Wisconsin's Josh Reichard has moved into a tie atop the World Series of Poker's Circuit ring-winner leaderboard by taking down the WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria (Elgin, Illinois) main event for his 14th official ring-event triumph. Reichard's latest Circuit victory pushes him even with Floridian Maurice Hawkins atop the WSOP Circuit's all-time winner's rankings.
Reichard earned $253,073 for his win at the Grand Vic, a newly acquired Caesars Entertainment property that held its first Circuit series last November. Reichard picked up two second-place finishes in the November debut series but at the time came up just short in his quest to match Hawkins's mark.
Reichard's payday moved him into sixth place on the all-time Circuit earnings list with just under $1.2 million. Hawkins remains the leader in that category with nearly $2.2 million in lifetime Circuit earnings.
Reichard doesn't care about records, but...
"To be honest, I really don't care too much about records but this one is kind of cool," Reichard told the WSOP's Anthony Thompson. "On your website, there're pictures of all the record holders and Phil Hellmuth holds the bracelet title and I thought it'd be cool if my picture was next to his because we are two Wisconsin guys. I'm sure Maurice's picture will stay on there right now but that just keeps me motivated to get there one day."
