2021 Palm Beach Summer Classic $ 1, 96 buy-in no-limit hold'em championship attracted 233 entries to the Palm Beach Kennel Club. Solid attendance saw the $151, guarantee easily exceeded, with top 24 finishers making money. Ultimately, the title and the largest part of this award went to Maurice Hawkins. 13-time World Series of Poker Circuit Gold Ring Winner he earned $, 287 to win, taking its Lifetime Live Tournament income to over $ 4.1 million.

The action at the final table was broadcast live on Twitch PBKC

A replay of the video of the full final table broadcast can be viewed below:

The final day started with 10 remaining players and Hawkins in the lead. He won Billy Scheer in fifth place ($13,287) to enter the four-handed action in second place behind Steven McKoy. He then scored a double knockout when his 8 defeated J8 Mark Rakoff and a couple of Baumstein Fridays. There was no K on the board44BEHIND10to secure a pot for Hawkins. Rakoff was the shortest of the two players with very small stacks and finished fourth for a $18,100. Baumstein earned $13,320 as a third-place finisher.

Maurice took around 2.5 million to play one-on-one against McKoy, who was 2.2 million. The two played briefly before agreeing to the deal that led to the end of the event, and Hawkins secured the title.

Here is an overview of the payouts awarded at the final table:

Place

Player Earnings POY 1 1055273677

Maurice Hawkins

$27, 275 320 2 Steven McKoy $27,64 287 1055273677

3 1055273677

Scott Baumstein 1055273677 $24,917 160 4

Mark Rakoff

$00,109 1055273677 109 1055273677 5 William Scheer 1055 273 677 $,520 151 6 1055273677 Joseph Thomas 1055273677 $13,287 100 1055273677 7

Johnathan Grant

$ 7, 917 64 8 Judson Bennett 1055273677 $ 6, 151

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Winner photo provided by PBKC.