Ari Engel once again stands alone atop the World Series of Poker Circuit gold rings leaderboard. The Canadian poker pro won his record 19th WSOPC title less than a week after Maurice Hawkins took down the WSOPC Horseshoe Baltimore main event for a then record-tying 18th ring.
While Hawkins’ win was certainly a noteworthy story in its own right, the tournament also made headlines for a controversy surrounding the incorrect elimination of Divyam Satyarthi in third place.
Just five days after Hawkins’ victory in Baltimore, Engel came out on top in a $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Online Super Circuit in Pennsylvania.
Engel was one of 86 entries in the event, which saw him take home $10,141 and the hardware as the champion.
Won ring #19 tonight online on wsop PA. 500 buyin with 86 entrants (I was 1)
— Ari Engel (@AriEngelPoker) March 9, 2025
Several other top WSOPC title hunters also score big wins recently, including Joshua Reichard earning his 16th with a $400 H.O.R.S.E. victory at the ongoing Horseshoe Hammond stop. The same festival also saw Corey Paggeot come out on top in a $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, securing his 11th ring in the process. Paggeot now sits just outside the top ten, with fellow 11-time ring winner John Holley winning a tiebreak with a higher WSOPC earnings total ($1,027,346 to Paggeot’s $573,085).
Check out the current WSOPC rings leaderboard below.
| Rank | Player | Rings | WSPC Earnings |
| 1 | Ari Engel | 19 | $1,149,656 |
| 2 | Maurice Hawkins | 18 | $3,123,808 |
| 3 | Daniel Lowery | 16 | $1,867,816 |
| 4 | Joshua Reichard | 16 | $1,281,899 |
| 5 | Valentin Vornicu | 13 | $693,165 |
| 6 | Michael Lavin | 13 | $344,858 |
| 7 | Michael Setera | 13 | $360,591 |
| 8 | Soheb Porbandarwala | 12 | $1,033,302 |
| 9 | Roland Israelashvili | 11 | $1,258,049 |
| 10 | John Holley | 11 | $1,027,346 |
Photo credit: WSOP.
