Seat 4: Keith Hawkins – 174,000
Keith Hawkins is arguably the most decorated player at the Main Event final table. Known as “The Camel” on PokerStars, Hawkins has racked up over a half a million dollars worth of online MTT cashes, and is more than $350,000 in the black playing sit’n’go’s. His live results are equally impressive.
Over the past decade, Hawkins has earned more than $1 million playing live events around the world. His biggest result came back in 2006 when he finished 4th in the Master Classics of Poker Main Event, earning a €122,125 payday (approx. $150,000 USD).
Hawkins is a big fan of the Queens Park Rangers Football Club, a Championship League team based in London. The 42-year-old resident of Middleton Tyas, England brings 30 years of poker-playing experience to the final table, which he’ll have to lean on if he wants to dig his way out the basement at Sunday’s final table. Hawkins will begin the day with just 174,000 in chips - the low man on the totem pole – but if anyone is capable of overcoming such a deficit, Hawkins has as good a chance as any.
Bios courtesy of PokerStars