Tough Table 37 Features Araya, Rico and Lawerence
It's hard to find a more stacked lineup than the one over at Table 37. There are only three players there that we recognize, but each is a superstar on the World Series of Poker bracelet.
First, in Seat 3, is Doug "Rico" Carli, who recently took 161st in Choctaw Durant Ring Event #2 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry and 33rd in Event #10 $365 NLHE Turbo. That extended his record of WSOP Circuit cashes to 70, well ahead of Mark “Pegasus” Smith’s 32. You may recall Carli as the 2011/2012 WSOP Circuit National Championship bubble boy.
Speaking of that National Championship, Matthew Lawrence, who won a ring in the 2009/2010 WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Event #8: $560 No Limit Hold'em, took ninth in that year's National Championship for $30,000. Interestingly, Lawrence is seated two to Rico's left.
In between the two is another fierce competitor, Abraham Araya. That name should be very familiar to you as he is the defending champion of the WSOP Circuit, Last year Araya navigated a field of 978 players to win the $270,380 first-place prize and a seat in the National Championship. What's more, Araya won his second gold ring less than two months later in Caesars Atlantic City Event #7: $555 No-Limit Hold'em for $33,290.