The Lord of the Rings is back! Ari Engel wins his 18th WSOPC ring

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The WSOPC Online is currently taking place in the USA, the exact name of the series is the September Online Super Circuit Pennsylvania, where Pennsylvania players can battle it out for valuable gold rings in a virtual world.

A total of 12 rings are up for grabs and the festival runs until September 24. In our article today, we take a look at tournament number 9, which was the NLH Crazy 8's with a buy-in of $888 and a guarantee of $35,000.

Place Player Prize
1 Ari "Ngindn" Engel $16,732
2 "D.Lafferty" $10,811
3 "Mr.Pink1992" $7,722
4 "Solenya" $5,148
5 "ImShard" $3,861
6 "ZetaPoker" $2,831
7 "orangetan" $2,316
8 "anlin0430" $2,059

The tournament produced 61 entries, bringing the prizepool to $51,484. There was a $16,732 prize ring waiting for the winner. Ari "Ngindn" Engel also played for a ring here, paying a buy-in of 2x and eventually becoming the winner. This gives Ari a record 18th WSOPC ring and he currently leads Maurice Hawkins by two rings, who has 16.

'Lord of the Rings' Ari Engel wins his seventeenth WSOPC ring'Lord of the Rings' Ari Engel wins his seventeenth WSOPC ring

Ari won his 17th ring this past February in the NLH Big $500 8-Max at the WSOPC Online Michigan. Ari took home a cash prize of $9,778 back then. Engel has now won 8 rings since 2022, which alone would be enough to put him in the Top 30. In addition, Ari also owns 3 WSOP bracelets, making him the only player to have 15 or more rings and also have a WSOP bracelet of some sort.


Source - WSOP, Pokernewsm Graton