Hawkins Goes Five in a Row

Without any big hands developing, there was a string of consecutive pots that Maurice Hawkins just played. He started the hands with about 4.1 million in chips.

Hand 1: Hawkins raised in the hijack to 210,000. Richard Ma was in the small blind and moved all in. After a long tank, Hawkins folded his hand, saying that he folded a big pair and that Ma has always had it.

Hand 2: Hawkins was in middle position and raised to 200,000. Saya Ono was in the big blind and three-bet to 660,000, Hawkins called. The flop was , and Hawkins folded to Ono's bet of 600,000.

Hand 3: Hawkins raised in early position and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand 4: Hawkins was under the gun and raised to 225,000. Ma was in the hijack and three-bet to 525,000, Hawkins called. The flop was , and Hawkins check-folded after Ha moved all in. Hawkins flashed , and Ma showed .

Hand 5: Gregory Milliron was under the gun and raised to 175,000. Hawkins defended his big blind. The flop was , and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Hawkins had bet 140,000 blind before the turn was flipped over, and Milliron folded.