Ari Engel already held the record for the most World Series of Poker Circuit rings won. Now, thanks to a victory in a $888 buy-in online event held in Pennsylvania. He now has 18 WSOPC titles, two more than his nearest competitor in 16-time champion Maurice Hawkins.
Engel, who also has three WSOP bracelets in his trophy case, now has more than $9.1 million in recorded career earnings under his belt.
The full real-name results have not yet been released for Engel’s latest trip to the winner’s circle, but there were reportedly 61 entries according to a post he made on social media.
I won my @wsop circuit ring #18 in a $888 online circuit tournament with 61 entrants (I was 2) on wsopPA
— Ari Engel (@AriEngelPoker) September 22, 2024
Engels 17th win came back in February of this year. Hawkins’ most recent victory saw him top a field of 981 entries in the WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee main event in May.
Engel now has roughly $1.1 million in recorded earnings in WSOPC events.
Here is a look at top WSOPC ring winners according to WSOP.com:
| WSOPC Rings | Player(s) |
| 18 | Ari Engel |
| 16 | Maurice Hawkins |
| 15 | Joshua Reichard, Daniel Lowery |
| 13 | Valentin Vornicu |
| 12 | Soheb Porbandarwala, Michael Setera |
| 11 | Roland Israelashvili, John Holley |
| 10 | Jeffrey Trudeau Jr., Robert Hankins, David Larson, Martin Ryan |
| 9 | Kyle Cartwright, Michael Lech, Sean Yu, Michael Lavin, Daniel Buzagon, Alexandru Masek, Corey Paggeot, |
| 8 | Zachary Gruneberg, Chris Reslock, Richards Ali, Matt Stout, Vincent Moscati, Maxwell Young, Timothy Bishop |
Photo credit: WSOP / Hayley Hochstetler.
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