Ari Engel after successful his fifteenth gold ring again in August 2023 – Photo Credit: Hayley Hochstetler
The World Series of Poker Circuit continues to see a spirited sense of competitors atop the tour’s all-time titles leaderboard, and there was plenty of motion within the gold-rings race over the previous couple of days. Ari Engel elevated his lead by successful a document 17th gold ring in a WSOP Circuit Michigan on-line occasion. The $500 no-limit maintain’em massive 500 8-max event attracted 48 entries with Engel popping out on prime to assert the victory. Here is what he tweeted after the victory:
It was solely 48 distinctive gamers and 76 entries whole (I used to be 3 of them)- however I managed to run nice and win ring #17 on-line on Wsop Michigan
— Ari Engel (@AriEngelPoker) February 25, 2024
The money took Engel near $8.9 million in whole earnings, and he has now gained a formidable 50 tournaments in his poker profession. That consists of three WSOP gold bracelets as properly. But the 17th WSOPC win is what gave him some separation from his closest challengers for the gold ring crown.
Meanwhile, Daniel Lowery was busy including gold rings to his trophy case as properly on the WSOP Circuit North Carolina event collection at Harrah’s Cherokee. He scored his fifteenth gold ring after topping the three,577-entry area in a $400 monster stack occasion to money for $148,416. That put his profession earnings above $3.15 million, however extra importantly that put Lowery in a three-way tie within the chase group behind Engel together with Maurice Hawkins and Joshua Reichard.
“The chase is real, we’ve been taking it serious,” mentioned Lowery after the win to reporters on the scene. He continued, “I’m very real with myself about poker, and I feel like I played amazing this week.” Lowery additionally encapsulated the spirit of the WSOP Circuit gold ring race when he added, “I said a long time ago, some guys said it didn’t matter, but it matters to be number one, one time, so I’m trying. We’ll see who can get there.”
Another participant who grew his WSOP Circuit gold ring assortment in North Carolina was Kyle Cartwright. He took house the title in a $1,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event with 600 entries to win his ninth gold ring. Despite the latest success with the rating of $111,305 that took his profession earnings above $3.1 million, Cartwright has no designs on chasing the document for many WSOP Circuit wins today. “My house has been busy, I have twin four-year-olds and a three-year-old; all girls. I don’t get to play much anymore,” mentioned Cartwright to reporters after the win. He added, “I don’t really play tournaments anymore, so I’m not chasing. Lowery is an animal. What he’s doing in these 1,000-player fields is amazing.”
