks off on March 20 and runs until March 31.

Then in April, there are events at the Grand Victoria Casino and the Horseshoe Casino Tunica. And in May there will be events at Harrah’s Cherokee and Caesars Southern Indiana.

We will have recaps for all these events right here. In the meantime, you can check out the complete results for the WSOP Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa below.

WSOP Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa Full Series Results

Event Entrants Prize Pool Winner Prize
WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack 366 $120,780 Travis Baker $24,542
WSOPC Event #2: $250 No-Limit Hold’em 274 $54,800 John Reynolds $11,971
WSOPC Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 132 $43,560 Phillip Teel $10,885
WSOPC Event #4: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 1,003 $330,990 Bobby Sanoubane $50,305
WSOPC $250 Seniors Event #1 448 $89,600 Daniel Lowery $17,187
WSOPC Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 130 $42,900 Brian Garner $10,715
WSOPC Event #6: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Mega Stack 258 $85,140 Aleksandr Kolomeitsev $18,966
WSOPC Event #7: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty 169 $37,180 William Rowlett $9,011
WSOPC Event #8: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 136 $44,880 Bradley Fullington $11,045
WSOPC Event #9: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack 96 $31,680 Russell Brooks $31,916
WSOPC Event #10: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 133 $43,890 Todd Tucker $10,961
WSOPC Event #11: $400 No-Limit Hold’em tbc tbc Andrew Robinson $8,602
WSOPC $250 Ladies Event tbc tbc Kimberly Chermock $4,759
WSOPC Event #12: $1,700 MAIN EVENT 487 $737,805 John Dollinger $147,178
WSOPC Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold’em tbc tbc Daxton Alexander $11,285
WSOPC Event #14: $400 No-Limit Hold’em tbc tbc David Yarbrough $13,075
WSOPC $250 Seniors Event #2 399 $79,836 Daniel Lowery $15,831
WSOPC Event #15: $250 No-Limit Hold’em tbc tbc Randy Dozier $10,280

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