Maurice Hawkins has an interesting story of how he ended up here in the Main Event. It seems he played in the $1,000 at Bellagio and an opponent folded J-J to Hawkins' Q-Q. Hawkins called him the best poker player he had ever seen.
On another day, they run into each other at the $1,000 at Bellagio again. They strike up a friendship and the player offers to stake Maurice in the Main Event, 50/50. So now Maurice is here, and has 60,000.